bike lanes

Supporters say it will make the streets safer, while opponents say it will slow down emergency response times and increase traffic.

While the vast majority of U.S. workers still use a car to commute to work, there are differences across states. The greenest commuters live in the District of Columbia, in New York and in Massachusetts, where 57 percent, 35 percent, and 15 percent of commuters use public transportation, ride a bike or simply walk to their workplaces. On the opposite end of the scale, we find the southern states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, where more than 9 in 10 commuters use a car to get to work, while less than 1 percent of workers use public transportation.

An ambitious plan to propel cycling further into the mainstream in London was unveiled by officials, including a 15 mile “cycle superhighway.”

Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee didn’t approve a proposal to extend bike lanes on Columbus Avenue in New York City.

Crosstown bike lanes put in earlier this year may now be extended west to the Hudson River Greenway, according to preliminary plans shown to the public for the first time Thursday.

As spring and summer approach, a series of community planning workshops will be held in the coming months, to decide where bike share stations should be placed in different neighborhoods.