A new tool, now in development, will let cities measure the quality of their all-ages bike networks for every neighborhood or Census block.
Most policy wonks agree: the next big step for using biking to improve U.S. cities is the low-stress bike network. Many cities and towns have a jumble of off-street paths, protected bike lanes and bike-friendly side streets that, if joined with the right destinations, could rapidly change American travel habits.
But actually building those networks isn't a matter of policy. It's a matter of politics.
This is where PeopleForBikes' forthcoming network analysis tool comes in. Its goal is to join policy with politics, making it relatively cheap and easy for cities to locate the weakest areas in their biking network — and, eventually, the easiest ways to make the network better.
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