It’s a fact that safest cyclist and optimal path, is circulate within visible and well signed bike ways. For that, is important for cities to have the necessary cyclist infrastructure to provide these roads to users.
We will explain what are the essential elements to construct visible, delimited and signed bike paths. The purpose is to have a safer cyclist circulation as the development of bike use as sustainable transport.
Some studies indicate that one of the main reasons of why people don’t use bike is because they don’t feel safe enough when riding nearby cars. The solution besides a better road culture is create channelized and interconnected bike paths
But also, the construction of exclusive lanes needs to have specialized elements with unique and specific features. Among these products stand out:
Confibici, the best one to create visible bike ways
It’s about a star device and the best barrier to build visible bike ways in cities. A channelizer which mission is separate the cyclist lane from motorists. Their reflective properties allow to be visible during day and night. Likewise, have physical properties that help cyclist to avoid skids when being run over.
At the same time, its hardness impedes the car invasion to bike ways. Exist different types of confibicis and channelizers, each of them with their properties and features. Example of it are the confibicis, kayak channelizer, boomerang or forte lane separators. In some cases, can be used solar road studs with sphere.
Flexible Delineator Posts
These posts as their name indicates, resist the impact of cars, even though if these are run over, recover their original position. Their installation is overall recommended in corners of bike routes; allowing vehicles be separated from cyclists when turning over.
Some of them, as the solar delineator post (defender 80) with luminous properties. These are perfect to create visible bike routes during night. Likewise, can be placed over certain channelizers or lane separators to have more visibility.
Horizontal signage (bike road marking)
Whether is a channelized bike way, a bus-bike lane or other bike way type, is important to have a horizontal signage to inform the cyclist preference in certain lanes. Horizontal signage are those painted or placed on pavement. Among them, one of the best is bike road marking, is the silhouette of a bike with a low relief that provides implicit information that the lane where is placed has cyclist preference. Even, has reflective properties to bright at night when lights pose on it.
Information and flexible panels
Exist two types: with handle and the fixed ones. The paddle with handle is recommended to use in schools or pedestrian zones. Suitable for any person to control the cyclist flow and indicate when to move forward and when to stop. Can have any sign or customized indication.
For fixed panels, as the flexible ones is recommended to install at the beginning and end of a bike way. In this way, is announced and sign to motorists the beginning and end of this exclusive lane. When talking about a long bike way as Insurgentes, can even work to indicate the mile where you’re driving or the total distance of this.
Street sign to create visible bike ways
This has a similar function as the fixed panels, the street sign for bike ways can indicate the name of bike route, street and beginning or end of it. These signs help cyclist to know their exact location. These are generally placed on posts or corners.
Bollards and Unix Panels
Flexible posts have the mission to sign, bollards due their resistance aim to delimit. Their manufacturing in steel help to place strategically in certain tracks to impede vehicles park in bike way.
Likewise, unix panels can have a variety of ads on their faces, allowing their use as signals that indicate the bike route direction, beginning, end and proximity to a parking lot, school, etc.
Bike parking, the complement for visible bike ways
These aren’t separation devices to create visible bike ways, their installation is recommended nearby them to promote the use of bikeways. When having a safe place to anchor bike is more probable for people to go out with their bikes.
The installation of parking lots for bikes is recommended in parks, malls, office zones, and others.
The implementation of some of these devices, or better all the complete set, create visible bike ways and well signed. Thus, can provide greater safety to cyclists during their path.
These measures help to prevent accidents. And don’t forget that as cyclist there are rules you must comply for a better road coexistence.
