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Copenhagen is famous for being a city where a lot of people bike. But for years the bike commuting rate has remained roughly steady at just over a third of trips. Then last year the city’s bike commute mode share increased from 36 percent to 41 percent. Meanwhile, driving declined 3 percent as a share […]

Portland. Minneapolis. Oklahoma City? Ok, so you probably won’t find that last one on any lists of the most bike-friendly cities in the U.S. But with a little bit of effort, the city could change, says Eric Dryer at Bike OKC. In a lot of ways, Oklahoma City has all the right ingredients to be […]

We have bike lanes like this where I live, especially after winter: The ones so faded you can barely make them out. Scott Shaffer has noticed this problem in Minneapolis, and he makes an interesting point about it at Network blog Streets.mn. That last photo [at right] is right outside the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition’s office, […]

The municipal skateboard ban is the “get off my lawn” of transportation policies. Outright prohibitions of this healthy, cheap, and environmentally friendly form of transportation are common. These laws — enacted in towns including Lakewood, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia — seem based at least in part on stereotypes applied to people who skateboard, particularly boys […]

Contrary to lawless cyclist mythos, a study finds that nearly all cyclists in four Oregon cities stop for red lights. Meanwhile, according to Michael Andersen at Bike Portland, unrelated research suggests that “speeding in a car on local streets is at least six times more common than running a red light on a bike.” Portland […]

There’s nothing quite like a great urban park. But what makes a park great? Jeff La Noue at Greater Greater Washington makes the point today that the streets around a park are a major factor in its success — or failure. He compares two Baltimore parks, one bordered by a comfortable urban street that’s easy […]