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Cycling is Fun and FunctionalBicycling 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.

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.

Ride Visibly• 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

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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

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• 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

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 Right-

Turn-Only lane• Activate magnetic traffic signals in the center of the lane, two feet

behind the stop line

New Bike MarkingsBellingham 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.

Bikes on BusesExpand 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.

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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Bicyclists wait in the green box ahead of traffic. Motorists stop behind the box. This makes bikes more visible and predictable to drivers.

WHAT IS A BIKE BOX?

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A 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.

WHAT IS A BIKE DETECTOR?

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A Green pavement highlights areas where bicycles and cars cross paths. The green pavement alerts both drivers and bicyclists to pay extra attention.

WHAT DOES GREEN MEAN?

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A Map for Making Smart TripsThe 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.

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.

Map design by Kulshan Cartographic Services | design: good eye design | photos: Gabriel Boone Photography; printed by Capitol City Press in October 2015.

WhatcomSmartTrips.org360-756-TRIP (8747)314 E. Champion StreetBellingham, WA 98225

Questions? Contact us:

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www.WhatcomSmartTrips.org