Safer street design

Kottke posted a video on Dutch street design, which can be filed under “one more thing Americans can’t seem to figure out.”

Related: this article from Business Insider concludes that, contrary to many people’s preconceptions, “complete streets” are actually good for business.

I’ve read every study and report I could find that looked specifically at the economics of bike lanes since 1984 — 32 research articles, to be exact. The results show that making streets friendlier for bikes — and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians — is actually good for business. The rise of “complete streets” and “road diets,” as urban planners call them, has been a huge boon to businesses in cities.