Bike and safe streets advocates have our work cut out for us. To help, here is a cheatsheet of useful resources showing some of the many ways in which more biking improves our neighborhoods and cities.
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NYC Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson’s memorandum on bike lane safety benefits
Then deputy mayor writes a memorandum on the popularity and safety benefits of bike lanes. The data comes from lessons learned building 255 miles of bike lanes in the prior four years. Some facts …
Evaluation of solid green bicycle lanes
Even among unprotected bike lanes design considerations matter. NYC found that bike lanes painted green are safer than unpainted bike lanes.
Risk of injury for bicycling on cycle tracks versus in the street
Bicyclist injury risk is 28% lower on cycle tracks compared to streets without bike infrastructure. Cycle tracks also are much more desirable routes seeing 2.5x the bike volume.
Injuries to pedal cyclists on New Zealand roads, 1988-2007
From 1989 to 2006 New Zealand’s bicycle mode share reduced from 4% to only 1%. This coincides with a large increase in transportation by motor vehicle. During that time the injury rates for cyclists increased 20% while declined by 40-50% for all other modes of transportation.