Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about protected bike lanes

Protected Bike Lanes 7 Times More Effective Than Painted Ones, Survey Says

By Michael Andersen | Sep 2, 2015 | No Comments

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. We all know that if your goal is to get meaningful numbers of people to ride bicycles, protected bike lanes are better than conventional ones painted into a door zone. But how […]

Milwaukee Bike Lane Overhaul Includes Some Concrete Protection

By Steven Vance | Aug 20, 2015 | 14 Comments

Note: Keating Law Offices, P.C. has generously agreed to sponsor two Streetsblog Chicago posts about bicycle safety topics per month. The firm’s support will help make Streetsblog Chicago a sustainable project. Chicago’s busiest cycling street is receiving some safety improvements, including a segment of bike lanes with concrete protection. Milwaukee Avenue, nicknamed “The Hipster Highway” […]

It Just Works: Davis Quietly Debuts America’s First Protected Intersection

By Michael Andersen | Aug 11, 2015 | No Comments

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 […]

Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead

By Michael Andersen | Jul 1, 2015 | No Comments

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 […]

America Could Have Been Building Protected Bike Lanes for the Last 40 Years

By Brad Aaron | Jun 30, 2015 | No Comments

[This article was written by guest contributor Marc Caswell.] Salt Lake City is on track to implement the nation’s first “protected intersection” — a Dutch-inspired design to minimize conflicts between cyclists and drivers at crossings. For American cities, this treatment feels like the cutting edge, but a look back at the history of bike planning in the United States reveals that even […]

To Improve Biking and Walking, Seattle Uses Posts That Can Take a Punch

By Michael Andersen | Jun 16, 2015 | No Comments

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 […]

What’s Going on With Alderman Reilly and the Kinzie Protected Bike Lanes

By Steven Vance | Apr 17, 2015 | 14 Comments

Alderman Brendan Reilly submitted an order to city council on Wednesday that would compel Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld to remove the Kinzie Street protected bike lane between Dearborn and the Chicago River because he says it conflicts with Wolf Point construction truck traffic. @LisaC1203 @activetrans That is correct, it’s a temporary relocation during construction […]

Eyes on the Street: Broadway’s Keeper

By John Greenfield | Jan 13, 2015 | 7 Comments

Steven Vance and I have been touched by the many shout-outs and well-wishes we’ve received on social media in the wake of last week’s shutdown of Streetsblog Chicago due to funding issues. We’ve heard a collective groan from everyone from our readers, to transportation blogging colleagues around the country, to other Chicago media outlets like […]

Vote to Decide the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2014

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 17, 2014 | No Comments

If you’re searching for reasons to feel positive about the future, the street transformations pictured below are a good start. Earlier this month we asked readers to send in their nominations for the best American street redesigns of 2014. These five are the finalists selected by Streetsblog staff. They include new car-free zones, substantial sidewalk […]

City Has 83 Miles of Better Bike Lanes, Will Surpass 100 Mile Goal in 2015

By Anne Alt | Dec 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation has nearly reached Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s much-ballyhooed goal of building 100 miles of buffered or protected bike lanes during his first term. CDOT staff at last week’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting said that they’ve striped 83 miles of the better bike lanes so far, and plan to surpass the […]

Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Missing Bike Lane Bollards

By John Greenfield | Nov 25, 2014 | 10 Comments

Uptown’s Broadway protected bike lanes, installed earlier this year, are a great example of the power of a road diet with PBLs. By converting a former four-lane speedway to two travel lanes, a turn lane, and protected lanes, the city transformed a hectic, dangerous stretch of Broadway into one that’s calmer and safer for pedestrians […]

How Pittsburgh Builds Bike Lanes Fast Without Sacrificing Public Consultation

By Michael Andersen | Nov 19, 2014 | No Comments

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 […]

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