Bike Infrastructure

Signed/marked shared roadway – signage and paint markings are used to indicate that bikes may use a full travel lane in a street.

Bike boulevard – enhanced shared streets that use paint, traffic calming features, and intersection restrictions for cars that limit traffic flow and speeds to create a more bike friendly street.

Bike lane – an independent painted lane for bikes on a road located directly next to vehicle travel lanes.

Buffered bike lane – a bike lane on a road with a painted buffer area to provide additional space and separation from vehicular traffic.

Protected bike lane – a bike lane separated from vehicular traffic with physical barriers or delineators that come in a variety of designs.

Shared use path/side path – a path used by both bikes and pedestrians that is separated from a street and either runs in an independent corridor or along