Snow Park Streets Workshop

By Aaron Bialick
Apr 11, 2011

From EBBC:

As part of Measure DD the maze of intersections next to Snow Park (20th St/Lakeside/Harrision) will be reconfigured to increase park space and improve conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians. Come provide your ideas on how it should look.

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The Antidote to Atlanta’s Cold Weather Traffic Insanity

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2014

Cold temperatures, a little more than a dusting of snow, and what seems to be a completely inept storm response have paralyzed Atlanta’s freeways. The whole region is reeling. People are trapped in cars on the highways, without water or food. Stranded people are sleeping on the floors of pharmacies. Shop owners are being hailed […]

Oaklavia: Love Our Lake Day

By Aaron Bialick | May 20, 2013

From WOBO: Walk, bike, stroll, dance, paddle and pedal the Lake. 3 miles of mostly car-free streets. Activities include salsa by the lake, food trucks (Snow Park and E 16th St), free bike rentals including tandems, tennis, gondola rides, boating, bike repair, live music, belly dancing, Taiko drumming, martial arts performances, sports games, bike rodeo, […]

Oaklavia – Love Our Lake Day

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 14, 2015

From Oaklavia: Come play in the streets surrounding beautiful Lake Merritt at Walk Oakland Bike Oakland’s 3nd Annual Love Our Lake Day Sunday, September 20, 11a-4p. The free event offers two car-free miles of human powered fun! Walk, bike, skate, dance, stroll, play and experience Lake Merritt – the nation’s first wildlife refuge – in […]

Cycling is a great way to maintain physical and mental health during the colder months, and it's easier than it looks. Photo: John Greenfield

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Make biking part of your plan to take on the challenges of a COVID-19 winter

By John Greenfield | Dec 3, 2020

Cold-weather cycling is just one of the options for infectious disease expert-approved cold-weather fun available.

Providence's Jewelry District before the I-195 removal. Photo: Runaway Jim

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Providence Is Using Bikes to Build a Future on a Freeway’s Footprint

By Michael Andersen | Mar 30, 2017

Fifty years ago, almost every city in the country discovered the effects a freeway has on the neighborhoods nearby. Now, one of the country's oldest cities is about to learn what happens when you move a freeway out.

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Repurposing Streets for All Users in Portland — Maine

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 1, 2013

All summer, the city of Portland, Maine, has been chipping away at the space it devotes to asphalt. With a reduced lane here, a curb extension there, an added landscaped median, the city is creating a safer, more inviting environment for pedestrians, reports C. Neal at Network blog Rights of Way. Neal says these incremental […]