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Changes are urged to LEED-ND's treatment of biking

Ideas are being sought for improving LEED for Neighborhood Development and other LEED programs.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 16 Dec 2010

Citizens fight to narrow street

Here's an unusually detailed and encouraging report on a street narrowing plan in Madison, Wisconsin.

'Ciclovias' in North America researched

A ciclovia is either a permanently designated bicycle route or a temporary event, the closing of the street to automobiles for use by others.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 03 Dec 2010

All I want for Christmas is urban mobility

This has been a big year for bike-sharing, bike lanes, and all manner of bicycle-related urban improvements.

That emphasis is now showing up in smart growth holiday offerings as well. The Coalition for Smarter Growth, in the the Washington, DC, region, is offering reduced-price memberships in Capital BikeShare or credits on ZipCar use to those who join the Coalition.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 02 Dec 2010

Atlanta area projects win awards

Three projects that were worked on by Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates (TSW), an Atlanta-based planning, architecture, and landscape architecture firms, have won awards from the Atlanta Regional Commission.

At the Commission's State of the Region Breakfast, the awards that were presented included these:

Posted by Philip Langdon on 01 Dec 2010

New York City bike lane

The protected bike lane on 9th Avenue was installed in fall 2007. In its first year, crashes involving all street users were down 56 percent, while bicycle ridership along the avenue increased 50 percent. Courtesy of EPA.

Plan of the Month December 2010: Low-carbon urban design for China

Urban design standards for low-carbon communities were created and tested on a new city plan.

Posted by Drew on 01 Dec 2010

After fast progress, how will Washington continue civilizing its streets?

The District of Columbia has installed 80 miles of bike lanes in 20 months, but suburban-style areas of the city remain obstacles.

Bike-sharing on a big scale anticipated in New York

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is getting ready to introduce a large-scale bicycle-sharing program that would make hundreds or thousands of bikes available for public use throughout New York City.

New York bike lanes face a backlash

After establishing more than 250 miles of traffic lanes dedicated to bicyclists, New York is backtracking on a few of them.