Separated Bike Lanes

Post date: Nov 09, 2017 6:48:48 PM

Problem

Speaking of RJSP, many of you may have heard that Pine was going to get protected bikes lanes. Well, not really. Apparently there is some confusion about the language employed, and at present AMATS/MOA does NOT intend to provide protected bike lanes anywhere in the MOA.

Here are some links providing some information on how bike infrastructure language may be confusing:

http://peopleforbikes.org/blog/the-feds-jump-on-board-protected-bike-lanes-are-now-official-federal-policy/

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/09/09/fhwa-to-transportation-engineers-use-the-nacto-bikeway-design-guide/

https://www.pps.org/blog/fhwa/

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/publications/separated_bikelane_pdg/page00.cfm

https://nacto.org/publication/urban-bikeway-design-guide/cycle-tracks/one-way-protected-cycle-tracks/

https://nacto.org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/05/2-4_FHWA-Separated-Bike-Lane-Guide-ch-5_2014.pdf

https://nacto.org/publication/urban-bikeway-design-guide/

Vocabulary to Reconsider

Bike Lane

Buffered

Protected

Separated

Cycle Track