Bike Lane: Cycling in American Cities

Energy and sustainability, Essay, expanding design practices, Interboro, No Density, Politics and economics, Territory and mobility, The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, America, Architect’s role, Brooklyn, Cycling roads, Developing policies, Empowering society, Essay, Infrastructure, Mobility, New York City, Political implications, Politics, Smart infrastructure, Smart ride, Spatial Ideologies, Sustainability, Sustainable infrastructure, Territorial dimension, Transportation, Urban mobility, Urban Paradigms, USA

Published in "The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion", 2017 -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2016960869

First published online by urbanNext.

Things are looking optimistic for cyclists in American cities. To start, their population is growing: the number of bicycle commuters increased by more than 60 percent in the first decade of the 21st century.1 Concurrently, municipal governments are investing on an unprecedented scale in bicycle infrastructure. It’s no longer shocking to hear the mayors of major American cities, such as Memphis or Washington, deliver impassioned speeches about the virtues of bike lanes.