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Bike Lanes

N 130th Street Buffered Bike Lanes and Video Detection, Seattle, WA

N 130th Street Buffered Bike Lanes and Video Detection, Seattle, WA

The N 130th Street Buffered Bike Lane in Seattle, completed in June 2010, runs along a .32 mile segment from Linden Ave. N to Greenwood Ave. N. The project grew out of a pedestrian project to improve a mid-block, uncontrolled marked crosswalk at North Park Avenue N. Before the reconfiguration, N 130th Street was a three-plus […]

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Left-side Bike Lanes on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

Left-side Bike Lanes on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

In 2009, Commonwealth Avenue in Boston had the second highest bicyclist crash rate in the city of Boston. As part of continued efforts by the city to create continuous, safe bicycle facilities leading west of the city and to connect cyclists to a number of dedicated off-road paths, in 2010, the city of Boston installed […]

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Contra-Flow Bike Lane on Lanvale Street, Baltimore, MD

Contra-Flow Bike Lane on Lanvale Street, Baltimore, MD

In November 2001, the city of Baltimore Department of Transportation installed a contra-flow bike lane on Lanvale St. to facilitate access between a proposed bike boulevard project on Guilford Ave., bicycle parking facilities at Baltimore Penn Station, two local bike shops, and the Jones Falls Trail. The contra-flow lane allows bicyclists to travel in both directions. It […]

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Contra-Flow Bike Lane at West Ardmore Avenue, Chicago, IL

Contra-Flow Bike Lane at West Ardmore Avenue, Chicago, IL

The low-traffic, one-block corridor of W. Ardmore Ave. between N. Sheridan Road and N. Kenmore Ave. in Chicago serves as a strategic connection between the north end of the Chicago Lakefront Trail and bikes lanes to the west of the trail. In 2001, a contra-flow bike lane was installed to allow cyclists emerging from the popular Lakefront […]

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