Thank you Germany! 62-Mile Bicycle Highway That’s Completely Car Free.
62-Mile Bicycle Highway That’s Completely Car Free In January, Germany opened the first three-mile stretch of a bicycle highway or “bike autobahn” that will eventually, “span over 62 miles, connecting 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum, and Hamm, as well as four universities.” And it’s entirely car-free. Much like a traditional highway, bike highway (my term) has passing lanes, overpasses and underpasses for crossroads, and even streetlights. The tracks are 13 feet wide too, which allows for passing. A recent study completed by development group RVR, projects it to take 50,000 cars off the road each day. As cycle infrastructures like this...
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