FHWA's new Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide | FHWA

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This Separated Bike Lane Planning and Design Guide outlines planning considerations for separated bike lanes (also sometimes called “cycle tracks” or “protected bike lanes”) and provides a menu of design options covering typical one and two-way scenarios.

It highlights different options for providing separation, while also documenting midblock design considerations for driveways, transit stops, accessible parking, and loading zones. It provides detailed intersection design information covering topics such as turning movement operations, signalization, signage, and on-road markings.
Case studies highlight best practices and lessons learned throughout the document.

The Guide consolidates lessons learned from practitioners designing and implementing separated bike lanes throughout the U.S. It attempts to capture the current state of practice, while still recognizing that our understanding of this facility type is still evolving
and that there is a need for design flexibility. To encourage continued development and refinement of techniques, the guide identifies specific data elements to collect before and after implementation to enable future analysis across facilities in
different communities. It identifies potential future research, highlights the importance of ongoing peer exchange and capacity building, and emphasizes the need to create holistic ways to evaluate
the performance of a separated bike lane.

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