Bicycle path facts for kids

A bicycle path is a way marked for people on bicycles to use.

Many bicycle path networks can be found in countries such as Denmark or Netherlands, which has had a national system of cycle routes since 1993. These networks may use routes dedicated exclusively to cycle traffic or minor rural roads whose use is otherwise restricted to local motor traffic and agricultural machinery. A safe way to go on a bicycle is when you have a bicycle path. These are made in places where bicycle safety is given consideration, so you do not have to cycle in busy traffic on dangerous roads

The Dutch word Fietspad means Bicycle Path in English. In the Netherlands you can go on the bicycle path to the shops, housing, stations, schools, and workplaces.

This Fietspad or Bicycle Path is in the Netherlands safely linking housing.

The more sensible approach is based on efforts to increase Utility cycling. In countries like Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany the high levels of utility cycling also includes shopping trips e.g. 9% of all shopping trips in Germany are by bicycle.

Images for kids

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  Cycling infrastructure being placed in Chicago, Illinois.

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  Cyclists use a segregated cut through of a busy interchange in London at rush hour.

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  Segregated cycle facility in Karlsruhe, Germany. Fahrradstraße means "bicycle street."

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  Extremely broad separated bike lanes on Dronning Louises Bro in Copenhagen, Denmark. Normally filled with bicycles, as it has been the busiest stretch of bicycle lane in the world. The title has been taken over by Knippelsbro, another bridge in Copenhagen.

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  Former railroad line transformed into a shared use path in England

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  Advisory bike lane as implemented in Netherlands. Seen in Ouddorp in Alkmaar, North Holland.

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  Two opened One-way streets for cyclists with additional signs (Germany)

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  A bicycle signal light in Toronto

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  A buffered bike lane in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

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  New Road, Brighton - Shared Space scheme reduced motor traffic by 93%.

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  A shared bus and cycle lane in Mannheim, Germany

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  Bicycle parking at the Alewife subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, located at the intersection of three cycle paths.

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  Bicycle lift in Trondheim, Norway

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  Bike commuters disembark at Palo Alto Station in Palo Alto, California

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  Kōjaku Kōtsū bus in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

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  Cycling in Santos, Brazil

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  Bikeway in Portugal

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  Bikeway in Pocuro, Chile

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  Ciclopaseo, Ciclovía Ejido Park Quito, Ecuador

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  Trans Canada Trail along Coal Harbour in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia

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  Cycling in Los Angeles, California Cycleway in 1900

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  Cycling in New York City

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  New York City Times Square bicycle sharing system

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  Bikeway in Minsk

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  Vélib' station in Paris, France