Bike Boulevard

Usage: Limited

A bike boulevard is a low-traffic, slow street designed to prioritize bicycle and micromobility travel while maintaining local vehicle access. This type of treatment incorporates Traffic Devices and other calming interventions to create safer, more comfortable conditions for cycling by vehicle volumes and conflicts. Bike boulevards typically extend across multiple blocks, providing continuous, connected routes through neighborhoods, promoting health and well-being by encouraging cycling and walking as active transportation options.

Berry Street, Brooklyn
Berry Street, Brooklyn

Benefits

  • Enhances safety by reducing vehicle speeds, prioritizing cyclists, improving pedestrian safety, and creating a clearly signed, well-connected network linking major destinations
  • Improves mobility by linking key destinations when applicable, including schools, parks, transit, workplaces, and commercial areas
  • Reduces congestion by limiting non-essential vehicle trips and promoting cycling as a convenient and safe mode of transportation

Considerations

  • Consider the connections a bike boulevard can facilitate such as those to schools, parks, commercial areas, and transit hubs
  • Plan for regular maintenance of the bike boulevard to keep it safe and usable
  • Emergency vehicle access must be maintained at all times

Application

  • Generally implemented on non-arterial streets that provide a continuous and direct route for cyclists

Design

Review Designing for Micromobility