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"Long Beach- the most bicycle friendly city in America" article at Atlantic Cities

Staggeringly inspirational article about the efforts made by LONG BEACH CA to become the most bicycle friendly city in America from theatlanticcities.com - the online, urban focused website from the Atlantic Magazine.

Originally Posted by theatlanticcities.com
the green lanes have encouraged more cycling down this street as well. Before the paint was laid down, the street saw about 400 cyclists and 40,000 motorists a day. After the paint dried two and a half years ago, the street sees about 1,000 cyclists per day and the same level of car traffic. And while some had been concerned that intersplicing bikes with cars on this stretch would result in accidents and injuries, Gandy says the post-paint crash figures are the same as before, at just about 5 car-bike crashes per year.
great article.


Long Beach - the most bicycle friendly city in America
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