Cities on the Move: Safe, Connected Bike Lanes Built 3X Faster

Fresh out of grad school, Kyle Wagenschutz was hired by the mayor of Memphis, TN, and given a daunting task: prevent the city from being named the "Worst Place to Bicycle in America" by Bicycling Magazine for a third year in a row. Kyle succeeded. Five years (and over a hundred miles of bike lanes) later, Memphis was recognized as a national leader, and Kyle was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change. Kyle took his insights to other cities and accomplished the near impossible: he enabled them to build safe, convenient, protected bike lanes in months, not decades. He joins Supercool this week to share the playbook.

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Guest: Kyle Wagenschutz

Organization: City Thread

Grant Program for Cities: Accelerated Mobility Playbook (Applications Open Until 11/20/24)

Project: The Final Mile

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