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Bicycle Facilities <br />Bicycle facility selection depends on a variety of <br />factors including motor vehicle speeds and <br />volumes, topography, adjacent land use, available <br />right of way, and expected bicycle user types. <br />Children and their parents/guardians may prefer <br />lower stress bikeways such as bicycle boulevards, <br />buffered bike lanes, cycle tracks, and multi -use <br />paths compared to shared roadways without <br />traffic calming features or conventional bike lanes <br />Bike Lanes <br />Bicycle lanes designate an exclusive space for <br />bicyclists with pavement markings and signage. <br />The bicycle lane is located adjacent to motor vehicle <br />travel lanes and bicyclists ride in the same direction <br />as motor vehicle traffic. Bicycle lanes are typically <br />on the right side of the street (on a two-way street), <br />between the adjacent travel lane and curb, road <br />edge or parking lane. <br />Buffered Bike Lanes <br />Buffered bicycle lanes are conventional bicycle <br />lanes paired with a designated buffer space, <br />separating the bicycle lane from the adjacent motor <br />vehicle travel lane and/or parking lane. <br />Enhanced ® Signs and Pavement Markings <br />Traffic � Speed <br />Bicycle Boulevard <br />curb Mini <br />Extensions Traffic <br />Circles <br />Bicycle boulevards are low-volume, low -speed <br />streets modified to enhance bicyclist comfort by <br />using treatments such as signage, pavement <br />markings, traffic calming and/or traffic reduction, <br />and intersection modifications. These treatments <br />allow through movements of bicyclists while <br />discouraging similar through -trips by non -local <br />motorized traffic. <br />Streets should contain a minimum of three traffic <br />calming enhancements if they are to be considered <br />bicycle boulevards. <br />Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Glossary <br />