Transportation
How Memphis Became a Great Bicycle City
Bikes brought the metro fast economic growth and mobility—with challenges on the side.
When you think of Memphis, you probably think of Elvis, FedEx, or maybe on a more somber note, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
So you might be surprised to learn that Memphis is also becoming one of America's great bicycle towns. Three urban scholars (Kevin Smiley of Rice University, Wanda Rushing of the University of Memphis, and Michele Scott of North Carolina State) share the story of this unlikely development in a new issue of Urban Studies, and consider what it means for the city's future.