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Bicycle Streets Beyond Europe: Vancouver’s Local Street Bikeways

Are Vancouver’s AAA Local Street Bikeways bicycle streets? Let’s compare against the Dutch fietsstraat and find out.

bicycle street, Cities, cycling, fietsstraat, mobility, transportation, urban planning

Bicycle Streets Beyond Europe: Portland’s Neighborhood Greenways

Are Portland’s Neighborhood Greenways bicycle streets? Let’s compare against the Dutch fietsstraat and find out.

bicycle street, Cities, cycling, design, fietsstraat, portland, transportation, urban planning

Bicycle Streets Beyond Europe: NACTO Bicycle Boulevard

Is the NACTO bicycle boulevard a bicycle street? Let’s compare against the Dutch fietsstraat and find out.

bicycle street, Cities, cycling, design, fietsstraat, NACTO, transportation, transportation planning

What is a Bicycle Street?

Bicycle streets flip the natural hierarchy and make bicyclists the dominant user of the street, while motorists must act as “guests”.

Cities, cycling, fietsstraat, planning, transportation, urban planning

The 3 Key Functions of Streets

Streets are not just infrastructure for moving people; they are places in and of themselves.

Cities, complete streets, engineering, transportation, transportation planning, urban design, urban planning, urbanism

The Park-and-Ride is Dead

Now is the time to repurpose these public assets to save transit ridership and improve the well-being of our communities.

Cities, housing, public transit, sustainability, Toronto, transportation, urban planning

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