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A New Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan👟🚲 Port Moves is an exciting effort to make using active transportation (walking, biking, and rolling) in Port Washington easier, safer, and more convenient. The City has just started work on the plan, which will include a framework of policies, programs, and infrastructure improvements to make walking, biking, and rolling more fun, safe, and convenient in Port. Right now, we are doing citywide public engagement to better understand how Port residents currently experience the City on foot or bike, and where there are barriers or opportunities to improve walking and biking. We would love for you to complete our online interactive webmap at https://lnkd.in/gMp_jvBi. This webmap begins with a brief survey asking how you feel about the current active transportation network in the City (sidewalks, bike facilities, trails, crossings, etc.), and where there are opportunities to make it better. Once the survey is complete, you are able to draw and pinpoint exactly where you have thoughts and ideas. #YourHomePort

What makes high-bicycling-mode-share cities so much safer than many of their counterparts? 🤔 Marshall and Ferenchak investigated just that and concluded that more bicyclists on the road is not as important as the built infrastructure. Essentially downplaying the 'safety-in-numbers' rhetoric. 💡 More specifically, their analysis suggest that improving bike infrastructure with more protected/separated bike facilities is significantly associated with fewer fatalities and better road safety outcomes for all road users (not just people riding). ✅ Key to achieving our Towards Zero road safety goals is investing in high-quality, separated cycling infrastructure. 🚴 Source: Marshall, W & Ferenchak, N 2019 'Why cities with high bicycling rates are safer for all road users', vol. 13.

Compared to how safe they feel at school and in their neighborhood, young people surveyed feel the least safe moving around the city: walking, biking, taking the bus, riding in the car. Discover many more key insights from the youth research at https://lnkd.in/eGyq4YKx

Bike buses, like the #Montclair #BikeBus pictured, have emerged to encourage group biking to school and have the potential to leverage Safe Routes To School interventions, according to a new report from the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. Read more in #InTransition: https://lnkd.in/eQp85srz

Thinking about relocating to Cincinnati, Ohio? In this video, i will explore the top three favorite parks in Cincinnati: Pine Hill Park, Loveland Trail, and Sharon wood Park. Discover why these spots are perfect for running, biking, or a family picnic. #cincinnatirealestate #cincinnatilife #cincinnati #movetocincinnati #relocatetocincinnati #movetocincinnati

Thinking about relocating to Cincinnati, Ohio? In this video, i will explore the top three favorite parks in Cincinnati: Pine Hill Park, Loveland Trail, and Sharon wood Park. Discover why these spots are perfect for running, biking, or a family picnic. Get the link to the full video in the first comment of this post. #cincinnatirealestate #cincinnatilife #cincinnati #movetocincinnati #relocatetocincinnati #movetocincinnati

Trouble biking across the Baltimore area? Planners want to hear from you via Baltimore Banner. Most people find riding a bike on busy, multilane streets or roads without shoulders intimidating, but for many rides across the Baltimore region at some point, there’s no other option. Regional planners are identifying gaps where better infrastructure could make the Baltimore region more bikeable — and they want public feedback. https://ow.ly/bVlc50Uj9CG #UrbanPlanning #BikeInfrastructure

In North American cities, accommodating cycling is typically reduced to a problem of physical infrastructure – above all, bike lanes. The bicycle street, however, has served many European cities well, for example by stitching together discontinuities in dedicated bike networks. A bicycle street prioritizes cycling but permits motorists. As Matthew Bruno explains in Transportation Research: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, bicycle streets require less physical infrastructure but more social infrastructure. For North America, they set a largely neglected but valuable example of a practical way to accommodate more cycling. By revealing the social infrastructure that makes bicycle streets work, Bruno shows us how to do it.

This year’s City Ratings results feature some new and familiar faces across our best small, medium, large, and international cities for biking! Check out 2024’s Best Places to Bike at https://bit.ly/4c9O7jU . Which cities were you expecting to do well? Did your city’s rating score improve from last here? Let us know in the comments. #PFBCityRatings

Hey, Trail Builder Mag family, this message is for you. As we continue to grow and gain traction, it becomes even more important to communicate and keep you in the loop. Even though we’re HUGE social media fans, in light of the ever-changing algorithms, we’ll often post content, and most of you won’t see it. The best way to stay connected and in the loop is to sign up for our weekly newsletter. That means we don’t have to leave it up to algorithms to decide whether you see our content or not. To sign up, click this link: https://bit.ly/3sz5kPo (You will also receive a free download of the article “Do Unsanctioned Trails Hurt Mountain Biking?”) Lastly, when you fill out the newsletter form, identify which country you live in. That way, we can send you more specific periodic updates (especially for non-USA subscribers). Thanks crew! - Sean #trailbuilder #trailbuilding #mountainbiking #trails