Uncapping the Potential of the Private Sector
By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On November 17th, 2014
Post by Dan Yablonsky, reposted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog with permission.
Who Bikes and Walks? And Why?
By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On October 6th, 2014
Cross-posted with permission from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog.
Does everybody walk and bike, or are there differences in gender, income, age, and race?
In this excerpt from the 2014 Benchmarking Report, we take a look at who bikes and walks in the United States.
How much do people bike and walk?
A Bridge Not Far Enough
By Hillary Brown / On September 24th, 2014
Editor’s note: Hillary Brown will be participating in a webinar with the Security and Sustainability Forum tomorrow afternoon. Registration is free. Brown will be talking with Jaime Lerner and James S. Russell about the role of architecture. September 29 update: The full webinar is now available for viewing.
Island Press Staff Picks - Completing Our Streets
By Meghan Bartels / On September 22nd, 2014
Smartphone Apps for Bike Advocacy
By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On September 17th, 2014
Adapted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking’s blog.
With mapping technology and internet connectivity at our fingertips, it's never been more possible to collect reams of information about how individuals travel and engage with active transportation. 58% of American adults own smartphones, according to Pew Research, and this number is increasing.
Why Biking and Walking Advocates Love and Hate the Census
By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On July 29th, 2014
Reposted from the Alliance for Biking & Walking's blog with permission.
The American Community Survey (ACS), which is performed every year on a small percentage of the U.S. population, has one question that makes it especially important to biking and walking advocates:
#ForewordFriday: The Joy of Cycling Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On May 16th, 2014
Rants from the Hill: Road Captain
By Michael Branch / On April 29th, 2014
Rants from the Hill is cross-posted from High Country News
#ForewordFriday: Bike Lane Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On March 28th, 2014
How do we create safe spaces for bikers and encourage cycling as an alternative to driving? That's the question the National Association of City Transportation Officials tackled with the Urban Bikeway Design Guide. Originally released as a binder, the guide has now been redesigned as a hardcover book for greater accessibility without sacrificing the detailed four-color graphics.
Complete Streets: Changing Design AND Decisions around the Nation
By Barbara McCann / On October 28th, 2013
The stories of success keep rolling in. Portland Maine turned summer maintenance projects into Complete Streets improvement opportunities. Detroit’s Woodward Avenue will be redesigned as a major transit corridor, while Lansing has received the state’s first counterflow bicycle lane, courtesy of MIDOT. And Helena, Montana is requiring sidewalks in new subdivisions.