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Other Bicycling Infrastructure ExamplesExamples of miscellaneous facilities and systems that benefit bicycling and bicyclists |
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GO TO: Home- Bike Lanes- Bike Paths- Bike Parking- In the Country- Maps and Figures _____________________________________________________________________________________ Below - A newer concept: "bike streets". One these streets, bike have the total right-of-way but cars are allowed!
Bottom left sign says "Bike Street, cars and motorcycles are permitted", bottom right says "autos are guests"
Below - in some urban areas, delivery vehicles are allowed to mix with pedestrians and bicyclists
Below - to reduce auto traffic on streets prioritized for bicyclists, bike can continue but not cars Below - The auto traffic flow on both urban and surburban streets is concentrated on main thoroughfares so that other "shared way" streets get minimal auto traffic
Below - many road in the country are restricted (by signage) to only farmers and direct abutters so that bicylists and walkers have the road to themselves much of the time Below - signals for cars (right green arrow), bikes (red for both straight ahead and right turn), and pedestrians (red) Below - This is a very common scene, one-way for cars, 2-way for bicycles (the sign means DO NOT ENTER - EXCEPT BICYCLES AND MOPEDS) Below - In places with many bicycles, the stairs include a guide for bike wheels to be pushed up or down stairs
Below - At Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport, this bike path takes you under the planes! Below - All over The Netherlands there are ferrys only for bike and pedestrians, some operating year-round, others running only weekends and during summer.
Below - Major speed bumps in case a car mistakenly ventures onto this bike path Below - Auto-free urban streets without specific bicycle lanes Below - There are also tunnels under large rivers only for bicyclists and pedestrians, including the Maastunnel in Rotterdam built in 1942 only for bike and pedestrians with escalators and ramps. (source=http://zweefmakreel.web-log.nl/zweefmakreel/2006/05/maastunnel.html)
Above - The Benelux tunnel, also in Rotterdam, and the Kiltunnel, south of Rotterdam with separate tunnels for bike and pedestrians and with elevators at each end. source: http://www.netencyclo.com/nl/Afbeelding:Beneluxtunnel_zz_c_tm_e.jpg _____________________________________________________________________________________ Below - Two examples of bike rotaries (roundabouts) where bike paths intersect below the level of road rotaries or intersections
Below - There hundreds of bridge just for bicycles and pedestrians, many of which open for passing canal traffic
Below left - Cars travel both ways but must take turns while both directions have bike lanes Below right - "Mushroom" bike directional signs at path intersections in the country
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