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.
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Residents of Winter Garden, FL, realized they needed to take action to revive their declining town. They did this by focusing on one straightforward goal: bring people back downtown.
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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.
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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?
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It can be intimidating for inexperienced cyclists to ride in the road with cars. If that’s you and you’d prefer to use the sidewalk, here’s how to do so safely and respectfully.
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Here’s two stories about powerful local action that Strong Towns members are taking to make their places more bike friendly.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller shares the many blissful moments that come with biking as a means of transportation.
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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.
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Get to know Jay Stange, safe streets advocate and Content Manager at Strong Towns.
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This bicycling pastor’s new book offers valuable advice for any Strong Towns advocate—religious or otherwise.
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This Strong Towns member saw a huge problem with the parking minimums in his city—and decided to do something about it.
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And should I get one?
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Some people get up in arms about adding new bike lanes to neighborhoods. So why do the mayors who head these projects so often get reelected?
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The creator of Not Just Bikes, a popular YouTube channel on urban planning, talks about what makes Amsterdam such a great biking city…but why building a biking city isn’t the goal.
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A letter from the apartment complex is a reminder of how our cities prioritize cars over bikes.
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The lifelong champion of vehicular cycling—an approach that gives in to inhumane street design instead of questioning it—passed away this month. No better time to put his still-influential bad ideas to rest.
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