For a Christmas present, my beautiful daughter gifted me a subscription to Bicycling magazine. She knows how much I love anything and everything bicycle related, so what a gift! While I was reading the latest articles, I came across an article I hope will help everyone understand bike related jargon (words). So here it goes:
Bike boulevard: a road that’s optimized for bicycle travel, with low speed limits and traffic-calming devices
Bike corral: a cluster of bike racks protected by barricades, frequently in a converted car-parking space
Bike lane: a designated travel lane on the roadway for bicycles
Bike path: a paved trail or pathway completely separated from car traffic
Bike-share system: A program that offers bikes at various locations throughout a city for short-term, public use. Riders can pay as they go or purchase a membership.
Bike station: a community center for bicycle commuters that typically provides showers, lockers, and bike storage
Bikeway: a designated cycling route that may consist of a combination of bicycle paths, lanes, and boulevards
Buffered bike lane: a bike lane with an additional, denoted space separating cars from bicycles
Ciclovia: a festival that temporarily converts city roadways to public spaces for bicyclists and pedestrians
Complete Streets: a policy that requires transportation planners to consider all types of road users—drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians—when building and resurfacing roadways
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Cycle On!
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