The bicycle enjoyed a starring role in urban history over a century ago, but now it is back, stronger than ever. It is the single most important tool for improving our cities. Designing around it is the most efficient way to make our cities life-sized—to scale cities for humans. It […]
Urbanism
Bicycle Urbanism Symposium, June 19-22, 2013 Select presentations from the symposium are available here. Josh Miller’s summary and photographs of the symposium on the Washington Bikes site is available here. John Pucher’s keynote address presentation is available here. Dr. Pucher also wrote two articles for the Seattle Times on Building […]
San Sebastian Bicycle Tunnel – Photo: Michelena at Diario Vasco The Basque city of San Sebastian inaugurated the world’s longest bicycle commuter tunnel yesterday [07 August 2009] in a former railway tunnel on the Bilbao-San Sebastian route. The Mayor of San Sebastian, Odon Elorza, and the Deputy Minister of Transport […]
Classic traffic safety organisation narrative. “Stop cycling”. By Stephanie PattersonWith Mikael Colville-Andersen In the diverse world of traffic planning, advocacy and various movements for liveable cities, there is an odd group of outliers who broadcast conflicting messages. While “traffic safety” organisations seem like a natural part of the gallery and […]