Their goal? The end of cars/SUVs/trucks!-----Pilot program to include shared vehicle lane, bike lanes on Kalamazoo road | WWMT

Pilot program to include shared vehicle lane, bike lanes on Kalamazoo road | WWMT

• City officials in surrounding cities of Portage and Kalamazoo discussed Wednesday the future of bike safety. 

"KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kalamazoo is launching a pilot road project that would include a center lane shared by both directions of traffic.
An Edge Lane Road design, or Advisory Bike Lane, also includes dashed prioritized bike lanes on the outside. 

• When a vehicle comes across another vehicle, both are expected to pause and move to the bike lane to pass each other, city officials said.

If a bicyclist is actively in the prioritized bike lane, the vehicle on the occupied bike side should yield behind the bike and let the other vehicle pass before continuing in center lane, according to the city.


The City of Kalamazoo is expected to post this sign on Winchell Avenue, west of Rambling Road, during a one-year pilot program of an Edge Lane Road design. (City of Kalamazoo/WWMT)...