New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, and rock star David Byrne recently offered their thoughts on making cities more bike friendly.
Sadik-Khan, Blumenauer and Byrne were panelists at a recent event called "Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around", held in Washington D.C.
They "discussed how to best integrate bike infrastructure into cities and build demand for biking in cities. Sadik-Khan also announced the launch of Cities for Cycling, a NACTO project focused on breaking down 'barriers to bike-friendly street design in municipalities around the United States.'
According to Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, bicycling improves the urban quality of life, public health, and reduces Co2 emissions. Cities are good for cycling because of their inherent complexity and density. 'Density is a proxy for innovation, and cities contribute heavily to economic growth.'"
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