Discouraging non-local motor vehicle traffic

Permeable barriers such as bollards are sometimes used to allow cycling traffic to continue through while diverting motorized traffic from using the street as a through street.^{[citation needed]}

United States

Bicycle boulevards can be found in a growing number of United States cities, including:^[12]

• Arizona: Tucson
• California: Palo Alto, Berkeley, Emeryville, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Long Beach
• Florida: Gainesville
• Kansas: Manhattan
• Michigan: Kalamazoo
• Minnesota: Minneapolis,^[13] Saint Paul
• Missouri: Columbia
• New Mexico: Albuquerque
• North Carolina: Wilmington
• Oregon: Portland, Eugene, and Bend
• Oklahoma: Tulsa
• Washington: Seattle^[14]
• Wisconsin: Madison

Palo Alto established the first bicycle boulevard^[15] in the United States. It was named for Ellen Fletcher, a Holocaust survivor and one of America's first bike activists.^[16]

In Berkeley, boulevards are mostly residential streets, but some sections pass through commercial areas. Generally, there are few cars on these streets, in large part because of the pre-existing traffic calming devices that slow and/or divert traffic. Bicycle boulevards may or may not have bicycle lanes.^{[citation needed]}

In Minneapolis, a grant from the federal government within the Non-Motorized Pilot Program helped to build a bike boulevard on Bryant Avenue and the planning of others.^[17][18]

Similarly in Columbia, the Non-Motorized Pilot Program project helped fund the first bike boulevard in Missouri along Ash and Windsor Streets. At least one other was planned.^{[citation needed]}

In Wilmington, help from a Fit Community 2009 grant through the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund enabled the City of Wilmington to construct North Carolina's first bicycle boulevard. The Ann Street Bicycle Boulevard runs from South Water Street to South 15th Street^[19] and serves as part of the much longer River to the Sea Bikeway,^[20] which connects downtown Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach.^{[citation needed]}

In Portland, a $600 million 20-year plan (2010–2030) has the goal of making 25 percent of trips in the city be by bicycle through the establishment of 700 miles (1,100 km) of new bikeways; one of the projects within the plan is to combine the work on street features that reduce stormwater runoff with the construction of curb extensions and other components of bicycle boulevards.^[21]

In Albuquerque, a city with more than 400 miles (640 km) of on-street bicycle facilities and multi-use trails,^[22] the grand opening of the first bicycle boulevard in New Mexico was held on April 14, 2009. The bicycle boulevard runs from San Mateo Blvd SE, west along Silver Ave SE/SW to 14th St SW. It then continues north on 14th St to Mountain Rd NW. The last leg continues west on Mountain Rd NW to the Paseo del Bosque Recreation Trail which parallels the Rio Grande.^{[citation needed]}

In Madison, the first full bicycle boulevard spans East Mifflin Street in Madisons Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood, a second spans the entire length of Kendall Avenue in University Heights and the Regent Neighborhood.^{[citation needed]}

In Seattle, the city is implementing a city-wide network of "Neighborhood Greenways".^[14] The work is being carried out with the aid and cooperation of the non-profit "Seattle Neighborhood Greenways".^[23]

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, fietsstraten ^[nl] ('cycle streets') have a similar road design — although most residential streets in the Netherlands which do not have on-road bike lanes or segregated bike lanes would fit the American definition of bicycle boulevards. A fietsstraat can link dedicated bike-only paths, service roads, and other types of bike-friendly street configurations to complete a route. (Extensive information has been compiled about these facilities at the Pedal Portland blog^[24] and the Northeastern University webpage.)^[25]

In Amsterdam for example, by 2005 about 40% of journeys were by bicycle and transport planners at the Dienst Infrastructuur Verkeer en Vervoer (Infrastructure Traffic and Transport Directorate) have adopted a bicycle policy that blends many different bike-friendly street designs such as segregated bicycle lanes, on-road bicycle lanes and fietsstraten.^[26] The general concept is that cyclists can integrate relatively safely with vehicular traffic that is travelling at, or below, 30 km/h (19 mph) but that segregated bike lanes should be installed along roads with a higher speed limit. With these, and many other, bike-friendly policies in place, Amsterdam has the highest rate of cycling of any capital city in the world. Cycle streets are also on the rise in other cities within the country, including Utrecht.^[27][28]

Germany

In Germany a comparable road design is called Fahrradstraße ^[de] ('bicycle road'), introduced into the Highway Code in 1997.^[29] Any other vehicles are prohibited unless marked with an additional sign.^[30]

Belgium

In Belgium, the Fietsstraat ^[nl] (in Dutch/Flemish) or rue cyclable (in French), was introduced into the Highway Code with effect from 13 February 2012.^[31] One had earlier been introduced in the Visserij in Ghent (Gent) in the summer of 2011. The first one in Brussels appeared in 2013 on a service road alongside Avenue Louise.^{[citation needed]}

The OpenStreetMap wiki and also the several locations on this subject may be of interest to reader.

Denmark

In Denmark, the first cykelgade was opened in 2011 in Aarhus.^[32] Since then cycle streets have been implemented in several cities across the country.

France

In France, the equivalent road design is called vélorue ('bike street') or rue cyclable ('cycle street'). The cities of Strasbourg (2017), Bordeaux (2018) and Dijon (2019) are among the first to test it out.

Spain

In Spain, cycle streets are known as ciclocalles.^{[citation needed]}

New Zealand

In New Zealand, bicycle boulevards are generally designated as 'neighbourhood greenways',^[33] although Auckland refers to them as local paths^[34] to avoid confusion with its off-road greenways network. Christchurch was the first city to implement a number of neighbourhood greenway sections as part of its Major Cycle Routes programme, including the Rapanui–Shag Rock Stage 1 through Linwood.^[35]