Tag: john pucher

July 15, 2013

Pucher: Seattle should work to regain prominence as a cycling-friendly city

Back when Nirvana’s Nevermind dropped in 1990, Seattle suddenly became the musical focus of the nation. But perhaps not everyone realized that the city also had the highest bike commuting rate of any large city in the Pacific Northwest. Yes, even higher and Portland and Vancouver, B.C. But now, with those two cities accelerating past…
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tagged: john pucher, seattle times
June 25, 2013

In 1990, Seattle topped Portland and nearly every other US city in bike commuting

Here’s a stat that should light a fire under the exhaustively-slow Seattle process that has delayed so many needed bicycle safety and access work: Seattle used to be at the very top of cycle commuting in the US and Canada. Today, while the city still holds a high spot, it is drifting further into the…
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tagged: commuting, john pucher, portland
June 21, 2013

Bike expert John Pucher gives downtown Seattle a scathing review

Rutgers Professor and longtime bike researcher John Pucher is in town for the Bicycle Urbanism Symposium. Pucher’s research and the book he co-authored, City Cycling, has been influential on shifting North American thinking about cycling away from fit, brave people biking in traffic or on skinny painted bike lanes toward people of all ages and…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, john pucher, seattle neighborhood greenways
June 18, 2013

Tonight: Bike researcher John Pucher will discuss how to increase cycling and walking

Here’s a talk that is not to be missed. John Pucher, a biking and walking researcher, will present “How to Increase Cycling and Walking: Lessons from Cities across the Globe” at 6:30 p.m. at the UW. Pucher has also studied the connection between safe streets and public health and recently authored the influential book “City…
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tagged: bicyle urbanism symposium, john pucher, uw