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5 Essential Features of a Bike-Friendly City

Bike riding is one of the greatest ways of staying healthy and active. This is also beneficial for the environment as it does not create any pollution. Many cities are encouraging this mode of transportation.

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5 Essential Features of a Bike-Friendly City

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  1. 5 Essential Features of a Bike-Friendly City Bike riding is one of the greatest ways of staying healthy and active. This is also beneficial for the environment as it does not create any pollution. Many cities are encouraging this mode of transportation. It has been a reliable and practical solution for urban mobility. The green bike lanes provide visibility to a bicyclist for their safety.

  2. Here are a few things to know whether the city is bike-friendly. 1.Shared-lanes and Sharrow A sharrow is shared lane that us marked on the roads for the safe travel of the cyclists. Also, the green bike lane markings assist the bicyclists from accidentally hitting a parked car or being hit by one. A good application of polymer-based surface like Endurablend from Pavement Surface Coatings is a great way to dedicate a green lane marking specifically for cyclists. Such sharrows provide simple signage that even new cyclists can understand, which in return reduces the chance of riding in wrong-way. 2.Major intersections and joints The green bike lane markings are a relatively new design to prevent any accidents from happening. This has been effectively useful as in certain cases, the motorist is unable to spot the cyclist or make a judgment of the direction a cyclist wants to go. 3.Wide Streets and Marked Lanes Wide streets are good for cyclists. Most cities have marked lanes for vehicles. There are bus lane road markings; other vehicles commuting on that lane will be fined. Similarly, people riding a bicycle are allowed to use the bike lane marked for preventing any casualty, and any motorist using that lane will be fined. 4.Parking Spot Parking spots for a bicycle should be visible and accessible. It should allow its user to lock the wheels and the frame of the cycle. The parking spot for bike rack should not interfere with the traffic or other vehicles, and it should highlight so that it is easily visible. 5.Bike racks on public transport A bike-friendly city's Public transportation Department works with cyclists to meet their needs and provide facilities to ease their travel combining with public transport. Bike racks on public transport such as city buses can carry a minimum of two bikes, sometimes even allowing the cyclist to bring their bikes inside. Conclusion:

  3. In a nutshell, bicycles have been in trend more than ever before. Many cities have developed buffered bike lanes for the bicyclist to make their city bike-friendly. It has a clear division of bike lanes with other vehicles. In the end, the cyclist decides to select a city suitable for their needs. Content Source

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