New York City has invested in 418 kilometres (260 mi.) of on-street bike lanes in the last four years.
In the video below, New York City Transportation Commissioner and National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) President Janette Sadik-Khan credits this infrastructure for the lowest traffic fatalities since the city began keeping records, 100-years ago.
Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, joined Sadik-Khan in October to announce the print release of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, “the most comprehensive resource for creating safer, more attractive and livable streets for everyone through better designed bikeways.”
As we discussed in the last post, most North American cities could benefit from a whole lot more of this kind of planning. What are we waiting for?
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NYC has done many great things.
Chicago is also pressing forward quite well. Check out what they are doing:
http://www.streetfilms.org/kinzie-street-the-first-of-many-protected-bike-lanes-for-chicago/
They also have a snow plough dedicated for bike lanes now!
I can’t help but laugh every time I think of Rob Ford saying “We’re not Florida”, when referring to cycling in Toronto.
Florida has I believe 4 or the top 5 most dangerous cities in the USA for pedestrians/cyclists.
Few people ride bikes in Florida., while some of the best cities in the USA have some of the worst weather. NYC, Chicago, Minneapolis and even Portland have great cycling cultures with weather that is (for lack of a better word) crap.
Hopefully, Ford and his ilk are the last of the dinosaurs.
Resistance to reality will eventually prove futile. Streetfilms is a great resource to remind that some places are actually embracing the 21st century.
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