Justice-oriented advocates are generally denied the opportunity to bring their whole selves to a space and are more likely to be tokenized — forced to pick their battles, to speak within a constrained set of categories, to suffer outright dismissal for straying too far from those categories, and to serve as stand-ins for the entirety of the diverse communities they represent. These principles were drafted using perspectives gathered at "The Untokening: A Convening for Just Streets & Communities" held in Atlanta, GA on November 13, 2016. Instead of offering ready-made solutions, these principles outline recommendations for mobility justice that are rooted in the liberation of historically marginalized communities.

When the City of Seattle wanted to extend a successful two-way protected bike lane on a primary downtown corridor, Toole Design provided planning and preliminary engineering services. Our national expertise informed the development of a state-of-the-art bicycle facility that incorporates innovative features including curb-level concrete separation, near-side bicycle signals, and raised loading zones and pedestrian crossings. The completed project adds nearly a mile to a 13-block route that runs to the center city’s northern boundary.

Neighborhood GreenStreets are low-traffic streets prioritized for walking and biking, where people of all ages and abilities feel safe and comfortable. The city installs safety signage, crossings, paint markings and other treatments to these streets to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety. Creating GreenStreets is part of our Vision Zero goals to improve safety and comfort for walking and bicycling.

The PlacesForBikes City Ratings program is a data-driven approach to evaluate, identify and compare the best global cities and towns for bicycling.

Our newly released research is the deepest dive yet into public perceptions of bikes and mobility.

NACTO cities are leading the way in designing streets that are truly safe and inviting for bicyclists of All Ages & Abilities and attract wide ridership. This guidance—developed by practitioners from cities across North America—builds on NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide and sets an All Ages & Abilities criteria for selecting and implementing bike facilities.

Protected bike lanes are a simple concept, really: they're like sidewalks for bikes. Because they use planters, curbs, parked cars or posts to separate bike and auto traffic on busy streets, protected lanes are essential to building a full network of bike-friendly routes. Once that network is built, it makes riding a bike a pleasant and practical way for many more people (not just the bold or athletic) to make trips of a mile or two.

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center's (PBIC) mission has been to improve the quality of life in communities through the increase of safe walking and bicycling as a viable means of transportation and physical activity. In this white paper, PBIC defines connected bike networks.

This is one of a series of short, practical reports from PeopleForBikes’ Green Lane Project, which helps cities build protected bike lanes so they can connect neighborhoods with low-stress biking networks. It was researched and written by Jon Orcutt with support from Michael Andersen and the Green Lane Project team, drawing on the experiences of the Green Lane Project’s first four years.

Today, U.S. cities are using a new tool to help make bike transportation a mainstream part of urban American life: protected bike lanes. As this investment has taken place, city leaders and community activists have asked us for advice on how to make sure their decisions about this infrastructure don’t continue the cycle of oppression.

More people riding bicycles creates stronger, safer and healthier communities. The key to getting more people biking is to provide safe, convenient and attractive places to ride.

More people riding bicycles creates stronger, safer and healthier communities. The key to getting more people biking is to provide safe, convenient and attractive places to ride.

This brief provides a short overview of current approaches for measuring bicycle network quality focusing on a case study using the PeopleForBikes Bicycle Network Analysis (BNA) to evaluate the impact of planned projects.

This report draws on the experiences of Austin, Chicago, Denver, Memphis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Seattle to create a general guide for adding this exciting, effective new form of project delivery into your city’s toolbox.

Race, ethnicity, class and protected bike lanes: An idea book for fairer cities

This info brief provides a concise summary of current practice and key resources for those interested in starting, expanding or maintaining bicycle and pedestrian count programs.

A connected bike network provides a safe and comfortable transportation experience, enabling people of all ages and abilities to get where they want to go.

Advocates often aim to make cycling a more accessible resource for Blacks, Latinos, and other underrepresented groups. But they may be missing one of the biggest deterrents to bicycling among this population — fear for personal safety.

At our recent Strong Towns Summit in Tulsa, OK, I heard Chuck Marohn praise—on several occasions—the ingenuity and creativity of the tactical urbanism projects going on in Memphis, TN. These include temporary bike lanes, pop-up stores, sidewalk seating and more.

Learn and understand the role bike share and shared micromobility played in the Black Lives Matter protests.

Have you noticed that bikes are on the front lines of the Black Lives Matter protests in a multitude of ways?

Around the start of this decade, Memphis’s public experiments were making its streets maybe the most interesting in the United States.

Help us help you by improving the accuracy of the The Bicycle Network Analysis.

For the first and second U.S. cities to start building networks of modern protected bike lanes, the payoff seems to have arrived.

We don’t have to dream of a country where protected bike lanes and other quality bike infrastructure have dramatically improved life for people in poverty. We can visit it.

PeopleForBikes is proud to announce the third annual PlacesForBikes City Ratings — a data-driven analysis evaluating and identifying the best U.S. cities for bicycling.

Manuel Calvo had spent years in Sevilla bicycling activism and was working as a sustainability consultant when he landed the contract to plan a protected bike lane network for his city.