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Every vehicle propelled solely
by human power upon whichany person
may ride, having two tandem wheels,
except scooters and similar devices.
The term "bicycle" for
this publication also includes
three and four-wheeled human-powered
vehicles, but not tricycles for
children.
BICYCLE FACILITY:
Any physical facility provided
for the exclusive or semi-exclusive
use of bicycles, including bikeways,
bicycle parking facilities and
storage facilities, and shared
roadways not specifically designated
for bicycle use.
BICYCLE
TRANSPORTATION FACILITY:
A new or improved lane, path
or shoulder for use by bicyclists
and a traffic control device,
shelter or parking facility
for bicycles.
BICYCLE LANE
or
BIKE LANE: A portion
of a roadway which has been
designated by striping, signing
and pavement markings for the
preferential or exclusive use
of bicyclists.
BICYCLE PATH
or BIKE PATH-See Shared Use
Path.
BICYCLE ROUTE
SYSTEM: A
system of bikeways designated
by the jurisdiction having authority
with appropriate directional
and informational route markers,
with or without specific bicycle
route numbers. Bike routes
should establish a continuous
routing, but may be a combination
of any and all types of bikeways.
BIKE ROUTE:
A street signed for bicycle
use by sharing the roadway with
motor vehicle traffic.
BIKEWAY:
A
generic term for any road, street,
path or way which in some manner
is specifically designated for
bicycle travel, regardless of
whether such facilities are
designated for the exclusive
use of bicycles or are to be
shared with other transportation
modes.
CURVES:
The minimum degree of turning
movement that a bike may travel
without turning into oncoming
traffic.
ELECTRIC
BICYCLE: Any bicycle
or tricycle with a low-powered
electric motor weighing under
100 pounds, with a top motor-powered
speed not in excess of 20 miles
per hour.
GRADES:
The elevation changes of
the bikeway.
HIGHWAY:
A
general term denoting a public
way for purposes of vehicular
travel, including the entire
area within the right-of-way.
LANE
WIDTH: The area in which
bicycles ride. In Tennessee,
most bicycle routes have a minimum
of four feet of lane width.
LINE
OF SIGHT: The distance that
an oncoming motorist or a motorist
at an intersection can see the
cyclist.
PUBLIC
UTILIZATION: The number
of cyclists using the designated
bike lanes.
RAIL-TRAIL:
A shared use path, either
paved or unpaved, built within
the right-of-way of an existing
or former railroad.
RIGHT-OF-WAY:
A
general term denoting land,
property or interest therein,
usually in a strip, acquired
for or devoted to transportation
purposes.
RIGHT OF
WAY: The
right of one vehicle or pedestrian
to proceed in a lawful manner
in preference to another vehicle
or pedestrian.
ROADWAY:
The
portion of the highway, including
shoulders, intended for vehicular
use.
RUMBLE STRIPS:
A
textured or grooved pavement
sometimes used on or along shoulders
of highways to alert motorists
who stray onto the shoulder.
SHARED ROADWAY:
A roadway which is open
to both bicycle and motor vehicle
travel (as shown in the picture
above, which was taken in Knoxville).
This may be an existing roadway,
street with wide curb lanes,
or road with paved shoulders.
SHARED USE
PATH: A
bikeway physically separated
from motorized vehicular traffic
by an open space or barrier
and either within the highway
right-of-way or within an independent
right-of-way. Shared use paths
may also be used by pedestrians,
skaters, wheelchair users, joggers
and other non-motorized users.
SHOULDER:
The
portion of the roadway contiguous
with the traveled way for accommodation
of stopped vehicles, for emergency
use and for lateral support
of sub-base, base and surface
courses.
SIDEWALK:
The
portion of a street or highway
right-of-way designed for preferential
or exclusive use by pedestrians.
SIGNED SHARED
ROADWAY (SIGNED BIKE ROUTE):
A
shared roadway which has been
designated by signing as a preferred
route for bicycle use.
TRAVELED
WAY: The
portion of the roadway for the
movement of vehicles, exclusive
of shoulders.
UNPAVED
PATH: Paths
not surfaced with asphalt or
Portland cement concrete.
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