DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO INCREASE BIKING IN A CITY

The latest bike counts http://www.calgary.ca/Transportation/TP/Pages/Cycling/Bike-Data.aspx?redirect=/bikedata from Calgary, Alberta — the site of a 2015 pilot project that cheaply installed a five-street downtown protected bike lane network https://peopleforbikes.org/blog/calgary-rolls-out-a-downtown-protected-bike-lane-network-all-at-once/ in one swoop — show that the Canadian city continues to be the continent’s clearest example of an auto-oriented city that got immediate results by quickly building a simple low-stress biking network in an area where many people want to go.

...in purely technical terms, Calgary’s recent experience is a message for any city that wants to change its transportation habits: Yes, it can be done. And we already know how.

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