Livable Bike Network Design

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Livable Bike Network Design

• Livable Streets 101
• Jan. 12, 2008

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What Weve Got
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The Status Quo of Bike Infrastructure

• Signed Bike Route
• (Class III)
• Indicated by
• bike symbol
• Not striped
• Not physically
• separated
• Not buffered

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• Standard Bike Lane
• (Class II)
• Indicated by
• continuous stripe
• Not physically
• separated
• No buffer

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• Buffered Bike Lane
• (Class II)
• Indicated by
• continuous stripe
• Buffered
• Not physically
• separated

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• Cycle Track
• (Class I)
• Indicated by roadway
• markings and signage
• Physically separated
• from automobile
• traffic

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• Greenway
• (Class I)
• Indicated by roadway
• markings and signage
• Located within a park or
• other dedicated recreational
• public space

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Who Are Bikeways For?

• Unbuffered bike lanes may be fine for you or me,
  but who else is using them?
• Would you
• tell your mom
• to ride on them?

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• Would you
• take your
• kids on them?

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What Do We Need?

• What will it take to make Bike Routes readily
  accessible to the people who need them?

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Thinking Beyond Bike Lanes to Bike Networks

• Elements of a Bike Network
• Accessibility
• People should people able to go out their front
  door and have a safe and convenient bike route.
• Connectivity
• Bike Routes must connect to one another, and to
  other public spaces, such as parks.

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• Elements of a Bike Network
• Safe Spaces
• Both during and after a ride. Secure, sheltered
  parking and building access are essential to
  making cycling a livable mode of transportation.

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Design ToolboxIdeas That Are More Than a Stripe
On the Road

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• A street on which
• pedestrians and
• cyclists have legal
• priority over
• motorists. Cars are
• restricted to
• walking pace.

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• Home Zone
• A street or group
• of streets designed
• using livable streets
• principles that
• enable the street
• to operate primarily
• as a social space.

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• Complete Streets
• A street which pedestrians, cyclists, transit
  users and automobiles can safely and comfortably
  move along and across. Complete streets also
  increase social interaction along with property
  values.

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• Marked Intersections
• Crossings which visually indicate
• the path of cyclists through the
• intersection and alert automobiles
• to their likely presence.

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• Bike Boxes
• Allocated spaces for
• cyclists at traffic lights.
• These allow cyclists
• to turn without fear,
• and to enter the
• intersection ahead
• of turning automobiles.

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Paris, FranceBi-Directional Physically Separated
Bike Path and Promenade
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Berlin, GermanyBi-Directional Bike Path and
Sidewalk
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Copenhagen, DenmarkPhysically Separated Bike Lane
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Madison, WisconsinShared Use Pedestrian and Bike
Path