Stupidest Bike Lane

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• Cities

  

  Crappy Bikes Lanes: In Pictures

  Anyone who has ever ridden a bicycle knows how useless bike lanes are when they are a) not enforced, b) not respected by cabbies and other...

  by Siobhan O'Connor 1

• News

  

  Hasidim on Brooklyn Bike Lanes: Not Kosher

  A Hasidic Jewish community that abuts the Brooklyn hipster enclave of Williamsburg has been up in arms since late-summer about bike lanes ...

  by Nikhil Swaminathan +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Superb Idea: Bike Lane That Travels With You

  As we look for ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and find viable transportation alternatives to the internal combustion engine, many...

  by Zach Frechette 1

• Culture

  

  Portland Bike Lane Gets Mario Karted

  Some creative person or group has painted Mario Kart items—mushrooms, stars, and the like—along a bike path on North Williams Avenue in Portland,...

  by Andrew Price 4

• News

  

  Brooklyn Gets a Great New Bike Lane

  In June, a lane for cars along Brooklyn's Prospect Park West was converted into a two-way bike lane. Now car traffic is slower and pedestrians...

  by Andrew Price 3

• News

  

  Scott Walker: No Fan of Bike Lanes Either

  Members of Milwaukee's biking community want a bike lane on the Hoan Bridge, but Walker's not into it, so it's not going to happen.

  by Andrew Price +

• Cities

  

  Renegade Bike Lane Painters vs. Hasidic Jews

  We've written both about renegade bike-lane painters, who put bike lanes where cities won't, and about issues that New York's Hasidic Jewish...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

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  Artists Make DIY Bike Lane Along Helsinki Thoroughfare

  Hämeentie is the longest street in Helsinki, Finland, and one of the city's main thoroughfares. It has four lanes of traffic, but no space...

  by Andrew Price 5

• News

  

  Where's My Bike Lane? Urban Repair Squad Strikes Again

  Toronto's mysterious street art activists have a new campaign: Get the city to connect it's bike lanes so they're actually useful.

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  Vancouver Creates Continuous Network of Protected Bike Lanes

  The forward-looking city just approved an important new addition to its network of separated bike lanes.

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  MyBikeLane: A Growing Photo Gallery of Bike Lane Violations

  A user-generated hall of shame for bike lane violators in cities all over the world.

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  A Bike Lane That's Projected on the Street as You Ride

  The Czech artists Vladimír Turner and Ondřej Mladý have made a gizmo that projects a bike lane onto the street as you ride.

  by Andrew Price +

• News

  

  Long Beach Begins Building Excellent New Bike Lanes

  Today, the City of Long Beach began construction on its Broadway and Third Street Separated Bikeways Project. No more dodging traffic!

  by Andrew Price +

• Cities

  

  Ask a Lawyer: Can I Paint My Own Bike Lane?

  In this series, we seek (nonbinding, fully disclaimed) legal opinions from practicing lawyer Kenny Ching on matters relating to the world of...

  by kenny ching 1

• News

  

  Southern California's First Separated Bike Lanes Open in Long Beach

  Long Beach is the first SoCal city to build protected bike lanes which will separate cyclists from cars. It's about time.

  by Alissa Walker +

• News

  

  NYPD Starts Draconian Crack-Down on Cyclists Riding Outside Bike Lanes

  A day after the bike-critical NY Post reported rampant rule flouting by cyclists on one street, the NYPD took action right in that spot.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• News

  

  Video: Protesting Bike Lane Tickets with Jackass-Style Civil Disobedience

  This guy gets a ticket for not riding in a NYC bike lane. Then, to protest, he crashes his bike full on into anything and everything in a bike lane.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Environment

  

  People Are Awesome: European Mayor Uses Tank to Crush Car Blocking Bike Lane

  A publicity stunt on behalf of bicyclists involves a Lithuanian mayor destroying a luxury sedan with a tank. Sweet revenge.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• GOOD Blog

  

  The Year's Stupidest Questions

  We hate to be all Slate-centric, but some of these stories are simply too good to resist. You may know Slate's regular column the Explainer (one...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• Culture

  

  The Stupidest Dog Leash in the World

  An accessory for the dog owner who wants to look like they're killing their dog.

  by Cord Jefferson +