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!

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Top Story, Safe & Productive StreetsNorman Van Eeden PetersmanSeptember 9, 2022Safe and Productive Streets, Safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, bicycling, protected bike lane, bike lanes, #SlowTheCars, car culture, transportation

This is What We Can Do Together

Strong Towns is empowering thousands of champions for change to bring their places back to greater prosperity, little by little, through bottom-up action. Here’s what that looks like.

Taking Action, Tactical Urbanism, Success Story, Public Space, Neighborhoods First, HerrigesDaniel HerrigesMay 22, 2020Memphis, Better Block Project, tactical urbanism, revitalization, bike lanes, protected bike lane, incremental development, public investment, impact

A "Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper" Protected Bike Lane in Austin

A beautiful new protected bike lane in Austin is slowing motorists, protecting cyclists and pedestrians, and connecting the community. And they did it without having to wait for the most expensive, time-consuming materials.

Bikeability, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 22, 2019bike lanes, protected bike lane, John Simmerman, Austin

How Bike Lanes Benefit Businesses

…even when they get rid of a few parking spots in the process.

Quednau, Parking, Akron, BikeabilityRachel QuednauJune 4, 2018protected bike lane, page highlight, bike lanes

One Track Minds

Our collective failure to make the bicycle a viable transportation option for most Americans says more about our confused approach to city management than it does about a movement to rid the world of bike lanes.

Bikeability, Gardner, #SlowtheCarsSpencer GardnerJanuary 22, 2018protected bike lane

Bike Breakthrough: Connecting neighborhoods with low-stress routes

Across the nation, cities are expanding stand-alone bike lanes into full networks everyday people actually like to use.

Bikeability, Transportation, Urban Design, Top StoryJay WalljasperNovember 9, 2017bike lanes, protected bike lane, page highlight

How to Make Protected Bike Lanes More Effective

Should protected bike lanes be installed on streets with high amounts of bike traffic or low?

Bikeability, Top StoryTim HibbardJuly 18, 2017bike lanes, protected bike lane

A Place for the Bicycle

As people become increasingly frustrated dealing with traffic, perhaps we need to rethink the use of our transportation dollars and give the bicycle an opportunity to emerge in this chapter of history.

#StrongCitizens, Bikeability, Member Post, Top Story, Urban DesignJustin GolbabaiOctober 20, 2016protected bike lane, bike parking, community engagement

How to Improve Your Town’s Bike Network on a Budget

These low-cost strategies will make biking easier and safer in any community.

#SlowtheCars, Bikeability, Member Post, Planning Profession, Top Story, Transportation, GardnerSpencer GardnerOctober 20, 2016bike lanes, protected bike lane, Crosswalk, how to, resource, page highlight

Building the Best Small Biking City in the World

Victoria is a Canadian town with a bold mission: To become the best small biking city in the world. In this interview, Victoria's mayor talks about how the city plans to accomplish this goal and what it will mean for their community.

#StrongCitizens, Bikeability, Roads and Streets, Top Story, Urban DesignRachel QuednauOctober 20, 2016Small Towns, Canada, protected bike lane, bike lanes, bike parking, local government

Bike Trails as Part of the Transportation Network

Keith Laughlin, president of Rails to Trails, talks about how his organization is creatively improving bikeability in towns across the country.

Bikeability, Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauOctober 18, 2016protected bike lane, bike trails, Public Health, transportation spending

The Fragility of Agency

The trials and tribulations of getting things done, and why change is so difficult for government agencies.

Walkability, Urban Design, Top Story, Roads and Streets, Member Post, BikeabilityZvi LeveJuly 15, 2016antifragile, Canada, bike lanes, protected bike lane, snow

Bike lanes: Good or bad for business?

The incremental, low-cost, block by block method with which bike lanes are being installed means that we can continue to test and discover their values (or drawbacks) in our towns.