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A Tale of Two Movements : And The Messages We Send
Summary STANDING UP FOR BIKES: FOUR IDEAS FROM A PORTLAND STRATEGIST (OnLine) NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre’s Much-Criticized Sandy Hook Speech Was Actually Quite Effective (OnLine) Wayne LaPierre –...
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San Francisco welcomes first bicycle bay
By Alexis Chavez, San Francisco Blogger December 20, 2012 Source: Green Lane Project Anyone who has tried to navigate the streets of San Francisco knows how difficult it can often be to make a...
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Portland: 3 electronic tools that help build great bikeways
By Michael Andersen, Portland blogger December 07, 2012 Source: Green Lane Project Cyclist Riding Portland Bike Lane Bikes are simple machines. But cities that are building great bikeways are getting...
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Standing up for bikes: Four ideas from a Portland strategist
By Michael Andersen, Portland blogger November 19, 2012 Source: Green Lane Project Leslie Carlson© Leslie Carlson If Leslie Carlson has anything to say about it, “bike backlash” isn’t so bad. It’s only...
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WASHINGTON, DC: NEW L STREET GREEN LANE OPENS
By David Cranor – Washington D.C. blogger December 28, 2012 Source: Green Lane Project Chicago isn’t the only city celebrating a new cycletrack. Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray opened the new...
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Looking back at San Francisco’s big year
By Alexis Chavez – San Francisco Blogger January 20, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project Cargo Fence San Francisco had a landmark year for bicycle improvements and infrastructure in 2012. From the...
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Good bike access helps score great workers, Portland firms say
By Michael Andersen - Portland blogger January 21, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project Bike Commuters At Their Desks It wasn’t until after he decided to start a business that Ben Waldron learned just how...
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Trying To Get Past The Hype on Americanized PBLs – Green Lane Project Musings
Background Reading GERMANY OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF AMERICA’S POSSIBLE BICYCLING FUTURE (Green Lane Project) THE RECIPE FOR A WORLD-CLASS BICYCLING NETWORK (Green Lane Project) THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB...
View ArticleGentrification and Bike Lanes : Green Lane Project Has Four Lessons
Background Reading RACE ON WHEELS: 4 LESSONS FOR GREEN LANES AMID GENTRIFICATION (Green Lane Project) Summary Chicago ChainLink Forum provides a great chance to take the temperature of the racial...
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Germany offers a glimpse of America’s possible bicycling future
By Zach Vanderkooy – International Programs Manager March 19, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project I spent a week in Munich this winter on vacation.* I’ve been fortunate to have my passport stamped often in...
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Race on wheels: 4 lessons for green lanes amid gentrification
By Michael Andersen – Portland blogger April 09, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project Bike Lanes and Gentrification When a protected bike lane project collides with decades of racism and anger, what’s a...
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Biking’s not just for the white middle-class people anymore
By Jay Walljasper May 16, 2013 Source: GreenLaneProject People of all ethnic backgrounds cycling. Mention the word “bicyclist” and most people immediately picture someone white and middle-class. The...
View ArticleWhat if bike comfort is more important than bike safety?
By Michael Andersen, Green Lane Project staff writer August 14, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project When I’m standing near the edge of a high ledge or cliff, I know, rationally, that I’m unlikely to fall....
View ArticleWhy our focus on “safety” holds us back
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on August 16th, 2013 at 11:54 am Source: BikePortland Here in America, the most common word associated with new bikeway projects is “safety”. Deaths,...
View ArticleHow class and gender shaped American street design
By Michael Andersen, Green Lane Project staff writer July 17, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project Making a case for a separated cycle track on Minneapolis’s crosscutting Minnehaha Avenue, the advocates at...
View ArticleBicycle ‘Safety’ Is Now A Passe Idea?
Summary According to the Wizards of Bicycle Safety at the Green Lane Project (and quick to follow suit has been Bike Portland) claiming that Protected Bike Lanes are ‘safe‘ has been holding us back....
View ArticleWhy colored crossings work: A call for paint on SF’s Market Street
By Michael Andersen August 19, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project Intersections are the trickiest part of good protected bike lane designs, and in a post last week, I Love Biking SF shows exactly why...
View ArticleVideo: How NYC Mayor Ed Koch made (then killed) protected bike lanes in 1980
By Michael Andersen August 20, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project New York’s short-lived protected bike lanes of 1980 have gone down in history with Jimmy Carter’s White House solar panels as a road not...
View ArticleA field guide to North American bike lanes: How to talk about each species
By Zach Vanderkooy International Programs Manager September 05, 2013 Source: Green Lane Project Welcome to North America! You might know us as the folks who brought you William Shatner, football with...
View ArticleSex, Lies and Videotape
Background Reading Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Wikipedia) Boris Johnson says cyclists must obey law after fifth death in nine days (BeezodogsPlace) Right Hook Problems in Bicycle Heaven? (BeezodogsPlace)...
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