Note: This is not the city of Austin’s plan for a Nueces bike boulevard. It is a design being promoted by the League of Bicycling Voters and is offered here to illustrate what such a boulevard might look like. These captions detail some of the traffic-calming devices that might be used to force motorist deference to cyclists.

This article appears in February 5 • 2010.

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