Indianapolis is Losing its Bicycling Mojo-Guest Post by Austin Gibble
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling on Sep 26th, 2017 | 17 comments
Austin Gibble is a frequent commenter and Urban Indy fan, and has been gracious enough to share this blog post with us:
Indianapolis is Losing Its Bicycling Mojo
The United States Census Bureau released 2016 Journey to Work data this past week, and it does not paint a pretty picture for bicycling in Indianapolis. In fact, many cities that are notoriously bike-friendly, lost some riders. This includes Portland, OR and Minneapolis, MN. However, this isn’t necessarily true across the board. The average change for bike commuting throughout the United States is a decline of 0.4%, likely attributed to...
Separated Bike Paths: Safer, More Useful, and Possibly Less Controversial
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods on Sep 11th, 2017 | 27 comments
Few subjects draw the ire of neighborhood residents like bike lanes. Our posts on the Broad Ripple bike lanes featured comment threads that got almost out of control. And to this day, I still think in general these lanes are a positive change, as vehicles drive slower through the section now, and the road feels safer to the user (including pedestrians and drivers, as well as cyclists). The lanes are basically a simple coat of white paint. The pavement that was a 40-mile an hour 4 lane road is slightly less of a stroad now.
I haven’t talked much about bike lanes since the Broad Ripple Avenue ones...
