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Bicycle Driving

2/13/2002


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Table of Contents

Bicycle Driving

What is “bicycle driving”?

Bicycles are vehicles

Bicyclists are drivers

Every street is a bicycle facility

Some cycle for transportation

Some cycle for recreation

Why the same rules?

Why the same rules?

Uniformity

Simplicity

Cooperation

The Rules of the Road

1. First come, first served

1. First come, first served

2. Drive on the right side

3. Yield to crossing traffic

4. Yield when moving laterally

5. Destination positioning

6. Speed positioning

7. Be predictable: Be visible

Facilities Design

Surface Conditions

Surface Conditions

Narrow Lanes

Wide Outside Lanes

Wide Outside Lanes

Wide Outside Lanes

Bike Lane Stripes

Bike Lane Hall of Shame

Bike Lane Hall of Shame

Paved Shoulders

Traffic Signals

Parking

Supplemental Paths

Supplemental Paths

Don’t be a P.O.W.!

Pedestrians

Sidewalks and Sidepaths

Sidewalks and Sidepaths

Sidewalks and Sidepaths

The Pedestrian on Wheels

Conclusions

Bicycle Driving

Bicycle Driver Education

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