Q map of Bellingham
Map design by Kulshan Cartographic Services | design: good eye design | photos: Gabriel Boone Photography; printed by Capitol City Press in October 2015.
Cycling is Fun and Functional Bicycling is a great way to get around town for short trips and daily errands. Peddling an easy 10 mph on city streets and trails, you can often cover short distances as quickly as you could drive in a car. It’s also gentle exercise that’s good for your heart, easy on your joints, and a great way to improve and maintain your balance.
Whatcom Smart Trips is an ongoing partnership between local government, public agencies, employers, and schools to promote transportation by walking, bicycling, sharing rides, and riding the bus.
Want to try it?! Visit WhatcomSmartTrips.org to learn about programs and resources that might be helpful to you. Here is an overview of the five the principals from Confident City Cycling.
WhatcomSmartTrips.org Contact us: 360-756-TRIP (8747) 314 E. Champion Street Bellingham, WA 98225
Ride Visibly
Questions?
• Ride on the right with traffic, but don’t hug the curb • Ride in the middle of lanes that are too narrow to share with cars • Ride in the left lane for turns • Use lights and reflectors at night • Avoid riding on sidewalks
Communicate Your Intent • Use your position in the lane to signal your intended direction • Use hand signals before turning • Make eye-contact
or The Bellingham side of this map is designed to show you how to reach many of your nearby destinations by walking, bicycling or riding the bus. WTA bus stops and routes are highlighted as well as trails and bicycle routes. The legend shows the symbols for grocery stores, pharmacies, mailboxes and many other destinations. The opposite side is a Whatcom County bicycle map.
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right
Handle Intersections Defensively • Turn right from the middle of the right lane • Turn left from the center of the lane that cars use to make left turns • Go straight from the center of the right lane or the lane next to a RightTurn-Only lane • Activate magnetic traffic signals in the center of the lane, two feet behind the stop line
A Map for Making Smart Trips
Beware of Roadway Hazards • Avoid car doors by riding at least three feet from parked cars • Avoid slippery surfaces like wet leaves, steel plates, sand and roadway markings • Give clearance to angle parked cars so that drivers can see you • Anticipate driver vision problems, such as sun glare by riding defensively • Avoid potholes, debris and broken glass • Cross railroad tracks with your wheels perpendicular to the tracks
map of Bellingham
Prepare for Bicycling • Look for bike friendly routes, not necessarily the route you would drive • Check the air, brakes, chain, and quick release levers each time before riding • Wear bright-colored rain gear and allow longer stopping distances in wet weather • Wear a helmet
Prevent Theft
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Bikes on Buses Expand your options—combine bus and bike trips by putting your bike on a bus rack. WTA buses are equipped with racks that can carry three bikes. Practice these easy steps on a bus parked at the terminal. • Before the bus arrives, prep your bike by removing loose accessories or bags. • Squeeze the rack handle to release the rack and lower it toward you. • Lift your bike and place the front wheel in the rack where the label says, “Place front wheel here.” • Pull the support arm up and place the hook over the top of the front tire. • At your destination, tell the bus driver that you will be removing your bike. • Lift the support arm off the front tire and lower it before removing your bike. Return the rack to the upright position if there aren’t other bikes on the rack.
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New Bike Markings Bellingham is creating a safe, well-connected network to encourage bicycling by all members of our community. The network will include new facilities to make it safer and easier for bicyclists and motorists to share our city streets. The following graphics will help you understand how they work.
WHAT IS A
BIKE DETECTOR?
Bike detectors tell the traffic signal when a person on a bike is waiting for the light to turn green. Place your bicycle on the bike detector symbol to trigger the green light.
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WHAT IS A
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Shared lane markings or “sharrows” guide bicyclists to the safest place on the street to ride and help motorists expect to see and share the lane with bicyclists. They also provide wayfinding along a bike route.
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SHARED LANE MARKING?
It’s a painted green space on the road with a white bicycle symbol inside.
WHAT DOES
GREEN MEAN?
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Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Post Point Lagoon
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Village Green Park
Fairhaven Library
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Padden Lagoon
Marine Park
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Amtrak Train Station Greyhound Bus Station
10TH ST
Alaska Ferry
GAMBIER AVE
Fairhaven Transportation Center
9TH ST
Bellingham Cruise Terminal
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Harris Bay
Lowell Elem School
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BIKE BOX?
Bicyclists wait in the green box ahead of traffic. Motorists stop behind the box. This makes bikes more visible and predictable to drivers.
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Green pavement highlights areas where bicycles and cars cross paths. The green pavement alerts both drivers and bicyclists to pay extra attention.
Courtesy of Seattle Department of Transportation.
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www.cob.org/bike
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• Don’t leave your bike unlocked, even for short periods • Lock the frame and one of the wheels to a bike rack or pole • Use a high quality lock and cable
Cycling is Fun and Functional Bicycling is a great way to get around town for short trips and daily errands. Peddling an easy 10 mph on city streets and trails, you can often cover short distances as quickly as you could drive in a car. It’s also gentle exercise that’s good for your heart, easy on your joints, and a great way to improve and maintain your balance.
Whatcom Smart Trips is an ongoing partnership between local government, public agencies, employers, and schools to promote transportation by walking, bicycling, sharing rides, and riding the bus.
Want to try it?! Visit WhatcomSmartTrips.org to learn about programs and resources that might be helpful to you. Here is an overview of the five the principals from Confident City Cycling.
WhatcomSmartTrips.org Contact us: 360-756-TRIP (8747) 314 E. Champion Street Bellingham, WA 98225
Ride Visibly
Questions?
• Ride on the right with traffic, but don’t hug the curb • Ride in the middle of lanes that are too narrow to share with cars • Ride in the left lane for turns • Use lights and reflectors at night • Avoid riding on sidewalks
Communicate Your Intent • Use your position in the lane to signal your intended direction • Use hand signals before turning • Make eye-contact
or The Bellingham side of this map is designed to show you how to reach many of your nearby destinations by walking, bicycling or riding the bus. WTA bus stops and routes are highlighted as well as trails and bicycle routes. The legend shows the symbols for grocery stores, pharmacies, mailboxes and many other destinations. The opposite side is a Whatcom County bicycle map.
left
right
Handle Intersections Defensively • Turn right from the middle of the right lane • Turn left from the center of the lane that cars use to make left turns • Go straight from the center of the right lane or the lane next to a RightTurn-Only lane • Activate magnetic traffic signals in the center of the lane, two feet behind the stop line
A Map for Making Smart Trips
Beware of Roadway Hazards • Avoid car doors by riding at least three feet from parked cars • Avoid slippery surfaces like wet leaves, steel plates, sand and roadway markings • Give clearance to angle parked cars so that drivers can see you • Anticipate driver vision problems, such as sun glare by riding defensively • Avoid potholes, debris and broken glass • Cross railroad tracks with your wheels perpendicular to the tracks
map of Bellingham
Prepare for Bicycling • Look for bike friendly routes, not necessarily the route you would drive • Check the air, brakes, chain, and quick release levers each time before riding • Wear bright-colored rain gear and allow longer stopping distances in wet weather • Wear a helmet
Prevent Theft
ST
N
ST
ST N
ST AT E
HUMBOLT ST
ST
YORK ST
R ES T
www.WhatcomSmartTrips.org
FO
IRON ST
A
POTTER ST
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ST
Rock Hill Park
Bikes on Buses Expand your options—combine bus and bike trips by putting your bike on a bus rack. WTA buses are equipped with racks that can carry three bikes. Practice these easy steps on a bus parked at the terminal. • Before the bus arrives, prep your bike by removing loose accessories or bags. • Squeeze the rack handle to release the rack and lower it toward you. • Lift your bike and place the front wheel in the rack where the label says, “Place front wheel here.” • Pull the support arm up and place the hook over the top of the front tire. • At your destination, tell the bus driver that you will be removing your bike. • Lift the support arm off the front tire and lower it before removing your bike. Return the rack to the upright position if there aren’t other bikes on the rack.
14TH ST
15TH ST
ST 13TH
105
MCKENZIE AVE
LARRABEE AVE O PKLD F WA AIR Y HA VE
16TH ST
11TH ST
DONOVAN AVE
14
14
14
Q A
New Bike Markings Bellingham is creating a safe, well-connected network to encourage bicycling by all members of our community. The network will include new facilities to make it safer and easier for bicyclists and motorists to share our city streets. The following graphics will help you understand how they work.
WHAT IS A
BIKE DETECTOR?
Bike detectors tell the traffic signal when a person on a bike is waiting for the light to turn green. Place your bicycle on the bike detector symbol to trigger the green light.
Q
WHAT IS A
Q
A
Shared lane markings or “sharrows” guide bicyclists to the safest place on the street to ride and help motorists expect to see and share the lane with bicyclists. They also provide wayfinding along a bike route.
A
SHARED LANE MARKING?
It’s a painted green space on the road with a white bicycle symbol inside.
WHAT DOES
GREEN MEAN?
MILL AVE
14TH ST
LARRABEE AVE
AVE
Fairhaven Historic District
12TH ST
8TH ST
4TH ST
ST 6TH DONOVAN
Cr
Wastewater Treatment Plant
MCKENZIE AVE
11TH ST
Post Point Lagoon
Padden
AVE
11TH ST
Village Green Park
Fairhaven Library
HARRIS AVE
105 401 MCKENZIE
KNOX AVE
KNOX AVE
Padden Lagoon
Marine Park
GAMBIER AVE
Amtrak Train Station Greyhound Bus Station
10TH ST
Alaska Ferry
GAMBIER AVE
Fairhaven Transportation Center
9TH ST
Bellingham Cruise Terminal
401
11TH ST 12TH ST
Harris Bay
Lowell Elem School
DOUGLAS AVE
16TH ST
11TH ST
FILLMORE AVE
BIKE BOX?
Bicyclists wait in the green box ahead of traffic. Motorists stop behind the box. This makes bikes more visible and predictable to drivers.
K FR AN
U
WHAT IS A
N
Green pavement highlights areas where bicycles and cars cross paths. The green pavement alerts both drivers and bicyclists to pay extra attention.
Courtesy of Seattle Department of Transportation.
HUMBOLDT ST
GRANT ST
Q
www.cob.org/bike
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Farmers Market
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50 Environmental Learning Whatcom 232 Center Museum
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Courthouse
Post Office
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Senior Center
City Hall
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• Don’t leave your bike unlocked, even for short periods • Lock the frame and one of the wheels to a bike rack or pole • Use a high quality lock and cable
