#bicycle lane

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[worshiptheglitch]

Dave Walker

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[viewmonde]

[tilbageidanmark]

Danish parking lot (Outside the Frederiksberg Mall).

16% of all trips in Denmark are made by bikes.

[atlurbanist]

The bicycle paradise that Atlanta planned and ignored

A 1973 publication titled "The Bicycle" was commissioned by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the Georgia Department of Transportation, and MARTA. It was the nation’s first regional bikeway plan. Seriously, it really was. And it would have been right here in Atlanta -- if it had been built.

In 1977, the City of Atlanta produced an actual, detailed plan would’ve produced a biker’s paradise, influenced by that publication (the image above is from that plan).

The city's stated intention was to: “provide bike paths within the rights-of-way of major streets and highways when such streets are improved or newly constructed.”

It also called for the development of “bicycle lanes in coordination with the construction of MARTA line segments.”

If the city had implemented the plan, by 1992 Atlanta would have had a reputation as a cyclist’s paradise.

I don't know the specific reasons why it never happened -- not beyond the basic inertia that seems to chronically vex cities like Atlanta, which suffer from decades of car-centric thinking.

My aim is not to make people sad about what never happened, by the way.

What I want is to send a warning: there is no shortage of great ideas for improving Atlanta's urbanism; what we have is a shortage of boldness within our leadership when it comes to implementation of the plans, and standing up to the resistance from people who fear changes to the status quo.

Watch out for that inertia.

Info source, Joe Hurley's great post here:

https://www.threadatl.org/2018/08/15/atlantas-second-chance-to-build-bikeways-and-complete-streets/

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[elliecoreunderscore]

Bisickle 👍

[a4g]

U know it bad when I’m daydreaming about side walks and bicycle lanes or even buses being in my town

[dogwelder]

Hey, I rode my bike!

[nyandreasphotography]

Bike Lane (Green) - 9th Avenue, New York CIty by Andreas Komodromos®

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

... bike & art ...

"Bicycle Ride"

The Saturday Evening Post magazine cover, August 16, 1941

Artist: Douglas Crockwell

[steelycunt]

walks to uni that would make the priest from fleabag piss himself

[rickchung]

About Here x "The Truth About Cycling in the Suburbs".

[shiroikabocha]

I am jealous of this train infrastructure. And the bike infrastructure. And the pedestrian infrastructure. And basically just… how much less stressful it is to travel from point A to point B here, even though I’m totally unfamiliar with the place and I don’t speak the language. It’s almost like the city is built for people to live in!

Amsterdam is very nice, I’m glad we came here.

[atlurbanist]

Nice post from a Washington state transportation professional!

It's great to have something to brag about in Atlanta when it comes to street redesign that de-centers car flow and lifts up cycling or walking!

The nation is watching, and wants us to succeed. 😊

Next, let's aim for a truly well-connected system of these lovely things in Atlanta.