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  • 'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars

    September 18, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Spain, Pontevedra

    Rather than attempt to change traffic flow, the city of Pontevedra cut straight to the source of their congestion frustrations; they eliminated cars from their streets entirely. The city center, which now fills to the brim with walkers and bicyclists each day, has seen a massive reduction in traffic accidents and carbon emissions since closing the streets to cars.

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  • Minneapolis would like to cure your dockless bike-share skepticism

    September 17, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, the nonprofit behind the city's bike share system plans to expand with a dockless model that will bring bikes into more neighborhoods while addressing some of the issues that model has encountered in other cities with bikes left in haphazard locations. Nice Ride will work with neighborhoods and city officials to create designated drop off zones and use a GPS system to find missing bikes. This cuts down on the docking infrastructure cost and allows more rapid expansion.

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  • This bike path is made from recycled plastic

    September 14, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Zwolle

    What do you get when you combine the efforts of an engineering company with an energy company? In the Netherlands, you get a new type of environmentally sustainable roads. PlasticRoads, a piloted initiative in the city of Zwolle, uses discarded plastic to build bike paths that help cut down on plastic waste.

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  • No helmets, no problem: how the Dutch created a casual biking culture

    August 28, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Most people in Holland ride a bicycle every week thanks to a widespread public commitment to a biking culture and infrastructure where everyone feels welcome. That includes very visible dedicated bike paths designed for the most sedate cyclist, courses teaching children safe cycling skills, and connections to combine biking and transit. Most Dutch don't need helmets because rather than making bicyclists dress to confront danger, the country has made the environs safer for cyclists.

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  • Bicycle Deaths in New York Are a Problem. The Ghost Bikes Project Wants to Solve It.

    August 14, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Ghost Bike Project installs stripped-down bikes at the scenes of fatal accidents to raise awareness about the work still needed to ensure safety for cyclists. Project staff also work to correct narratives about bike accidents which are often commonly blamed on the cyclist without cause.

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  • Equity Makes Bike-Sharing Work, and Other Bike-Share Guidelines for Cities

    July 23, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    New guidelines to help cities manage bike-share programs, based on feedback from 60 cities, could be the key to success for dockless vehicles. The guidelines include recommendations about permits and fines, ways to consider equity programs, and a reference guide to what cities are currently doing in this space. The idea is that, by planning ahead and being deliberate, cities can maximize the benefit that dockless vehicles bring to their cities while regulating any negatives.

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  • Copenhagen Mastermind Jan Gehl Isn't Sold on 'Smart' Cities

    April 30, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Copenhagen is a highly livable city, thanks to policies that focus on making streets safe and convenient to walk. The bigger the city, the worse it is to design urban spaces only with cars in mind, says planner and architect Jan Gehl. His top advice is to gather data about people and their movements, making pedestrians as visible in city planning as automobile traffic.

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  • Sharing the Road: How Can We End Bike Fatalities on Chicago's Streets?

    February 27, 2018 |

    Logan Squarist |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago officials strive to make the city safer for bicyclists by looking for inspiration in other cities, adopting the "Vision Zero" initiative that aims for zero traffic-related deaths, and investing in education platforms. While the city has made progress in creating bicycle-only lanes on the road, local officials still move forward in implementing a more comprehensive plan for traffic safety.

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  • As hundreds of golf courses close, nature gets a chance to make a comeback

    November 08, 2017 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    More golf courses are closing than are opening, allowing the rare opportunity to have open space in an urban environment. Restorations are becoming popular to allow wildlife and humans to make use of the natural space through the encouragement of different animals and plants to inhabit the same area as well as the development of parks and bike paths to foster human use.

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  • Pop-Up Bike Network Leads to Permanent Change

    July 10, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    A bike share system as well as a pop-up experiment that added eight miles of temporary bike lanes in Macon, Georgia more than doubled the number of people riding bikes on the streets every day. It also showed county officials bike lanes were viable and desirable and now there are modest plans underway for three miles of permanent bike lanes and advocates are pushing for the county to adopt a complete streets policy for the city.

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