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Boston, MA: Varied Reactions to COVID Spurred Bike Lane Construction
Source: The Boston Globe
Reports that since the pandemic began, many streets in Greater Boston have been transformed to accommodate safer biking and biking has increased in most Massachusetts municipalities by more than 25%. Local businesses,
Read More >Bronx and Brooklyn, NY: Essential Workers Get E-Bike Discounts and Loans
Source: Next City
Describes a program to give frontline essential workers in the Bronx and Brooklyn boroughs of New York City subsidies and loans for e-bike purchases to make their commuting easier and more affordable.
Read More >Source: Fast Company
Reports on a program in Los Angeles, CA that will use a network of hubs to disperse pre-packed cargo containers pulled by e-bikes to make the last mile of shipping deliveries and reduce time stuck in traffic and carbon emissions.
Read More >Other Countries Pay People to Ride Bikes and E-Bikes to Work
Source: electrek
Reports on the over 300 bike-to-work programs outside of the US that usually involve a per mile or kilometer employee tax incentive or bike purchase assistance. Briefly describes programs in Belgium, The Netherlands,
Read More >Source: America Walks
Decries car-centered snow clearing practices that leave roads salted and bare while sidewalks remain packed with ice and snow that residents and businesses must each individually clear.
Read More >Walmart, Major Bike Manufacturers Asked to Stop Making and Selling ‘Built-to-Fail’ Bikes
Source: Vice
Explains the increasing problem with budget bikes, assembled by people with little training that break easily and cannot be repaired. Reports on a petition started by the program director for Bikes Together in Denver,
Read More >Source: Next City
Opines that using fatalities and crash numbers to guide policies is incomplete because they do not include “close call“/near miss incidents, and advocates for understanding the multiple facets of safety experiences and recognizing that those experiences are as valid as reported crash data.
Read More >Source: Wired
Reports that cities are grappling with: e-bike use in parks or on trails and greenways that ban motorized vehicles; the concerns of people walking who feel threatened by heavier, faster bikes; and the lack of accurate data about crashes and injuries related to e-
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The new Active Transportation Funding and Finance Toolkit from FHWA highlights innovative funding and finance strategies for implementing active transportation projects.
Read More >New USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy and FHWA Update to Highway Safety Improvement Program
Source: USDOT
At its core, the NRSS is a USDOT-wide adoption of the Safe System Approach, focused on five key objectives: safer people, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer speeds, and post-crash care.
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