Video: Bike Lanes 101

Photo of a person in a green vest and helmet on a bike waiting in a bike lane at a light. Many cars and city buses are seen around them.
Bike Safety

Bike Lanes 101

A primer on how to safely navigate the different kinds of bike lanes around campus

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Bike Safety

Bike Lanes 101

September 15, 2021
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Cycling is a great way for Boston University students to get around campus and nearby neighborhoods. But before you get on your bike, you need to be aware of the different kinds of bike lanes you’ll find yourself riding in. Between Kenmore Square and Packard’s Corner alone riders will encounter as many as five different types of bike lanes. Knowing the differences between them and how to use them correctly is essential to getting around safely.  

Ride along with avid cyclist Bill Politis, a BU Productions video producer, as he offers a quick primer on how to navigate each type of bike lane, the rules for same, and the myriad obstacles to look out for.

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  • Bill Politis

    Video Producer, Editor

    Bill Politis is a documentary filmmaker based in Boston. Profile

  • Cydney Scott

    Photojournalist

    cydney scott

    Cydney Scott has been a professional photographer since graduating from the Ohio University VisCom program in 1998. She spent 10 years shooting for newspapers, first in upstate New York, then Palm Beach County, Fla., before moving back to her home city of Boston and joining BU Photography. Profile

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  1. Just a few comments:
    1) The bright green and faded green paint is only in “caution” or traffic conflict areas.
    Green for Caution??? It makes no sense, but that is the actual meaning of the green paint.
    2) The cars turning right across the bike lane (ahead of you) have the right-of-way, even if you have a green signal.
    3) The pedestrians crossing in those bike lane crosswalks also have the right-of-way, as long as they give the oncoming cyclists enough time to slow down or stop.

    Questions:
    1) Are motorized bikes, motorized scooters, motorized skateboard, etc. allowed to use the lanes?
    2) Are there official speed limits in the bike lanes? I’ve seen some cyclists travelling at very high speeds, where they would not be able to stop for any pedestrians of car traffic that are legally crossing the bike lane ahead of them.

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