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Absolutely insane

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

submitted 130 days ago • 11 comments

There’s a huge double standard when it comes to funding public transit vs funding highways. It plays out in various ways in how society looks at the costs of building & operating transit vs highways. The result is massive under-investment in transit. 🧵:

submitted 153 days ago • 9 comments

“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.” Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment. www.reuters.com/article/busi...

submitted 194 days ago • 10 comments

“Watch out, Amsterdam”, declared Santa Monica Mayor Gleam Davis when she cut the ribbon on the newest addition to their growing cycling network: the concrete-curb-protected 17th Street bikeway, which features Southern California's first-ever protected "Dutch-style" intersections.

submitted 194 days ago • 5 comments