What is a cycle track?

The improvements we are designing on West Cameron Ave. will include Chapel Hill's first-ever cycle track. A cycle track is like a greenway in the street, except just for people on bikes. Traditionally, bike lanes travel in one direction on each side of a street. A cycle track combines the bike lanes on one side of the street and allows for people on bikes to travel in both directions, just like they might on one of our greenways. While some aspects of cycle tracks might be more complicated than traditional bike lanes, on West Cameron Ave. this option had some distinct advantages:

• Most people using West Cameron Ave. are traveling all the way from one end to another
• It was the most efficient use of space that still allowed for concrete protection
• It will provide space for a faster cyclist or someone on an e-bike to pass a slower rider
• It will be able to be maintained by our street-sweeping equipment