Chris Adams4d ago

More people bike when it’s safe: "Painted bike lanes and sharrows may cost less and face less political pushback, but we now have evidence at a massive scale that protected bike lanes are really what can move the needle on ridership”

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-bike-lanes-nyc-bikeshare-ridership.html

#bike #biketooter

Protected bike lanes, not painted lanes, lift NYC bikeshare ridership, analysis shows

Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes and sharrows do not show a statistically significant causal effect on ridership after accounting for confounding factors, according to a new study from researchers at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering published this week in npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport.

Phys.org
Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ3d ago
@acdha Perhaps you could circulate this to all councillors and to the council’s civil servants @JanetPHorner @Feljin
Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ
@acdha @JanetPHorner @Feljin - when you’re old it’s often hard to get exercise. #ShopByBike makes a huge difference, as well as cycling lifting mood and happiness
“ In Census block groups with the highest share of residents between ages 60 and 79, protected bike lanes produced particularly strong ridership gains” - getting older people riding bicycles saves lives
Jun 10 at 7:38amWeb