Michael Andersen
Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.
Recent Posts
It Just Works: Davis Quietly Debuts America’s First Protected Intersection
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. The city that brought America the bike lane 48 years ago this summer has done it again. Davis, California — population 66,000, bike commuting rate 20 percent — finished work last week […]
Modern Road Design in 5 Words: Cities Aren’t Hoses, They’re Gardens
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Austin, Texas. Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Every bike lane believer has heard a variation on this concern: Won’t our cities grind to a halt if we redesign our streets to have fewer passing lanes for cars? […]
Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Three months after Newark drew national attention for considering removal of New Jersey’s only protected bike lane in order to allow illegal double-parking, the city has found a different solution. Instead of […]
Calgary Opens a Downtown Protected Bike Lane Network All at Once
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. One of North America’s unlikeliest and most ambitious protected bike lane projects is now on the ground. Calgary, the arid Alberta prairie town and natural gas capital, agreed last year on a […]
To Improve Biking and Walking, Seattle Uses Posts That Can Take a Punch
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. As American cities have looked for simple, cheap ways to get physical barriers between bikes and cars, they’ve been reminded of a sad truth: You get what you pay for. Cheap and […]
Avoid Bikelash By Building More Bike Lanes
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Here’s one reason the modern biking boom is great for everyone: more bicycle trips mean fewer car trips, which can mean less congestion for people in cars and buses. But there’s a […]
10 Tips for Cities Ready to Replace Car Parking With Safe Space for Biking
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. A curbside parking spot is just 182 square feet of urban space. But for advocates of better American bike infrastructure, few obstacles loom larger. Right now in San Diego, a long-brewing plan […]
How Pittsburgh Builds Bike Lanes Fast Without Sacrificing Public Consultation
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Four months — that’s how long it took Pittsburgh to announce, plan, and build its first three protected bike lanes. One of the country’s most beautiful (and probably still underrated) cities has […]
Four Reasons Pedestrian Injuries Have Plummeted Along Protected Bike Lanes
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Protected bike lanes are good at making it safer to bike. But they are great at making it safer to walk. As dozens of thought leaders on street safety gather in New […]
Six Tips from Denver for Crowdfunding a Bike Project
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Need money for a better bike lane? Try asking the Internet. A year after a neighborhood enhancement group in Memphis turned heads around the country by raising $70,000 for a new protected […]
Don’t Believe the Headlines: Bike Boom Has Been Fantastic for Bike Safety
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The Governors Highway Safety Association released a report Monday that, the organization claimed, showed that the ongoing surge in American biking has increased bike fatalities. Transportation reporters around the country swung into action. “Fatal bicycle crashes on the rise, new study shows,” said the Des Moines Register headline. “Cycling is increasing and that may be […]
A New Bike Network Takes Shape, and Atlantans Turn Out in Droves
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. The capital of the New South is working on its latest “highway” network. This one is going to be a lot quieter. The massive Beltline trail and an impressive grid of protected […]