Bic

ycle

Fac

ility

Se

lect

ion

Gui

de

Dev

elop

men

t Ser

vice

s C

omm

ittee

Ja

nuar

y 24

, 201

2

1

Con

tent

sPu

rpos

e of

The

Sel

ectio

n G

uide

The

Thre

e -S

tep

Proc

ess

Bik

eway

Fac

ility

Typ

es

2

Purp

ose

of th

e Se

lect

ion

Gui

de

Cyc

ling

faci

lity

plan

ning

and

des

ign

has

been

evo

lvin

g ra

pidl

y, e

ven

sinc

e th

e To

wn

’s C

yclin

g M

aste

r Pla

n w

as

com

plet

ed.

•Th

ere

is n

o “fo

rmul

a” fo

r app

ropr

iate

bic

ycle

faci

lity

sele

ctio

n•

It is

a p

roce

ss th

at c

ombi

nes

an a

naly

sis

and

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

cond

ition

s of

the

loca

tion

bein

g co

nsid

ered

with

sou

nd e

ngin

eerin

g ju

dgem

ent

The

Bic

ycle

Fac

ility

Sel

ectio

n G

uide

can

be u

sed

to a

ssis

t To

wn

staf

f in

sele

ctin

g ap

prop

riate

bic

ycle

faci

litie

s fo

r To

wn-

owne

d lo

cal a

nd c

olle

ctor

road

righ

ts-o

f-way

.

3

Bik

eway

Fac

ilitie

s in

Roa

d R

ight

s-of

-Way

•C

yclis

ts v

ary

wid

ely

in le

vels

of s

kill,

exp

erie

nce

and

conf

iden

ce•

No

sing

le ty

pe o

f bic

ycle

faci

lity

desi

gn w

ill s

uit e

very

cy

clis

t •

Eng

inee

rs n

eed

to g

athe

r inf

orm

atio

n on

exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

con

ditio

ns in

ord

er to

iden

tify

cycl

ist n

eeds

and

sa

fety

con

cern

s fo

r a g

iven

loca

tion

•Th

e ch

oice

to p

rovi

de a

sep

arat

ed v

ersu

s no

n-se

para

ted

faci

lity

is n

ot a

sim

ple

“yes

or n

o” a

nsw

er, i

t is

bas

ed o

n th

e co

nsid

erat

ion

of a

num

ber o

f fac

tors

de

scrib

ed in

the

slid

es th

at fo

llow

•C

riter

ia o

r thr

esho

lds

to s

elec

t one

faci

lity

type

ove

r an

othe

r nee

d to

be

flexi

ble

to b

e ab

le to

acc

omm

odat

e ea

ch s

ite’s

uni

que

set o

f circ

umst

ance

s•

No

faci

lity

desi

gn c

an o

verc

ome

a la

ck o

f ope

rato

r ski

ll or

lack

of a

ttent

ion

Thin

gs to

Rem

embe

r

4

Mar

kham

’s C

yclin

g N

etw

ork

5

6

The

Thre

e -S

tep

Proc

ess

St

ep 1

: Pre

-sel

ectio

n N

omog

raph

•C

olle

ct a

nd re

view

exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

traf

fic v

olum

e an

d m

otor

veh

icle

ope

ratin

g sp

eed

data

•Pl

ot o

n N

omog

raph

•N

omog

raph

pro

vide

s a

gene

ralg

uide

for f

acili

ty ty

pes

to b

e co

nsid

ered

•C

ompl

exity

of i

nter

sect

ions

•O

n-st

reet

par

king

whe

re a

pplic

able

(e.g

. co

nfig

urat

ion,

dem

and,

turn

over

)•

Dire

ctne

ss a

nd c

onne

ctiv

ity w

ith o

ther

cyc

ling

faci

litie

s an

d ty

pe o

f cyc

ling

faci

lity

at c

onne

ctin

g po

ints

•Ty

pe o

f trip

gen

erat

ors/

dest

inat

ions

alo

ng th

e ro

ute

bein

g ex

amin

ed•

Pinc

h po

ints

(e.g

. brid

ges,

reta

inin

g w

alls

etc

.)•

Topo

grap

hy a

nd s

ight

line

s•

Ope

ratio

ns a

nd m

aint

enan

ce•

Surfa

ce q

ualit

y, e

tc.

Step

2: E

xam

ine

Oth

er F

acto

rs

•Sk

ill le

vel o

f ant

icip

ated

use

rs (e

.g.

novi

ce/re

crea

tiona

l vs.

ski

lled/

utili

taria

n)•

Num

ber o

f lan

es•

Traf

fic c

hara

cter

istic

s•

Num

ber a

nd fr

eque

ncy

of p

oten

tial

conf

lict p

oint

s (e

.g. d

rivew

ays/

entra

nces

an

d ro

ad in

ters

ectio

ns)

•Ad

jace

nt la

nd u

ses

and

lot p

atte

rns

•Fr

eque

ncy

of tr

ansi

t sto

ps•

Pede

stria

n sa

fety

•U

rban

Des

ign

•C

ollis

ion

patte

rns

Step

3: S

elec

t App

ropr

iate

Fac

ility

Typ

e •

Base

d on

resu

lts fr

om S

teps

1 a

nd 2

, plu

s so

und

engi

neer

ing

judg

emen

t

6

Step

1-P

re-S

elec

tion

Nom

ogra

ph

Sour

ce: M

RC

-Del

phi,

2011

(a m

embe

r of t

he M

MM

Gro

up)

7

Step

2: S

ome

Thin

gs T

o C

onsi

der W

hen

Exam

inin

g Fa

ctor

s An

ticip

ated

Use

rs a

nd S

kill

Leve

ls

•It

is u

sual

ly e

asie

r to

acco

mm

odat

e th

e ne

eds

of c

omm

uter

cyc

lists

on

road

s th

an o

n pa

thw

ays.

Com

mut

ers

gene

rally

pre

fer d

irect

con

tinou

s fa

cilit

ies

with

min

imal

del

ay, a

nd w

hen

ridin

g on

col

lect

or a

nd a

rteria

l ro

ads,

cyc

lists

tend

to b

e m

ore

com

forta

ble

on s

epar

ated

bik

e fa

cilit

ies

such

as

bike

lane

s, b

uffe

red

bike

lane

s or

som

e ot

her f

orm

of s

epar

atio

n.•

Nov

ice

and

recr

eatio

nal u

sers

pre

fer r

oute

s al

ong

quie

ter s

treet

s w

here

tra

ffic

volu

mes

and

spe

eds

are

low

er, e

ven

if th

ese

rout

es a

re le

ss d

irect

. Th

ey a

lso

pref

er s

epar

ated

faci

litie

s.

•C

onsi

der w

hat f

acilit

y ty

pes

exis

t or a

re p

lann

ed a

t the

end

poi

nts

of th

e se

gmen

t tha

t is

bein

g as

sess

ed.

Con

tinui

ty o

f fac

ility

type

is d

esira

ble.

If

this

can

not b

e ac

hiev

ed, c

aref

ully

sel

ect a

ppro

pria

te tr

ansi

tion

poin

ts a

nd

desi

gns.

8

Som

e Th

ings

To

Con

side

r Whe

n Ex

amin

ing

Fact

ors

Traf

fic C

hara

cter

istic

s an

d Ve

hicl

e M

ix

•W

here

ope

ratin

g sp

eeds

are

ver

y lo

w (i

.e. u

nder

30k

m/h

r.) b

icyc

les

and

mot

or v

ehic

les

trave

l at n

early

the

sam

e sp

eed

and

form

al b

icyc

le

faci

litie

s m

ay n

ot b

e ne

cess

ary.

•W

here

spe

ed d

iffer

entia

l bet

wee

n m

otor

veh

icle

s an

d bi

cycl

es is

less

th

an 2

0km

/hr.

full

inte

grat

ion

(sha

ring

the

road

) may

be

acce

ptab

le.

•W

here

spe

ed d

iffer

entia

l is

grea

ter t

han

40km

/hr.,

mor

e se

para

tion

is

desi

rabl

e.•

Whe

re v

ehic

le o

pera

ting

spee

ds a

re v

ery

high

, fac

ilitie

s sh

ould

be

sepa

rate

d by

a b

uffe

r. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

a p

aral

lel r

oute

sho

uld

be s

ough

t. •

Whe

re h

eavy

com

mer

cial

veh

icle

and

/or t

rans

it vo

lum

es a

re h

igh,

co

nsid

er w

ider

on-

road

bic

ycle

faci

litie

s or

con

side

r sep

arat

ed fa

cilit

ies.

9

Som

e Th

ings

To

Con

side

r Whe

n Ex

amin

ing

Fact

ors

Num

ber a

nd F

requ

ency

of P

oten

tial C

onfli

ct P

oint

s an

d Ad

jace

nt L

and

Use

s

•C

ollis

ion

stat

istic

s su

gges

t tha

t cyc

lists

usi

ng b

oule

vard

trai

ls a

re m

ore

frequ

ently

invo

lved

in b

icyc

le/m

otor

-veh

icle

col

lisio

ns a

t int

erse

ctio

ns

com

pare

d to

cyc

lists

ridi

ng o

n ro

ad (e

.g. i

n a

bike

lane

).•

Rea

r-lot

ted

prop

ertie

s m

ay b

e go

od c

andi

date

s fo

r in-

boul

evar

d m

ulti-

use

path

way

s pr

ovid

ed th

at th

e nu

mbe

r of p

rivat

e en

tranc

es a

nd/o

r ro

ad in

ters

ectio

ns is

low.

•S

hare

d m

ulti-

use

path

way

s in

road

bou

leva

rds

will

incr

ease

the

expo

sure

to ri

sk/p

oten

tial f

or c

onfli

cts

betw

een

pede

stria

ns a

nd

cycl

ists

. Th

e po

tent

ial f

or c

onfli

ct m

ay b

e hi

gher

whe

re th

e pa

thw

ay is

m

ore

frequ

ently

use

d by

com

mut

er c

yclis

ts a

nd/o

r whe

re p

edes

trian

de

nsiti

es a

re h

igh.

10

Som

e Th

ings

To

Con

side

r Whe

n Ex

amin

ing

Fact

ors

On-

Stre

et P

arki

ng

•R

emov

ing

on-s

treet

par

king

to a

dd b

icyc

le la

nes

can

resu

lt in

re

sist

ance

from

loca

l lan

d ow

ners

eve

n if

the

dem

and

for o

n-st

reet

pa

rkin

g ap

pear

s to

be

low.

•

Whe

re p

arki

ng d

eman

d is

low,

exa

min

e op

portu

nitie

s to

rem

ove,

rest

rict

or re

loca

te p

arki

ng.

•W

here

par

king

turn

over

is h

igh,

add

ition

al b

uffe

r spa

ce b

etw

een

park

ing

and

bike

lane

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed.

•B

ike

lane

s sh

ould

not

be

impl

emen

ted

adja

cent

to p

erpe

ndic

ular

or

angl

e pa

rkin

g un

less

par

king

can

be

reco

nfig

ured

.

Doc

umen

t the

ana

lysi

s up

on e

xam

inin

g ot

her f

acto

rs a

s th

is s

uppo

rts

the

ratio

nale

for f

acili

ty s

elec

tion.

This

is e

spec

ially

impo

rtan

t whe

n th

e fa

cilit

y ty

pe s

elec

ted

lies

at th

e m

argi

ns o

r out

side

the

faci

lity

type

sug

gest

ed b

y th

e no

mog

raph

in

Step

1.

11

Step

3-S

elec

t Bik

eway

Fac

ility

Typ

e

Gen

eral

ly H

ighe

r Vol

ume,

H

ighe

r Spe

edG

reat

er F

acili

ty S

epar

atio

n

Gen

eral

ly L

ower

Vol

ume,

Lo

wer

Spe

edLe

ss F

acili

ty S

epar

atio

n

Shar

ed S

pace

•S

igne

d-on

ly C

yclin

g R

oute

s on

a L

ocal

Roa

d (p

g. 1

4)•

Sig

ned-

only

Cyc

ling

Rou

tes

on W

ide

Out

side

/Cur

b La

ne (p

g. 1

5)•

Bik

eway

Bou

leva

rds

(pg.

16)

•E

dge

Line

s (p

g. 1

7)•

Sha

rrow

Mar

king

s (p

g. 2

0)•

Pav

ed S

houl

ders

(pg.

22)

Ded

icat

ed S

pace

•B

ike

Lane

s (p

g. 2

3)Se

para

ted

Faci

litie

s•

Buf

fere

d B

ike

Lane

s (p

g. 2

8)•

Cyc

le T

rack

s (p

g. 2

9)•

In-B

oule

vard

Mul

ti-us

e P

athw

ays

With

in th

e R

oad

Rig

ht-o

f-Way

(pg.

33)

•M

ulti-

use

Pat

hway

s O

utsi

de th

e R

oad

Rig

ht-o

f-Way

(p

g. 3

4)

12

Bik

eway

Fac

ility

Typ

es

13

Sig

ned-

only

bic

ycle

rout

es o

n lo

cal

road

s sh

ould

be

supp

orte

d by

ed

ucat

ion

prog

ram

min

g fo

r bot

h cy

clis

ts a

nd m

otor

ists

.

Rou

tes

shou

ld u

se a

ppro

pria

te a

nd

cons

iste

nt d

esig

natio

n bi

cycl

e ro

ute

sign

type

s, s

uppl

emen

ted

by “S

hare

th

e R

oad”

sig

ns.

Sign

ed-o

nly

Cyc

ling

Rou

tes

on a

Loc

al

Roa

d (S

hare

d Sp

ace)

Shar

ed s

pace

on

a lo

cal r

oad

Elo

ra, O

N

14

Sign

ed-o

nly

Cyc

ling

Rou

tes

on a

Wid

e O

utsi

de/C

urb

Lane

(Sha

red

Spac

e)S

igne

d-on

ly b

icyc

le ro

utes

on

wid

e lo

cal r

oads

or l

ower

vo

lum

e co

llect

or ro

ads

prov

ide

shar

ed s

pace

for

cycl

ists

and

mot

or v

ehic

les.

Can

ofte

n be

retro

-fitte

d on

a

4-la

ne c

ross

-sec

tion

by

narr

owin

g th

e in

side

trav

el

lane

s.

Con

side

r “S

hare

the

Roa

d”

sign

s an

d/or

sha

rrow

m

arki

ngs

at p

inch

poi

nts

to

mak

e bo

th c

yclis

ts a

nd

mot

oris

ts a

war

e of

nar

row

zo

nes.

Shar

ed s

pace

on

a w

ide

lane

Elo

ra, O

N

15

Bik

eway

Bou

leva

rds

(Sha

red

Spac

e)A

sign

ed-o

nly

bicy

cle

rout

e on

loca

l roa

ds

that

usu

ally

par

alle

ls a

n ar

teria

l roa

d w

ith

impo

rtant

des

tinat

ions

.

Des

ign

stra

tegi

es a

nd e

lem

ents

are

em

ploy

ed to

enc

oura

ge th

roug

h-tra

vel f

or

cycl

ists

and

ena

ble

them

to m

aint

ain

mom

entu

m, y

et d

isco

urag

e or

rest

rict

thro

ugh

trave

l by

mot

oris

ts.

Sour

ce: F

unda

men

tals

of B

ikew

ay B

oule

vard

Pla

nnin

g an

d D

esig

n, 2

009

. 16

Inn

es R

oad

Bla

ir

Road

Phot

o C

redi

ts:

MM

M L

td.

Sig

ned-

only

cyc

ling

rout

es m

ay b

e su

pple

men

ted

with

edg

e lin

es.

Edg

e lin

es a

re p

rimar

ily a

dded

for

traffi

c ca

lmin

g pu

rpos

es, b

ut m

ay

also

ben

efit

cycl

ists

.

On-

stre

et p

arki

ng is

usu

ally

not

di

srup

ted

In s

ome

inst

ance

s th

is m

ay b

e a

usef

ul fi

rst s

tep

tow

ards

im

plem

entin

g fu

ture

bik

e la

nes

whe

re th

e re

mov

al o

f on-

stre

et

park

ing

is a

n is

sue

with

ne

ighb

ourin

g re

side

nts,

yet

par

king

de

man

d is

low.

Edge

Lin

es (S

hare

d Sp

ace)

17

Ret

ro-fi

tting

for E

dge

Line

s(G

eorg

etow

n O

N)

18

Ret

ro-fi

tting

for E

dge

Line

s(G

eorg

etow

n O

N)

19

Shar

row

Mar

king

s (S

hare

d Sp

ace)

Cle

ar p

avem

ent m

arki

ngs

and

sign

s illu

stra

te th

e co

ncep

t of

“sha

re th

e ro

ad” w

ithin

spa

ce-

conf

ined

road

way

s.

Pav

emen

t mar

king

s in

dica

te

appr

opria

te p

ositi

onin

g fo

r cy

clis

ts.

Cyc

lists

alig

n th

eir f

ront

w

heel

with

the

poin

t on

the

chev

ron.

Esp

ecia

lly u

sefu

l in

cong

este

d ar

eas

whe

re tr

affic

is g

ener

ally

m

ovin

g sl

owly

(e.g

. a “d

ownt

own”

st

reet

).20

Shar

row

Mar

king

s (S

hare

d Sp

ace)

With

out O

n-st

reet

Pa

rkin

g

With

On-

stre

et

Park

ing

Offs

et e

ncou

rage

s cy

clis

ts to

m

aint

ain

a cl

ear d

ista

nce

from

op

en d

oors

of p

arke

d ca

rs.

Offs

et e

ncou

rage

s cy

clis

ts to

m

aint

ain

an a

ppro

pria

te

dist

ance

from

the

curb

.

21

Pro

vide

a s

pace

for c

yclis

ts o

n ru

ral c

ross

-sec

tion

road

s (w

ith

shou

lder

s, n

o cu

rb a

nd g

utte

r).

Whe

re m

otor

veh

icle

spe

eds

or

volu

mes

are

hig

h, a

wid

er

shou

lder

and

/or p

aint

ed b

uffe

r en

able

s m

ore

sepa

ratio

n be

twee

n th

e cy

clis

t and

mot

or

vehi

cle,

and

als

o re

duce

s th

e im

pact

of w

ind-

shea

r on

the

cycl

ist.

Rum

ble

strip

s ca

n be

add

ed to

th

e pa

inte

d bu

ffer a

s an

ad

ditio

nal c

ue, p

rovi

ded

that

th

ere

are

clea

rly m

arke

d br

eaks

at r

egul

ar in

terv

als,

al

low

ing

cycl

ists

to m

ove

in o

r ou

t of t

he p

aved

sho

ulde

r are

a to

ove

rtake

slo

wer

mov

ing

cycl

ists

or t

o m

ake

a le

ft tu

rn.

Pave

d Sh

ould

ers

(Sha

red

Spac

e)

Pain

ted

buffe

r whe

re

mot

or v

ehic

le s

peed

an

d/or

vol

ume

are

high

22

A de

dica

ted

faci

lity

loca

ted

in

the

trave

lled

porti

on o

f the

ro

adw

ay fo

r one

-way

cyc

list

traffi

c.

Mot

or v

ehic

les

are

not

typi

cally

allo

wed

to d

rive,

par

k or

sta

nd in

a b

ike

lane

, but

rig

ht tu

rnin

g m

otor

veh

icle

s ca

n en

ter t

he la

ne a

t in

ters

ectio

ns to

com

plet

e th

eir

turn

.

Ens

urin

g co

nsis

tenc

y in

the

desi

gn a

nd s

igni

ng o

f bik

e la

nes

and

othe

r bik

eway

fa

cilit

ies

is c

ruci

al to

edu

cate

an

d in

form

cyc

lists

and

m

otor

ists

on

thei

r pro

per u

se.

Bik

e La

nes

(Ded

icat

ed S

pace

)

A w

ider

bik

e la

ne is

nee

ded

besi

de p

arke

d ca

rs

23

Ret

ro-fi

tting

G

eorg

etow

n, O

N: E

xist

ing

•4

lane

col

lect

or•

On-

stre

et p

arki

ng p

erm

itted

, but

low

dem

and

•H

igh

oper

atin

g sp

eeds

24

Scen

ario

1B

ike

lane

s w

ith o

n-st

reet

par

king

one

sid

e

25

Scen

ario

2B

ike

lane

s w

ith o

n-st

reet

par

king

two

side

s

26

Wat

erlo

o, O

N

Bik

eway

Des

ign

Sele

ctio

n fo

r Urb

an (C

urb

and

Gut

ter)

Cro

ss S

ectio

n R

oads

Mot

or V

ehic

le A

DT

(2

Lane

)<5

0050

0-1,

000

1,00

0-2,

000

2,00

0-5,

000

5,00

0-10

,000

>10,

000

Mot

or V

ehic

le A

DT

(4

Lane

)N

/AN

/A2,

000-

4,00

04,

000-

10,0

0010

,000

-20,

000

>20,

000

Mot

or

Vehi

cle

Spee

d

40 k

mSL

WO

LW

OL

WO

LBL

=1.5

mN

ot A

pplic

able

50 k

mSL

with

sig

nW

OL

BL=1

.5m

BL=1

.5m

BL=1

.8m

BL=1

.8m

60 k

mW

OL

BL=1

.5m

BL=1

.5m

BL=1

.8m

BL=1

.8m

BL=1

.8m

or

PS=2

.4m

70+

kmBL

=1.5

mBL

=1.5

mBL

=1.8

mBL

=1.8

mBL

= 1.

8m o

r PS

=2.4

m

SUP

or

PS=3

.0m

BL=

Bicy

cle

Lane

, SL=

Shar

ed L

ane,

WO

L= W

ide

Out

side

/Cur

b La

ne, S

UP=

Sha

red-

Use

Pat

h, P

S= P

aved

Sho

ulde

r

Sou

rce:

Min

neso

ta D

OT

Bik

eway

Fac

ility

Des

ign

Man

ual,

Mar

ch 2

007

Exam

ple

of S

ugge

sted

Min

imum

Fa

cilit

y Ty

pe a

nd W

idth

s

27

Buf

fere

d B

ike

Lane

Toro

nto,

ON

Buf

fere

d B

ike

Lane

s (D

edic

ated

Spa

ce)

Buf

fere

d bi

ke la

nes

prov

ide

addi

tiona

l spa

ce/s

epar

atio

n

betw

een

the

cycl

ist a

nd m

otor

ve

hicl

es.

They

sho

uld

be c

onsi

dere

d on

hi

gh v

olum

e, h

ighe

r spe

ed

road

s.

28

A bi

cycl

e fa

cilit

y th

at c

ombi

nes

the

user

exp

erie

nce

of a

se

para

ted

path

with

the

on-

road

infra

stru

ctur

e of

a

conv

entio

nal b

ike

lane

.

Cyc

le tr

acks

pro

vide

spa

ce

that

is in

tend

ed to

be

excl

usiv

ely

or p

rimar

ily fo

r bi

cycl

es, a

nd a

re

sepa

rate

d fro

m m

otor

veh

icle

tra

vel l

anes

usi

ng d

iffer

ent

desi

gn te

chni

ques

suc

h as

pa

rkin

g la

nes,

bol

lard

s, c

urbs

, m

edia

ns o

r a c

ombi

natio

n th

ereo

f.

Cyc

le T

rack

s (S

epar

ated

Fac

ility

)

Pain

ted

buffe

r and

pl

ante

r box

es

crea

tes

sepa

ratio

n

Pain

ted

buffe

r and

fle

xibl

e/re

mov

able

bo

llard

s cr

eate

se

para

tion

29

Cyc

le T

rack

s (S

epar

ated

Fac

ility

)

Cyc

le tr

acks

can

be

eith

er o

ne-

way

or t

wo-

way

, on

one

or b

oth

side

s of

a s

treet

, and

are

se

para

ted

from

veh

icle

s an

d pe

dest

rians

by

pave

men

t m

arki

ngs

or c

olor

ing,

bol

lard

s,

curb

s/m

edia

ns o

r a

com

bina

tion

of th

ese

elem

ents

.

Two-

way

Cyc

le

Trac

k

One

-way

C

ycle

Trac

k w

ith

rolle

d cu

rb

30

Cyc

le T

rack

s (S

epar

ated

Fac

ility

)

Laur

ier A

ve.,

Otta

wa,

ON

Sep

arat

ed C

yclin

g Fa

cilit

y P

ilot

Pro

ject

, im

plem

ente

d in

201

1.

Util

izes

pai

nted

buf

fers

, pai

nted

bu

ffers

with

flex

ible

bol

lard

s,

rem

ovea

ble

barri

er c

urbs

, and

pl

ante

r box

es in

var

ious

lo

catio

ns a

long

cor

ridor

.

Pai

nted

zon

es a

t int

erse

ctio

ns

assi

st c

yclis

ts w

ith 2

-sta

ge le

ft tu

rns.

One

-way

C

ycle

Trac

k w

ith

land

scap

ed

med

ian

for

sepa

ratio

n

31

Cyc

le T

rack

s (S

epar

ated

Fac

ility

)

Mon

trea

l, PQ

Two-

way

C

ycle

Trac

k w

ith

land

scap

ed m

edia

n fo

r sep

arat

ion

Two-

way

C

ycle

Trac

k w

ith o

n-st

reet

par

king

as

a bu

ffer

Em

erge

ncy

vehi

cle

acce

ss,

acce

ss to

tran

sit s

tops

, acc

ess

for p

ara-

trans

it ve

hicl

es, w

inte

r m

aint

enan

ce a

nd s

now

sto

rage

ar

e al

l im

porta

nt c

onsi

dera

tions

w

hen

desi

gnin

g cy

cle

track

s.

32

In-b

oule

vard

mul

ti-us

e pa

thw

ays

(with

in ro

ad ri

ghts

-of-w

ay) a

re

usef

ul fo

r bot

h pe

dest

rians

and

cy

clis

ts a

long

pop

ular

com

mut

er

rout

es.

They

can

be

used

in

plac

e of

a s

idew

alk.

A go

od fa

cilit

y ty

pe w

here

ther

e is

am

ple

right

-of-w

ay, a

low

fre

quen

cy o

f int

erse

ctio

ns a

nd

driv

eway

s, a

nd a

djac

ent l

and

use

or lo

tting

pat

tern

that

min

imiz

es

the

pote

ntia

l for

con

flict

with

pe

dest

rians

.

Not

a g

ood

choi

ce fo

r hig

h de

nsity

dev

elop

men

t with

nar

row

fro

ntag

es.

Mul

ti-U

se B

oule

vard

Tra

ilAu

rora

, ON

Mul

ti-U

se B

oule

vard

Tra

ilTo

ront

o, O

N

In-B

oule

vard

Mul

ti-us

e Pa

thw

ays

(Sep

arat

ed F

acili

ty)

33

Mul

ti-us

e pa

thw

ays

outs

ide

of

the

road

righ

t-of-w

ay a

re a

n in

tegr

al p

art o

f a c

ompr

ehen

sive

cy

clin

g ne

twor

k.

Pla

ced

in g

reen

way

cor

ridor

s an

d ot

her l

inea

r cor

ridor

s (h

ydro

, ga

s, li

ght r

ail a

nd lo

w v

olum

e ra

il), t

hese

pro

vide

crit

ical

co

nnec

tions

for r

ecre

atio

nal,

novi

ce a

nd c

hild

cyc

lists

.

Mul

ti-us

e Pa

thw

ays

outs

ide

of R

oad

Rig

hts-

of W

ay (S

epar

ated

Fac

ility

)

Mul

ti-U

se T

rail

with

Rai

lG

uelp

h, O

N

Etob

icok

e C

reek

Tra

ilM

issi

ssau

ga, O

N

Tham

es V

alle

y Pa

rkw

ayLo

ndon

, ON

Tran

s C

anad

a Tr

ail

Pet

erbo

roug

h, O

N

34

Sum

mar

y

Step

2E

xam

ine

Oth

er

Fact

ors

Step

3S

elec

t App

ropr

iate

Fa

cilit

y Ty

pe

Step

1P

re-s

elec

tion

Nom

ogra

ph

The

Bic

ycle

Fac

ility

Sel

ectio

n G

uide

can

be u

sed

to a

ssis

t Tow

n st

aff i

n se

lect

ing

appr

opria

te b

icyc

le fa

cilit

ies

for

Tow

n-ow

ned

loca

l and

col

lect

or ro

ad

right

s-of

-way

.

•Th

ere

is n

o “fo

rmul

a” fo

r app

ropr

iate

bi

cycl

e fa

cilit

y se

lect

ion;

and

•It

is a

pro

cess

that

com

bine

s an

an

alys

is a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he

cond

ition

s of

the

loca

tion

bein

g co

nsid

ered

with

sou

nd e

ngin

eerin

g ju

dgem

ent.

35