From the Secretary of Transportation: What we know about bike infrastructure ...

[Allen Muchnick]

What does "bike infrastructure" mean, and how does "bike infrastructure" differ from bicycle facilities and/or accommodations?

It seems to me that "bike infrastructure" is just the new code word for "cycle tracks" and other problematic segregated bikeways.  Is a sharrow, a bike box, or a BMUFL or STR sign "infrastructure"?  

IMHO, a low-traffic local street grid and appropriately calmed traffic on commercial streets provide the most fundamental and beneficial "bike infrastructure" for urban core communities.  Much of Alexandria (except the West End, of course) already has that, but many arterial streets should be redesigned and operated to induce motorists to drive slower.

America needs transformational culture change regarding personal transportation.  A simple-minded quest for "bike infrastructure" is not a winning strategy. 

Allen Muchnick
Arlington VA


--- On Thu, 4/29/10, Jonathan Krall <jonathan at jonathankrall.net> wrote:

> Another great statement on cycling
> from our friend Ray La Hood.
> 
> From the Secretary of Transportation: What we know about
> bike infrastructure ...
> > http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/04/what-we-know-about-bike-infrastructure-people-want-it.html#more