Uber has added electric scooter sharing company Lime to its app-based portfolio as it seeks to become the “Amazon of transportation.” Lyft has countered by investing in bike sharing company Motivate. But the real issue is redesigning cities for the 21st century — before it ends.
New York City is busy adding protected bike lanes, but most go uptown and downtown. Now the city plans to add two crosstown protected bike lanes to keep bicyclists safe as they traverse Manhattan.
Avid urban cyclists can always find a way to reach their destinations. They can maneuver in tight spaces where bike and motor vehicle traffic mix. Not so with the less experienced—and it seems from an extensive national study released last week that protected bike lanes (aka “cycle tracks”) provide these bicyclists … [continued]
