Trail Facilities: Bicycle Exceptions

Sometimes it makes sense to allow bicycle exceptions to customary traffic flow..

Contra-flow on One-Way Streets

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Glassport, PA, on Steel Valley Trail's on-road routing between McKeesport and Clairton

One block of this connection is contra-flow without lane markings.

Homer City, PA

The Hoodlebug Trail in Indiana County PA has a short section on-road in Homer City. To keep the on-road segment out of traffic, it includes a contra-flow segment.

Rockville, MD

A bicycle route parallels a busy road. To keep the bike route off the busy road, it goes counter-flow on a street that's one-way during rush hour.

San Francicso, CA, Conservatory Drive

Tucson, AZ

Cambridge, MA

Cambridge MA established several short contra-flow lanes on one-way streets. See the case study of these lanes.

Bellinzona, Switzerland

Contra-flow is common in Europe, usually without a marked bike lane.

Other bicycle exceptions

Rockville, MD

This street is a dead end, but a bicycle trail leads from the end of the trail into the woods

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