Advisory Bicycle Lanes are an easy concept to grasp. But some details are challenging given the facility's novel approach of allowing two-way vehicular traffic to share a travel lane. High-level design guidance is provided by the FHWA Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks guide and in Alta's white paper on Lessons Learned from North American ABL installations.
My ABL design guide goes beyond these two sources and can be downloaded below. My plan is to update it as new knowledge is gained. My hope is to spur discussion and standards-setting at the federal and/or state level. I appreciate all questions or input on this document that help it improve.
My ABL design guide goes beyond these two sources and can be downloaded below. My plan is to update it as new knowledge is gained. My hope is to spur discussion and standards-setting at the federal and/or state level. I appreciate all questions or input on this document that help it improve.
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Photos courtesy of Scott Robinson at City of Bloomington, IN and Justin Swan at City of Ottawa, ON.
