Moving People, Not Cars

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, is ranked number one in the nation for bike infrastructure and walkability. 

This article appears in the Spring 2018 issue of The American Prospect. Subscribe here. 

Bike rentals are popping up in every major U.S. city, a harbinger of the desire of more and more people to break the car habit. Enthusiasts have visions of Copenhagen and Amsterdam, where about 40 percent of people commute to work and do many errands by bike.