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Bicycle Transportation Alliance and Oregon Walks Still FIghting for a Meaningful Vision Zero in Portland

By Alliance for Biking & Walking / On March 23rd, 2015

Editor's note: The Bicycle Transportation Alliance was a partner on our Bike to Work promotion last year, so we're particularly pleased to share this update on their work from the Alliance for Biking & Walking.

#ForewordFriday: The Joy of Cycling Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On May 16th, 2014

Fun bike racks make biking more appealing. Photo by Meghan Bartels.

#Foreword Friday: Incomplete Streets Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On February 28th, 2014

This Friday, we're giving you a peek at Completing Our Streets: The Transition to Safe and Inclusive Transportation Networks by Barbara McCann. McCann is one of the founders of the Complete Streets movement, which looks to make streets friendly to everyone no matter their mode of transportation. It's this month's $3.99 special e-book, so if this teaser piques your interest, act fast!

Sustainable Streets are Safe Streets

By Barbara McCann / On November 11th, 2013

Sustainability is often approached as a technical challenge, something we “should” do, for the good of the planet and for the good of the next generation. But a push toward a more environmentally responsible future will not happen unless we care deeply. Such an emotional connection comes naturally only when an activity sustains us, right now. In transportation, the Complete Streets movement has struck such a chord. It starts with the fundamental human issue of personal safety.

Complete Streets: Changing Design AND Decisions around the Nation

By Barbara McCann / On October 28th, 2013

The stories of success keep rolling in. Portland Maine turned summer maintenance projects into Complete Streets improvement opportunities. Detroit’s Woodward Avenue will be redesigned as a major transit corridor, while Lansing has received the state’s first counterflow bicycle lane, courtesy of MIDOT.