Posts under ‘Bicycling’

While we’re talking about Near Southside streetcar alignments, I thought I’d also bring you all the preliminary design renderings for Magnolia’s “Complete Street” makeover proposal, which would re-stripe the street from four lanes to two with a center turn lane, to slow traffic and increase safety, and add dedicated bike lanes. Again, these are [...]

As Fort Worth South, Inc. considers re-striping Magnolia Avenue to reduce traffic lanes and add bike-only lanes, a study has come out of Portland State University that shows that bike lanes really do encourage more bike riding, as reported in the Portland Tribune:
Despite the harrumphing of talk-radio hosts and the carping of car chauvinists, bike [...]

Here’s a Streetfilm about National Bike To Work Day, back in May of this year, with reports from various cities across the country. Texas was represented by Austin. Might be interesting to plan some sort of push for next Bike To Work Day here in Fort Worth.

Following up on yesterday’s post about bicycle boulevards, here’s another Streetfilm about similar boulevards in Berkeley, California.

This Streetfilm showcases “bicycle boulevards,” in this case in Portland, Oregon. Streets that feature extensive traffic calming and an emphasis on bicycle traffic over automotive traffic. Interesting to hear thoughts on how some of these techniques might be used here in Fort Worth.

This Streetfilm shows designs and techniques for creating physically separated bicycle lanes in urban environments. In many cases, it’s simply a case of swapping the locations of the bike lane and the on-street parking to provide a barrier. I’d be interested in hearing from other Fort Worth urban cyclists on the interest, merit, [...]

This Streetfilm shows a rarity - a bicycle drive-thru at a bank. This one’s located in Boulder, Colorado. It’d be nice if banks in urban Fort Worth could provide a bike lane, as many banks refuse to do transactions with bike-using customers in drive-thrus.

In various cities with dedicated bike lanes, “bike boxes” are being used to make cyclists more visible and safer around motorists. This Streetfilms video shows how they’re used in Portland, Oregon. With dedicated bike lanes in the planning for Magnolia Avenue in the Near Southside, it would be worthwhile to consider using bike [...]

This film from Streetfilms features Greg Raisman of the Portland Office of Transportation giving a tour of bicycle parking facilities in Portland, Oregon. Watch the video and learn the pros and cons of on street bicycle parking (a bicycle corral) vs a sheltered bicycle parking oasis. Fort Worthology is about Fort Worth, but I [...]