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New bicycle route mapping tool: Cyclowiki
A new wiki-based online bicycle route mapping tool that promises to make it more convenient to plan your next bike trip in the seven county metro area! Read more >
Livable Copenhagen: the design of a bicycle city
A thorough and informative overview of the policy and design decisions that allowed Copenhagen to become one of the world's most bicycle friendly cities (with a winter climate that is not too different from the Twin Cities). Includes many excellent photographs and graphics, illustrations of design standards, and guidance for intersection design. A best-practices 'must-read'. Read more >
President-elect Obama proposes office of Urban Policy
President-elect Barack Obama is creating the first Office of Urban Policy in the history of the United States. The public can vote for and suggest the priorities of the office at a new website. Read more >
Community Planning (Block Party Style)
Block parties are one of New York's most cherished institutions—kicking back, getting out the grill, watching the kids play, and hanging out on a safe, quiet street. With thousands happening every year, there's bound to be one near you. Read more >
Streetfilms: Bike-Thru Window Banking - Boulder, Colorado
This brief video from our friends at Streetfilms shows a bicycle-only drive-thru lane at a bank in Boulder, CO.
I often bicycle up to the drive-thru lane at my local credit union, but it is not the funnest experience siting in a queue of idling motor vehicles. The bike-only lane would make the experience much more pleasant.
Moving Me
Riding the bus, the train, a bike, and taking a walk. Song by John Akre and Beth Peloff. Animation by John. sloppyfilms.com
Twin Cities Bike Sharing Program Moves Forward
The City of Minneapolis is on track to launch a new bike-sharing program in the spring of 2009. Extremely popular in Paris, Barcelona and Stockholm, the bike sharing program will allow subscribers to pick up and drop off bicycles at locations throughout a large area of Minneapolis and, in later phases, throughout both St. Paul and Minneapolis. Read more >
Designing the 21st Century Street
Transportation Alternatives announces the winners of their open design competition to revision the public street in New York City for the 21st century. Read more >
Report: Active Transportation for America
A new report from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Bikes Belong that makes the case for increased Federal investment in bicycling and walking facilities and infrastructure.
By making active transportation a viable option for everyday travel, we will cost-effectively reduce oil dependence, climate pollution and obesity rates while providing more and better choices for getting around town.
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Streetfilms: Chicago’s Sunday Parkways
From our friends over at Streetsblog: Streetfilms contributor Nicholas Whitaker files this report from Chicago, which put on a pair of major car-free events last month called Sunday Parkways.
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