Elly Blue

New bicycle economy

Writer, Grist.org, Jun 16, 11.

Tagged with transportation, freeways, bicycle economy, bike lanes

Here’s one way to fund bicycle infrastructure: Stop building freeways in cities.

Better yet, tear down the one’s we already have.

Cities are starting to catch on that becoming bicycle friendly is one of the best investments they can make.

Cities are also starting to realize that removing freeways makes more economic sense than maintaining or expanding them. In the last year, with the help of federal and state funding, cities like Baltimore and New Haven have been demolishing the “highways to nowhere” that have divided their neighborhoods, drained their populations, and damaged their economies and their children’s health since the 1970s.

Full Story: Tearing down urban freeways to make room for a new bicycle economy
Source: Grist, March 14, 2011

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