Cycling facilities

Cycle facilities are facilities to formally allocate road space to cyclists, or highlight the presence, or expected behaviour of cyclists to other road users. In this manual guidance is provided for the following facilities:

• Shared lanes; include any traffic lane that a cyclist may legally use and includes special vehicle lanes that permit cyclists.

• Cycle lanes (refer to Figure 8‑1); in the TCD Rule:

  Cycle lane means a longitudinal strip within a roadway designed for the passage of cycles

  
  the lane is usually denoted by markings and / or signage and may be located between car parking and traffic lanes or between the edge of road way and a traffic lane. Cycle lanes are a form of special vehicle lane.
  
  

  Figure 8‑1: Cycle lane symbol on green surface treatment
  

  

• Shared paths (refer to Figure 8‑2); in the TCD Rule:

  Shared path means an area of road, separated from a roadway, that may be used by some or all of the following persons at the same time: pedestrians, cyclists, riders of mobility devices and riders of wheeled recreational devices.

  
  Figure 8-2: Shared path (Megan Fowler) and shared path, direction split (Jeanette Ward)
  
  

  

  

• Cycle paths (refer to Figure 8‑3, Figure 8‑4 and Figure 8‑5); in the TCD Rule:

  Cycle Path means part of the road that is physically separated from the roadway that is intended for the use of cyclists, but which may be used also by pedestrians; and […] includes a cycle track formed under section 332 of the Local Government Act 1974.

  
  Cycle paths may be:

  • at roadway level, separated from the roadway by an appropriate delineation device, commonly referred to as ‘separated cycle paths’;
    
    

    Figure 8‑3: Separated cycle paths - (Glen Koorey and Penny Gray)
    

    

    

  • immediately adjacent to the roadway at a different level, separated by a kerb, which may be mountable, sometimes referred to as a ‘stepped cycle path’; and

    Figure 8‑4: Stepped cycle path (Jeanette Ward)
    
    

    

  • away from the roadway, commonly referred to as an ‘off-road cycle path’.

    Figure 8‑5: Off-road cycle path (Auckland Council(external link))