Bike Pittsburgh Makes City Paper's "Year In Lists"

Bike Pittsburgh Makes City Paper’s “Year In Lists”

2007: The Year In Lists

A guide to the political and cultural events that defined the year … in handy list format for those who’ve already started to forget it,

note: we’re posting only one small part of the Year In Lists. For the full rundown click here.

5 steps Pittsburgh took to wrest the streets back from the automobile

1. Liberty Avenue bike lane was inaugurated, providing a rare accommodation for cyclists along the city’s constricted streets.

2. Second half of the Hot Metal Bridge opened, connecting walkers, bikers and rollerskaters between South Side and Oakland.

3. Pittsburgh rated favorably at WalkScore.com, a Web site designed to measure how walkable a place is. The site has got some glitches — such as not taking into account topography or impassable railroad tracks — but it still celebrates our compact city neighborhoods.

4. Pittsburgh Bike Map. A grant from the Heinz Endowments and lots of hard work from BikePGH meant the two-wheeling crowd had a map of their own, specifically designed to help bicyclists navigate our quirky streets, speedily and safely.