***UPDATE: MONDAY, AUGUST 25: “Newark City Council Agenda for August 25” *** (see “6B”) ***UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20: “Cycle track continues to gain city’s support” (Newark Post)*** Just missing recognition as a Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Community, Newark has again been recognized as a Bronze-Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists: • Newark…
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How do you make an instant protected bike lane? Just add “armadillos”. “Armadillos” – named after the little road kill critter – are recycled plastic dividers that create a protected space for cycling. It’s just a small, gentle bump that reminds motorists to stay out of a protected bike lane. “They’re not very high, so…
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For both cyclists and engineers, we highly recommend this short (6 minute) video about how to protect cyclists at intersections: RELATED: • Video on how the Dutch engineer bike lanes at intersections has over 100,000 views on YouTube • Cycle tracks can be built easily and quickly
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RELATED: • To See The Future of Cycling in the U.S., I Slipped Over the Border
Last week I slipped over the border to get a glimpse into a possible future for U.S. cycling. Less than 40 miles from the U.S. border is a city of 1.8 million people at the heart of the 15th largest metropolitan area in North America. I woke up the first morning of my visit to…
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“No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view…
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by Brooklyn Spoke Published August 20, 2012 Inspired by Ian Dutton’s Guerilla Bike Lane, I started to think about other, more basic ways to separate drivers from cyclists in the city. Plastic delineators are nice, and a row of parked cars is even better, but sometimes all it takes is very simple approach…. …
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“It would be wonderful…[to not] have to be an excellent cyclist just to go down to the corner store….”
A bikeway is a route, way or path which in some manner is specifically designed and /or designated for bicycle travel. Examples: bike lane, cycle track, rail trail, multi-use path, greenway, sharrows, bicycle boulevard, etc.
