Temporary Protected Bike Lanes Raise Awareness For Healthier Transportation Options

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Temporary protected bike lanes were brought to at least eight different cities throughout the country, including Denver (32% Latino), Oakland, CA (25% Latino) and Mountain View, CA (22% Latino), three cities with sizable Latino populations.

According to a Peopleforbikes blog, many of these projects were inspired by a 2013, $600 temporary protected bike lane project that took place in Minneapolis, MN. Initiatives such as these can serve to inform traffic engineers and the public about the benefits and beauty of having separate bike ways.

With a few orange traffic cones, some green paint, homemade stencils, plants and a few signs, anyone can help get the conversation about protected bike lanes started!

A few tips from Peopleforbikes for hosting a pop-up protected bikeway event include:

1. Give people a reason to enter the demo lane
2. Try to encourage conversations as well as the demo itself
3. Do everything you can to get city staff there

Read more about pop-up bikelane initiatives here.

For some sample signage to get started with your own pop-up protected bike lane visit our resources page or click here.

 

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