How to Build Great Bicycle Streets

The Bicycle Streets Beyond Europe series concludes with key takeaways for all communities.

Bicycle Streets Beyond Europe: Toronto’s Shaw Street

Is Toronto’s Shaw Street a bicycle street? Let’s compare against the Dutch fietsstraat and find out.

Are Portland’s Neighborhood Greenways bicycle streets? Let’s compare against the Dutch fietsstraat and find out.

Is the NACTO bicycle boulevard a bicycle street? Let’s compare against the Dutch fietsstraat and find out.

Bicycle streets flip the natural hierarchy and make bicyclists the dominant user of the street, while motorists must act as “guests”.

Streets are not just infrastructure for moving people; they are places in and of themselves.