Bike Arlington: Bikeable Community

What makes a community "bikeable?" Why are there far fewer cars per capita in countries outside of the U.S.? What are the common denominators of the places where people bicycle the most?

North America's best cities for bicycling share one thing in common: they have implemented a wide range of measures that have made bicycling safe, convenient, and comfortable. They have realized that there is no simple or single answer to this question.

Using a bike lane The best cities for bicycling have significant regional rails linked to a network of major streets with striped bike lanes and signed bike routes. They have fixed up their streets to provide a safe and comfortable ride, and they have installed secure bike parking to ensure your bike is still there when you come back to it. They may also have reduced vehicle speeds and flows to make residential roads more conducive to riding, and they may require new office buildings to incorporate parking, showers and changing facilities.

Most likely these communities are also trying new ways to improve conditions for bicyclists by redesigning intersections and experimenting with colored bike lanes. These communities probably also publish a bike map, promote bicycling through events, teach bicycle safety in schools, integrate bicycles into the transit system, and enforce traffic laws that affect bicyclist safety.
By www.bicyclinginfo.org.

In Arlington, the goal is a bikeable community, and Bike Arlington is the name of the initiative to make it that happen. An inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural citizen and staff-driven effort, Bike Arlington is part of an even bigger plan to realize Arlington's goal of urban villages; where goods, services, and other needs are located close to one another, to residences, and workers, and where bicycling is simply the safest, healthiest and most enjoyable way to get around.

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