Bicycling

Future of Mobility: Active transportation
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What’s next in transportation?

How did COVID impact biking and walking in Minnesota? Trail data holds answers, say U of M researchers
Three people riding bikes on a paved road shoulder

Photos and stories about people biking and walking on packed trails were common during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemi

New guidance will help designers create safe, effective bike facilities
Two people riding bikes in a bike lane separated by bollards

Many cities across the US are rapidly adding separated bike lanes (SBLs) to their transportation networks.

Project launches to identify restrooms along bike paths in Minnesota

Faculty and students at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing are teaming up with experts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify the location of public restrooms and po

Smartphone app aims to help drivers switch to more sustainable transportation modes
Researchers tested the app with U of M contract parking holders.
Research team wins best paper award from TRB committee

A team including Professor Greg Lindsey of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs received the Best Paper Award–Highest Score for Publication from the Bicycle Transportation Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) last month. The committee accepted nearly 60 papers for presentation at the 2021 TRB Annual Meeting, held virtually in January.

MnDOT appoints first scholar-in-residence
Greg Lindsey

Professor Greg Lindsey was recently appointed as the first scholar-in-residence at the Minnesota D

Biking and walking are on the rise in the Twin Cities
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Throughout the past decade, the popularity and importance of biking and walking have increased significa

International Winter Cycling Congress held on U of M campus
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In February, participants from around the world attended the Winter Cyclin

U of M researchers receive NSF grant
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A bicycle equipped with the prototype co
Building partnerships with tribal communities to improve safety
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The motor vehicle crash fatality rate is higher for American Indians than for any other ethnic or raci

New manual helps agencies count bike, pedestrian traffic
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As part of an ongoing effort to institutionalize bicycle and pedestrian counting in

Bike safety, accessibility highlighted on CTS blog
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In conjunction with National Bike Mon

How equitable is bicycling infrastructure?
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As the movement to promote bicycling as a means of transportation has grown, so has the amount

Investments in biking routes improve access to jobs in US metros
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First-of-its-kind research from the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota ranks the 50 lar

Research papers honored at national TRB meeting
Two papers by U of M researchers received awards at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, held in Washington, DC, in January.
Researchers develop alert system to protect cyclists from cars
Self-driving cars, driverless cars, robo-cars—whatever you label them, the popularity of autonomous vehicles is on the rise. But how about taking the sensor technology that allows these machines to detect incoming objects and applying it to bicycles?