Guest Opinion: Why We Oppose a Mandatory Helmet Law for Adults in New Jersey

The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition responds to a proposed helmet mandate, explaining how while helmets increase safety for individuals, they can actually decrease safety for bicyclists, overall.

The Sensitivity That Killed Frank Radaker

We’ve become desensitized to the car crashes—and the factors that cause them—that kill people like Indianapolitan Frank Radaker every day on our streets. It’s time to change that.

Whose Child Will Be Killed on a Stroad?

A hundred people gathered in Tacoma, WA, to mourn the death of 13-year-old Michael Weilert, who was recently killed while bicycling in his neighborhood. If we want to prevent more tragedies like this, then we must redesign our streets.

E-Bikes: The Frankenstein's Monster of Transportation?

A recent Atlantic piece paints e-bikes as an awkward, doomed-to-fail mashup of the motorcycle and the bicycle. What’s the Strong Towns take?

Upzoned, Podcast, Top Story, Bikeability, TransportationStrong TownsSeptember 14, 2022Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, bikes, e-bikes, biking, bicycling, bikeability, transportation

Large Trucks Need Better Street Design

It's hard being the driver of a large truck, these days. You want your urban truck-driving experience to be better, but how? Answer: By supporting great pedestrian and cycling projects!

L.A. Continues Delaying Infrastructure That Could Save Lives

Everyone who uses streets would benefit from L.A.’s mobility plan…if only the city would actually implement it.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping More People Get Out and Bike!

Strong Towns member Ari Feinsmith is making streets safer in his California town, hosting free bike repair events and more.

Let's Change the Way We Look at Shared Problems by Starting Some Conversations

We love all the great videos people are making about Strong Towns-related topics! This one explains why high bicycling rates are safer for all road users.

Bikeability, Video, Top StoryJay StangeApril 29, 2022Safety, safety, bicycling, biking, bikeability, bikes, bike lanes, bike infrastructure

The Pedalling Pastor

This bicycling pastor’s new book offers valuable advice for any Strong Towns advocate—religious or otherwise.

"We Require WAY Too Much Parking"

This Strong Towns member saw a huge problem with the parking minimums in his city—and decided to do something about it.

"Bikes Are the New Toilet Paper"

With fewer entertainment options available, Americans are turning to an old friend. They’re opening their wallets too.

Top Story, Horbovetz, BikeabilityArian HorbovetzJune 10, 2020bicycling, coronavirus, Rochester

The Right-Hand Rule for Passing a Bike

If drivers—and not just cyclists—were required to learn bike-passing best practices, more lives would be saved and more people would feel comfortable riding.

Top Story, BikeabilityBuff BrownFebruary 6, 2020bike infrastructure, bike lanes, cycling, bicycling

We've Gotta Be Perfect

“We’ve gotta be perfect. If a negligent driver kills someone, people see it as a necessary evil. But if a cyclist runs a red light, or a scooter hops onto a sidewalk alongside a busy street, we are just jerks driving crazy little vehicles with no regard for the law.”

Horbovetz, #SlowtheCars, Top StoryArian HorbovetzJuly 25, 2019#SlowTheCars, safety, biking, bicycling

Best of 2018: Why We Need to Talk About Car Aggression

As a cycling advocate, I avoid talking about the times when riding a bike in the city is scary, because I don’t want to deter would-be new riders from giving it a try. There’s only one problem with pretending I’m never afraid: it isn’t true.

Byron, #SlowtheCars, Top Story, Best of BlogAubrey ByronDecember 7, 2018bicycling, pedestrian safety, speed, Best of 2018

Can the Dutch Strategy for Cycling Work in North America?

Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint For Urban Vitality is a new book by Chris Bruntlett and Melissa Bruntlett aimed at sharing the successful strategies The Netherlands has used to build cities at a human scale.

Byron, Bikeability, Top StoryAubrey ByronOctober 25, 2018bicycling, Netherlands, bike infrastructure, traffic engineering

What Would It Take to Make the Big Jump to Active Towns?

John Simmerman and his organization Active Towns want to see a massive increase in the number of places with a culture of physical activity. Come see John speak at the Strong Towns Regional Gathering in Plano, Texas, and learn what he’s doing to help create that change.

Bikeability, Top Story, Taking ActionStrong TownsSeptember 25, 2018North Texas Gathering, bicycling, active transportation

It’s Legal to Run Lights... and Other Things You Might Not Know About Cycling

Myth busting time: that infuriating thing you saw a bicyclist do the other day? They were probably doing it for a reason, that reason probably had to do with safety, and it might not have been against the law after all.

Byron, Bikeability, Top StoryAubrey ByronSeptember 11, 2018STROADS, bicycling, Safety, bike lanes, page highlight

Why We Need to Talk About Car Aggression

As a cycling advocate, I avoid talking about the times when riding a bike in the city is scary, because I don’t want to deter would-be new riders from giving it a try. There’s only one problem with pretending I’m never afraid: it isn’t true.