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Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except where cyclists are barred such as many freeways/motorways. It includes amenities such as bike racks for parking, shelters, service centers and specialized traffic signs and signals. The more cycling infrastructure, the more people get about by bicycle.[1]
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Good road design, road maintenance and traffic management can make cycling safer and more useful. Settlements with a dense network of interconnected streets tend to be places for getting around by bike. Their cycling networks can give people direct, fast, easy and convenient routes.
History
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The history of cycling infrastructure starts from shortly after the bike boom of the 1880s when the first short stretches of dedicated bicycle infrastructure were built, through to the rise of the automobile from the mid-20th century onwards and the concomitant decline of cycling as a means of transport, to cycling's comeback from the 1970s onwards.
Bikeways
A bikeway is a lane, route, way or path which in some manner is specifically designed and /or designated for bicycle travel.[2] Bike lanes demarcated by a painted marking are quite common in many cities. Cycle tracks demarcated by barriers, bollards or boulevards are quite common in some European countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. They are also increasingly common in major cities elsewhere, such as New York, Melbourne, Ottawa, Vancouver and San Francisco. Montreal and Davis, California, which have had segregated cycling facilities with barriers for several decades, are among the earliest examples in North America.
Various guides exist to define the different types of bikeway infrastructure, including UK Department for Transport manual The Geometric Design of Pedestrian, Cycle and Equestrian Routes,[3] Sustrans Design Manual,[4] UK Department of Transport Local Transport Note 2/08: Cycle infrastructure design[5] the Danish Road Authority guide Registration and classification of paths,[6] the Dutch CROW,[7] the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guide to Bikeway Facilities, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD),[8][9] and the US National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Urban Bikeway Design Guide.[10]
In the Netherlands, The Tekenen voor de fiets design manual recommends a width of at least 2 meters, or 2.5 metres if used by more than 150 bicycles per hour. A minimum width of 2 meters is specified by the cities of Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch for new cycle lanes.[11] The Netherlands also has protected intersections to cyclists crossing roads.
Terms
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Some bikeways are separated from motor traffic by physical constraints (e.g. barriers, parking or bollards)—bicycle trail, cycle track—but others are partially separated only by painted markings—bike lane, buffered bike lane, and contraflow bike lane. Some share the roadway with motor vehicles—bicycle boulevard, sharrow, advisory bike lane—or shared with pedestrians—shared use paths and greenways.
Segregation
The term bikeway is largely used in North America to describe all routes that have been designed or updated to encourage more cycling or make cycling safer. In some jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, segregated cycling facility is sometimes preferred to describe cycling infrastructure which has varying degrees of separation from motorized traffic, or which has excluded pedestrian traffic in the case of exclusive bike paths.[12]
There is no single usage of segregation; in some cases it can mean the exclusion of motor vehicles and in other cases the exclusion of pedestrians as well. Thus, it includes bike lanes with solid painted lines but not lanes with dotted lines and advisory bike lanes where motor vehicles are allowed to encroach on the lane.[13] It includes cycle tracks as physically distinct from the roadway and sidewalk (e.g. barriers, parking or bollards).[14] And it includes bike paths in their own right of way exclusive to cycling. Paths which are shared with pedestrians and other non-motorized traffic are not considered segregated and are typically called shared use path, multi-use path in North America and shared-use footway in the UK.
Safety
On major roads, segregated cycle tracks lead to safety improvements compared with cycling in traffic.[15][16][17][18][19] There are concerns over the safety of cycle tracks and lanes at junctions due to collisions between turning motorists and cyclists, particularly where cycle tracks are two-way.[20][21] The safety of cycle tracks at junctions can be improved with designs such as cycle path deflection (between 2 m and 5 m) and protected intersections.[22] At multi-lane roundabouts, safety for cyclists is compromised. The installation of separated cycle tracks has been shown to improve safety at roundabouts.[16] A Cochrane review of published evidence found that there was limited evidence to conclude whether cycling infrastructure improves cyclist safety.[23]
Legislation
Different countries have different ways to legally define and enforce bikeways.
Bikeway controversies
Some detractors argue that one must be careful in interpreting the operation of dedicated or segregated bikeways/cycle facilities across different designs and contexts; what works for the Netherlands will not necessarily work elsewhere, or claiming that bikeways increase urban air pollution.[24]
Other transportation planners consider an incremental, piecemeal approach to bike infrastructure buildout ineffective and advocate for complete networks to be built in a single phase.[25]
Proponents point out that cycling infrastructure including dedicated bike lanes has been implemented in many cities; when well-designed and well-implemented they are popular and safe, and they are effective at relieving both congestion and air pollution.[26]
Bikeway selection
Jurisdictions have guidelines around the selection of the right bikeway treatments in order make routes more comfortable and safer for cycling.
A study reviewing the safety of "road diets" (motor traffic lane restrictions) for bike lanes found in summary that crash frequencies at road diets in the period after installation were 6% lower, road diets do not affect crash severity, or result in a significant change in crash types. This research was conducted by looking at areas scheduled for conversion before and after the road diet was performed. While also comparing similar areas that had not received any changes. It is noted that further research is recommended to confirm findings.[27]
Bikeway types
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Bikeways can fall into these main categories: separated in-roadway bikeways such as bike lanes and buffered bike lanes; physically separated in-roadway bikeways such as cycle tracks; right-of-way paths such as bike paths and shared use paths; and shared in-roadway bikeways such as bike boulevards, shared lane markings, and advisory bike lanes. The exact categorization changes depending on the jurisdiction and organization, while many just list the types by their commonly used names[28][29][30]
Dedicated bikeways
editType | Variant | Description | Image |
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Cycle lane (aka bike lane) | Advisory | A bike lane which other users are permitted to use, for example to park or pass other vehicles. | ![]() |
Mandatory | A bike lane for the exclusive use of cyclists, marked by a solid line in most places. | ![]() | |
Buffered | A bike lane with some form of buffer between motor traffic and the cycle lane. | ||
Lightly segregated | A bike lane with separating features such as wands or orcas. | ![]() | |
Contraflow | A bike lane which allows cyclists to go against the flow of a one-way street. | ![]() | |
Cycle track (aka bike track) | A physically separated part of the highway dedicated for cycling which typically excludes all motorized traffic with some sort of vertical barrier | ![]() | |
Cycle path (aka bike path or bike trail) | A path dedicated for cycling which is remote from a public highway. | ![]() | |
Shared use path (aka multi-use path) | Shared | A path dedicated for both pedestrians and cycling with the whole path shared. This includes greenways, which are trails along a strip of undeveloped land, in an urban area, set aside for recreational use or environmental protection.[31][32] Greenways are frequently created out of disused railways, canal towpaths, utility or similar rights of way, or derelict industrial land. Greenways can also be linear parks, and can serve as wildlife corridors. | ![]() |
Segregated | A path dedicated for both pedestrians and cycling, split into a walking and cycling section, typically by a painted line (or other feature). | ![]() | |
Road shoulder | A reserved lane on the verge of a roadway that is often used by bicyclists and also serves as an emergency stopping lane for motor vehicles. | ![]() Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.
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