Cycling Advocates Pick 10 Best New Bike Lanes in the U.S.

[thelakelander]

Advocacy group PeopleForBikes has just released their list of what they consider to be the top 10 best new bike lanes in the country. They all fall under the category of protected bike lanes — ones in which there is some kind of physical barrier between the people on bikes and the people in cars.

It's the type of infrastructure that can create the perception of safety, and the reality as well. In countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark, protected bike infrastructure is a normal part of street design, and consequently, biking is a normal part of life for people of all ages.

Here's the list:

1.   Polk Street, San Francisco

2.   2nd Avenue, Seattle

3.   Riverside Drive, Memphis

4.   Rosemead Boulevard, Temple City, California

5.   Furness Drive, Austin

6.   Broadway, Seattle

7.   SW Multnomah Boulevard, Portland, Oregon

8.   Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh

9.   King Street, Honolulu

10.   Broadway, Chicago

Full article: http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/best-bike-lanes-us-announced-2014