The Case for Physically Separated Bike Lanes
Posted by Glenn on March 31, 2007 - 11:30am in The Oil Drum: Local
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: alternative transportation, bike lanes, new york city, streetfilms [list all tags]
The Case for Physically Separated Bike Lanes (8:30 running time)
As an outgrowth of the fabulous Streetsblog, which challenges people to rethink the auto-centric street design, Streetfilms takes the experience to another level.
One of the best diagrams in the video is this, which shows the revolution in design needed to get NYC's biking numbers into the 20-30% range like Copenhagen.

This is just one of their videos. Other good videos are:
Portland's Safe Routes to School
Chicago Transportation Commissioner Meets Project for Public Spaces




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