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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 38m

🎃 Spooky season is coming... and so is Week Without Driving! 👻 TC is challenging you to go car-free and share what you discover. 🚲🚌🚶‍♀️ Post to your feed, tag us, and use #HandsOffTheWheel + #WeekWithoutDriving. We'll repost our favorites all week!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 24/09/2026

🎉 We had a blast at Park(ing) Day! Huge shoutout to OSU's Knowlton Society for absolutely blowing it away with their Pearl Alley Cram during Pearl Alley Jam last Saturday!

Temporary shaded seating installation with blue supports and beige fabric canopies lining a closed city street, providing benches and shade for people browsing a sidewalk market beside a brick commercial building. There is a sign in front that reads "Pearl Alley Cram"

Two men securing bicycles in a bright green bike parking rack outside a downtown building, one wearing a STRONG TOWNS COLUMBUS T-shirt

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 22/09/2026

Come ride with us! 🚲 Join Transit Columbus and Yay Bikes! in celebrating the new and improved 4th Street bike lane! 📆 Tues, 9/29, 5:30 pm, rollout at 6:00 📍 Starts at Seventh Son Brewing, ending at Budd Dairy Food Hall for a social hour! 🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/4thstreetbik...

Flyer promoting the Safe Streets Ride on 4th Street — group bike ride Tuesday, September 29, 5:30–8:30 pm (6:00 rollout), meeting at Seventh Son Brewing, with a large bicycle graphic and a photo of a protected bike lane.

Promotional flyer celebrating new bike infrastructure: six-mile casual ride (all bikes welcome, helmets required), begins at Seventh Son Brewing and ends with a social hour at Budd Dairy Food Hall; shows a photo of a protected bike lane, bicycle graphic, and Yay Bikes!/Transit Columbus logos.

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Columbus City Council @cbuscitycouncil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Council President Shannon Hardin and Councilmember Tiara Ross will host a public hearing on the City’s proposed housing bond package. The hearing will include a presentation on the plan and proposed use of housing bond funds. Watch to learn more.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 18/09/2026

Our pals at Strong Towns are doing another bench build on Sunday, September 20th! Join them to help build and install benches at places in need. No prior experience needed! Sign up here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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September Bench Build

Join Strong Towns Columbus for a hands-on bench build! Volunteers will help measure and mark lumber, make cuts, and assemble benches that will be distributed…

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 14/09/2026

Did you know we run a book club? It’s a fantastic way to dig into topics like urbanism, advocacy, transportation, and more! 📚 Right now we’re reading the Pulitzer Prize–winning There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone!

Bright graphic invitation reading "JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB!" centered inside a teal irregular frame on a purple background, bordered top and bottom by rows of colorful, stylized book spines.

Book club event poster announcing a discussion of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 PM in Main Library Meeting Room 1A, set on a purple background with colorful book-spine illustrations.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 11/09/2026

We had a fantastic meeting on Tuesday, with two guest speakers diving into two key Transit Columbus campaigns: fast, free buses and green social housing. Thanks for coming out and mark your calendars for our next general meeting on Tuesday, October 13! 📆

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 09/09/2026

Bike racks filling up at Main Library! There are more racks on the northeast and southeast corners, plus the Ride Hub on the corner of Grant and Library Park.

A large number of bikes parked at a bike rack with a cyclist biking up. There are buildings, trees, and grass in the background.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 08/09/2026

🟥⬜️ Safe Streets for Buckeyes! ⬜️🟥 Ohio State is drafting a Multimodal Transportation Safety Plan to make walking, biking, and rolling around the Columbus campus safer for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Too many of us have had close-calls in Campus area. Let's fix that.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 08/09/2026

If you're in the Victorian Village, OSU campus, Upper Arlington or Hilliard area, you can now take the brand new COTA route 30 directly to tonight's meeting at the main library downtown! Your stop is Grant/E Main which is a couple blocks away from the library. Thank you, LinkUS Columbus!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 04/09/2026

It's not too late for an UNO reverse. 🔁 Want to help us make Columbus a more walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented city? Come to our meeting on September, 8th! All are welcome, no prior knowledge or expertise needed. Video from @thewaroncars.bsky.social visit to Columbus in April.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 03/09/2026

The Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio is conducting a survey to better understand how people in Central Ohio experience and think about housing and utility costs. Help them out by filling out the survey here: www.research.net/r/AHACO2026

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Affordable Housing Alliance | Central Ohio Community Perception Survey 2026

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

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Columbus City Council @cbuscitycouncil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

President Pro Tem Rob Dorans will host the second of four public hearings on the proposed updates to Columbus’ zoning code and map. Residents are encouraged to learn more about the proposal and share feedback during the 60-day public comment period, open through Oct. 24: columbus.gov/zoningupdate

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 02/09/2026

One council member. One district. Elected by the people who live there. That's not how Columbus works today and it's why a neighborhood can ask for safer streets and better transit and get overlooked. Issue 8 fixes it. This is our city and we all deserve a say. Vote YES on Issue 8.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 01/09/2026

Labor Day is slowly creeping up and so is our September meeting! And to be honest, we've really missed you since August's meeting got cancelled. 😉 📆 Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00 pm 📍 CML Main Library, Meeting Room 1A

Announcement: September meeting — Tues, September 8, 7:00–8:30pm at Main Library, Meeting Room 1A; all are welcome.

Meeting agenda for Transit Columbus listing discussion items: Intro & welcome; COTA Financial Rundown and the Case for Free Fares; Green Social Housing in Columbus — Part 1; Our City, Our Say — Update.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 31/08/2026

Here's the lineup for Transit Columbus events this month! All events are open to the public and no prior knowledge or experience needed! 🔗 transitcolumbus.org/events

Transit Columbus September events: Sep 1 Engagement Working Group; Sep 2 Communications Working Group; Sep 8 General Meeting; Sep 15 Policy Working Group; Sep 19 (Park)ing Day w/ OSU Knowlton Society; Sep 29 4th Street Ride w/ Yay Bikes — visit transitcolumbus.org/events

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 31/08/2026

Free buses Tuesday and Wednesday due to high heat!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 29/08/2026

As West Broad Street evolves, LinkUS is asking what you want to see along the corridor in the future. Maybe it's a bike lane, maybe it's more sidewalks, maybe it's a park. Whatever it is, share your thoughts here before the survey closes on August 31st. 🔗 bit.ly/46q1hYK

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West Broad Street Transit-Oriented Development Community Survey

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 28/08/2026

⚡️ Today, Friday, August 28, is the last day to submit your ideas for how the city should spend $1 million in your neighborhood! Share your ideas here: common.oneproject.org/en/decisions... ⚡️

Asking "What would you do with $1 million in your neighborhood?" — Transit Columbus call for ideas, bright graphic with a winding road and map-pin icons for bike lanes, parks, bus stops, and street repairs.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 27/08/2026

You have until THIS FRIDAY (August 28) to submit your ideas for how the city should spend $1 MILLION in your neighborhood! Your community. Your money. Your decision. ⏰ Submissions are open through FRIDAY, August 28th. Share your ideas here: common.oneproject.org/en/decisions...

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 26/08/2026

Columbus is trying something new: Our Voice, Our Choice, the city's first participatory budgeting program — and Transit Columbus is helping lead the charge in getting YOUR ideas heard. ⏰ Submissions are open through FRI August 28. 🔗 Submit your ideas here: common.oneproject.org/en/decisions...

Columbus participatory budgeting pilot: $9,000,000 total ($1,000,000 per each of nine council districts) for capital projects only (parklets, community gardens; no staff or programming); submit ideas via link in bio by Friday, August 28 — Transit Columbus.

Participatory budgeting defined: a democratic process where community members decide how to spend part of a public budget, emphasizing that it gives people real power over real money.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 24/08/2026

🌳 Did you see us at Arborfest this weekend? We had a great time talking transit and participatory budgeting with folks! Y'all had great ideas for how you'd spend $1 million spent in your neighborhood! ❗️Submission deadline is FRIDAY 8/28 🔗 Submit ideas here: common.oneproject.org/en/columbus

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 23/08/2026

Do you live, work, play, or travel through Clintonville? Our friends at the Clintonville Area Commission and the Clintonville Rotary Club want to hear from you for their new initiative, Slow Down Clintonville!

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Clintonville High Street Traffic Safety Survey

Thank you for taking our survey about crash safety on High St in Clintonville! The Clintonville Area Commission and the Clintonville Rotary Club are working on an initiative called Slow Down…

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 22/08/2026

We're at Arborfest! Come say hi and talk transit and participatory budgeting with us!

Two people standing under a tent in front of a table that says "Transit Columbus". There is also a whiteboard and a ebike.

A whiteboard has text on it that reads? What would you do with a million dollars in your neighborhood. Their answers like more trees, more bus lines, bike lanes, community gardens, pollinator habitats with walkways and milkweed.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 22/08/2026

What would you do with $1 million in your neighborhood? More trees? Bike lanes? Community gardens? Columbus residents have the opportunity to decide how the City invests in their community! 🔗 Submit here before Friday, 8/28: common.oneproject.org/en/decisions...

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 19/08/2026

What happens when two Transit Columbus members attend a Green Columbus fundraiser? They bring tree saplings home on the back of their ebikes! Thanks to Green Columbus for hosting and congratulations on raising over $25,000 to fund critical new tree plantings across the region!

Two helmeted adults smiling and posing with ebikes at night in front of a lit "BUDD DAIRY CO" sign. They each have a tree sapling on the back of their bikes.

Two helmeted adults smiling and posing with ebikes at night. They each have a tree sapling on the back of their bikes.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 18/08/2026

Have you ridden the new protected bike lane on 4th Street? 🚲 The city wants your feedback! Take the survey and tell the Department of Public Service what's working, what's not, and that you want MORE protected bike lanes across the city. 👇

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N. 4th Street and E. 5th Avenue Bikeway and Roadway Safety Improvements

The City of Columbus, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation, is constructing safety improvements along N. 4th Street from Warren Street to Hudson Street that include creating a…

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 17/08/2026

Help us spread the word about participatory budgeting! We're canvassing in District 6 to show residents how they can help decide how the city spends $1M in their neighborhood! 📆 Wednesday August 19th, 11am-1:30pm 📍 Rhodes Park, 1910 W Broad St, by the playground

Volunteer recruitment poster for Transit Columbus seeking canvassers for a Participatory Budget canvassing event on Wednesday, August 19, 11:00am–1:30pm at Rhodes Park (by playground); clipboard graphic beside a blurred downtown skyline.

Transit Columbus recruiting volunteers to canvass District 6 residents and show them how they can help decide how the city spends $1M in their district.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 13/08/2026

Transit Columbus is tabling at Arborfest and we need your help! We need volunteers to staff our table, share info about Transit Columbus, talk to attendees about alternative transit, and encourage folks to get involved with TC! You don't have to be an expert - just bring your authentic self.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 12/08/2026

💰 $9 Million. 9 Districts. YOUR VOICE. 💰 Our Voice, Our Choice — Columbus's first-ever participatory budgeting program is happening now. It's giving people real power over real public money. 🙌 ⏰ Submissions are open through August 28th. 🔗 Share your ideas: common.oneproject.org/en/decisions...

Transit Columbus campaign graphic urging residents to "Use Your Voice!" with a megaphone illustration and the message "Choose how the city spends $1 million in your district."

Our Voice, Our Choice — Columbus participatory budgeting pilot: $9,000,000 total ($1,000,000 per district across nine city council districts) for capital projects only (parklets, community gardens); submit ideas via link in bio by Friday, August 28 — Transit Columbus.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 11/08/2026

🚨 🚨 🚨 TONIGHT’S MEETING IS CANCELLED due to inclement weather. 🚨 🚨 🚨 The Columbus Main Library is still open and with power if you need a place to go! Stay safe, stay dry, and we’ll see you next time!

August meeting canceled — bold yellow "CANCELLED" stamped across a calendar-style graphic with pink rounded labels reading "August" and "Meeting" against a dark grid background.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 07/08/2026

What would you do with a million dollars in your neighborhood?

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COTA Alerts @cota.com · 06/08/2026

COTA's ATAC roundtable brings riders, advocates and organizations together to improve accessible transit. Join us at our next ATAC Meeting 📅 Aug. 19 ⏰ 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 📍33 N. High St. 🚌 Lines 1–12, 102 & CMAX 🅿️ Garages & street parking available 🔗 bit.ly/3Z4UCQk

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 06/08/2026

CORRECTION: It’s almost time for our August meeting! Join us Tuesday, J̶u̶l̶y̶ August 11 at 7:00 pm at the CML Main Library, Meeting Room 1A!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 06/08/2026

It’s almost time for our August meeting! Join us Tuesday, July 11 at 7:00 pm at the CML Main Library, Meeting Room 1A! Everyone is welcome, no prior knowledge or experience is needed! Whether this is your first meeting or your fifteenth, we’re looking forward to seeing you!

August meeting announcement: Tuesday, August 11, 7:00–8:30pm at Main Library, Meeting Room 1A; all are welcome.

Agenda for Transit Columbus meeting — Intro & welcome; Sustainable Columbus: Building Energy Performance Standards; Green Social Housing; Participatory Budgeting Updates.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 22/07/2026

We've got a book club, and we're meeting a week from today! Our current book is No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 pm at the Columbus Main Library, Meeting Room 3B!

Book discussion: "No Shortcuts" by Jane F. McAlevey — Wed., July 29, 7:00 PM, Main Library Meeting Room 3B; illustrated book cover shown with a colorful bookshelf border.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 15/07/2026

We had a fantastic meeting last night! TC Board Member Gillian and Michael from United Way of Central Ohio discussed accelerating the Bike Plus plan in Columbus. Folks also voted on parklet designs for Park(ing) Day with the Knowlton Society!

Poster titled "Let's build a parklet!" showing three labeled design iterations with diagrams, a colorful checkered ballot box and signs on a table inviting visitors to vote for their favorite design.

Community meeting on participatory budgeting, presenter at the front beside a screen labeled "PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING," audience seated in rows raising hands to vote.

Audience seated in rows in a bright meeting room listening to a presenter at the front gesturing toward a wall screen displaying a slide titled "Accelerated Mobility Playbook."

Presenter standing beside a large screen showing a slide titled "Accelerated Mobility Playbook" while several people sit facing him in a classroom-style meeting room.

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COTA Alerts @cota.com · 14/07/2026

Starting tomorrow, July 15, 2026, all COTA fares are waived on fixed-route buses, COTA//Plus and COTA Mainstream due to the heat advisory. Stay comfortable, stay safe and let us take care of your ride!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 12/07/2026

Handing out red and yellow cards like candy.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 09/07/2026

📣 If you collected signatures for the Our City, Our Say initiative, please turn in your petition forms ASAP - before MONDAY. 📣 Even if they aren't fully filled out, even if they're empty, OCOS needs them to capture every single signature and account for all distributed petition forms.

Urgent reminder to turn in collected petition forms to OCOS ASAP; even incomplete or blank forms should be returned so every signature and every distributed form is accounted for.

Drop Off Opportunities
Thursday, July 9
Columbus Main Library, 5:00-6:30 PM
Friday, July 10
Sweeney’s @ Franklinton Fridays, 5:30-8:30 PM
Saturday, July 11
Clintonville Farmers Market, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Winemakers Shop, 12:00-1:00 PM
Columbus Book Festival, 10:00 AM
Sunday, July 12
Columbus Book Festival, 10:00 AM
Monday, July 13
Global Gallery, 5:30-6:30 PM

Visit ourcityyoursay.com/calendar for addresses, and additional details!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 05/07/2026

We love that @cota.com waives fares during extreme weather, like this week, 🥵 but what if our buses were fare free all the time? Making buses fare-free not only increases equity and reduces barriers to transit ridership, but it actually improves service! 🚌

An image of two people a top of the Empire State building with a black flag unfurled beneath them. The flag has been edited to read "fast free buses for Columbus"

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 03/07/2026

We've got a book club and we're meeting this month! Our current book is No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 pm at the Columbus Main Library, Meeting Room 3B!

A hand holds the book "No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age" by Jane F. McAlevey. The background is a city sidewalk, with the Prologue Bookshop storefront in the background.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 01/07/2026

We're excited to be a partner organization for this! We'll be brainstorming ideas at our next meeting!

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 01/07/2026

It’s almost time for our July meeting! Join us Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00 pm at the CML Main Library, Meeting Room 1A!

Transit Columbus July 2026 Meeting flyer that reads: July Meeting. Tuesday July 14, 7:00-8:30pm, Main Library, Meeting Room 1A. All are welcome.

Transit Columbus July 2026 Meeting agenda that reads: 1) intro and welcome, 2) Presentation - accelerating bike lane build out, 3) participatory budgeting, 4) parklet design voting

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COTA Alerts @cota.com · 29/06/2026

Starting tomorrow, June 30, through Thursday, July 2, all COTA fares are waived on fixed-route buses, COTA//Plus and COTA Mainstream due to the heat advisory. Stay comfortable, stay safe and let us take care of your ride!

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Somehow missed this last year: "protected bicycle lanes experienced bicycle commuter increases 1.8 times larger than standard bicycle lane[s], 1.6 times larger than shared-lane marking [lanes] and 4.3 times larger than block groups [than no] bicycle facilities" www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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The link between low-stress bicycle facilities and bicycle commuting - Nature Cities

Bicycling offers a range of benefits for urban commuters, but the facilities that best facilitate bicycle lane use are still unclear. Using data from 28 US cities, this study found that bicycle lanes ...

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