Last week California’s Transportation Agency, Caltrans, issued a Design Guidance document describing implementation of protected bikeways in California. The document should make it easier for California cities to design/redesign their cities to provide a better balance between all street system users. The picture shown above is one of the…
To cross a motorway the municipality of Harderwijk has built a wooden bicycle overpass. This video shows clearly the bicycle overpass safely crosses a major highway, serves not only bicyclists but pedestrians, and is part of a larger system of bicycle/pedestrian paths in the region. Harderwijk is a few miles…
What if your commute could be a bicycle ride through parks and side streets? It would produce less traffic anxiety, improve your personal health, negate noise pollution, and improve the environment. While obviously bicycle commuting is not appropriate for those with a long stretch of highway between home and job,…
Bicycling is one of the greenest forms of transportation you could imagine. Bicycles require minimal materials to build, require minimal space during use and other times, require minimum energy during use, and give riders exercise improving their health. Yet bicyclists often have friction with car drivers and there is a…
