ASL<\/strong>\u00a0= Advanced Stop Line (typically, before a BWB; sometimes only to allow room for long vehicles to turn left from the cross street)<\/p>\n BL<\/strong>\u00a0= Bike Lane<\/p>\n BWB<\/strong>\u00a0= Bicycle Waiting Box or bike box (between an ASL and the bicyclists’ stop line, or the crosswalk)<\/p>\n CT<\/strong>\u00a0= Cycle Track<\/p>\n DZBL\u00a0<\/strong>= Door Zone Bike Lane<\/p>\n FBL<\/strong> = Faux Bike Lane (typically a shoulder that is narrower than a std bike lane, often marked with bike route signs)<\/p>\n RD<\/strong> = Road<\/p>\n SP<\/strong>\u00a0= Sidepath<\/p>\n SUP<\/strong> = Shared Use Path (formerly called MUP = Multi-Use Path)<\/p>\n 3FP<\/strong>\u00a0= Three Foot Passing<\/p>\n FTR<\/strong> = Far To Right (discriminatory law that requires only cyclists, and not other drivers, to ride near road edge when in a marked lane. This bad law takes away cyclists’ lane use rights)<\/p>\n MBL<\/strong> = Mandatory Bike Lane (discriminatory law that requires cyclists to use a preferential use lane, whereas other drivers are NOT required to use HOV or Bus preferential use lanes)<\/p>\n MH<\/strong>\u00a0= Mandatory Helmet<\/p>\n MSP<\/strong>\u00a0= Mandatory Side-Path (discriminatory law that requires cyclists to use paths that parallel a road. This bad law takes away cyclists roadway rights and in many cases highway rights.)<\/p>\n MSU<\/strong> = Mandatory Shoulder use (discriminatory law that requires cyclists to use shoulders instead of the roadway. This bad law takes away cyclists’ roadway use rights.)<\/p>\n TAR<\/strong> = Two Abreast Riding<\/p>\n BIT<\/strong> = Bicycles Impede Traffic (Impeding traffic law does not exclude bicyclists, as we find in 6 US states: CA, MI, NH, OH, PA, TX)<\/p>\n LRA<\/strong> = Local Regulation (of bicycling movements) Allowed (this means that any city or county can enact its own custom, and often highly restrictive cycling laws, or ban cycling altogether.)<\/p>\n ROS = <\/strong>Right of Speed (The belief that having higher speed than another drivers gives the faster driver the “right” not to be delayed by the slower driver)<\/p>\n LOS<\/strong> = Level Of Service (The measure of effectiveness of a road to drivers, usually a measure of free-flowingness, with a free flowing road having a high LOS and a road with delay or congestion having a low LOS, graded from A to F, like school letter grades)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n BLOS<\/strong> = Bicycle Level Of Service (Often defined in a way that scores perceived “comfort” above traditional LOS metrics like flow\/delay)<\/p>\n TCDs = <\/strong>Traffic Control Devices (signals, signs, barriers\/islands and markings)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n RTOL<\/strong> = Right Turn Only Lane (or RTL<\/strong> for Right Turn Lane)<\/p>\n LTOL<\/strong> = Left Turn Only Lane (or LTL<\/strong> for Left Turn Lane)<\/p>\n TWLTL or 2WLTL<\/strong> = Two Way Left Turn Lane (AKA Center Turn Lane)<\/p>\n CTL<\/strong> = Center Turn lane (AKA 2WLTL)<\/p>\n TCD<\/strong> = Traffic Control Device<\/p>\n TL<\/strong> = Traffic Light<\/p>\n SS<\/strong> = Stop Sign<\/p>\n CC<\/strong> = Coffin Corner (or SS<\/strong> for Suicide Slot)<\/p>\n SW<\/strong> = Sidewalk<\/p>\n WCL<\/strong> = Wide Curb Lane (similar to Wide Outside Lane)<\/p>\n WOL<\/strong> = Wide Outside Lane<\/p>\n SLM<\/strong> = Shared Lane Marker (AKA Sharrow)<\/p>\n RS<\/strong> = Rumble Strip<\/p>\n CLRS<\/strong> = Center Line Rumble Strip<\/p>\n RPM<\/strong> = Raised Pavement Marker<\/p>\n 2LR<\/strong> = 2-Lane Road = one lane in each direction of travel<\/p>\n 3LR <\/strong>= 3-Lane Road = one lane in each direction + CTL<\/strong><\/p>\n 4LR<\/strong> = 4-lane Road = two lanes in each direction of travel<\/p>\n NLR<\/strong> = N-Lane Road = N\/2 lanes in each direction (where N = 4, 6, 8, etc\u2026)<\/p>\n Multi-lane road <\/strong>= 2 or more lanes in each direction of travel<\/p>\n RTE<\/strong> = Request To Experiment<\/p>\n BMUFL<\/strong> = Bikes May Use Full Lane<\/p>\n RT<\/strong> = Right Turn<\/p>\n LT<\/strong> = Left Turn<\/p>\n UT<\/strong> = U-Turn<\/p>\n ROW<\/strong> = Right Of Way<\/p>\n SWSS<\/strong> = Single Witness Suicide Swerve<\/p>\n Salmon<\/strong> = Wrong-way cycling<\/p>\n Ninja<\/strong> = Cycling at night without lights, sometimes even without reflectors<\/p>\n BD<\/strong> = Bicycle Driving<\/p>\n VC<\/strong> = Vehicular Cycling<\/p>\n PnP<\/strong> = Paint and Path<\/p>\n SIN<\/strong> = Safety In Numbers<\/p>\n BFC<\/strong> = Bicycle Friendly Community<\/p>\n BFS<\/strong> = Bicycle Friendly State<\/p>\n BFB<\/strong> = Bicycle Friendly Business<\/p>\n BFU<\/strong> = Bicycle Friendly University<\/p>\n ECI<\/strong> Effective Cycling Instructor<\/p>\n LCI<\/strong> = League Cycling Instructor<\/p>\n CS<\/strong> = Cycling Savvy [ http:\/\/cyclingsavvy.org<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n CSI<\/strong> = Cycling Savvy Instructor\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n FHWA<\/strong>\u00a0= Federal Highway Administration [ http:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n MUTCD<\/strong>\u00a0= Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices [ http:\/\/mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov\/kno_2009.htm<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n HDM<\/strong> = Highway Design Manual<\/p>\n NCUTCD<\/strong> = National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices [http:\/\/www.ncutcd.org\/<\/a>]<\/p>\n NCUTCD-BTC<\/strong> = ^ Bicycle Technical Committee [http:\/\/www.ncutcdbtc.org\/<\/a>]<\/p>\n NCUTLO<\/strong> =\u00a0National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances [ http:\/\/ncutlo.org<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n AASHTO<\/strong> = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials\u00a0[ http:\/\/transportation.org<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n Green Book<\/strong> = AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities [ http:\/\/safety.fhwa.dot.gov\/ped_bike\/docs\/b_aashtobik.pdf<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n NACTO<\/strong>\u00a0=\u00a0National Association of City Transportation Officials [\u00a0http:\/\/nacto.org<\/a> ]<\/p>\n NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide [ http:\/\/nacto.org\/cities-for-cycling\/design-guide<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n MDMLS<\/strong> = Model Design Manual for Living Streets [ http:\/\/modelstreetdesignmanual.com<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n APBP<\/strong> = Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals\u00a0[ http:\/\/apbp.org<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n LAB<\/strong> = League of American Bicyclists [ http:\/\/bikeleague.org<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n LR<\/strong> = LAB Reform [ http:\/\/labreform.org<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bicycling Facilities ASL\u00a0= Advanced Stop Line (typically, before a BWB; sometimes only to allow room for long vehicles to turn left from the cross street) BL\u00a0= Bike Lane BWB\u00a0= Bicycle Waiting Box or bike box (between an ASL and the bicyclists’ stop line, or the crosswalk) CT\u00a0= Cycle Track DZBL\u00a0= Door Zone Bike Lane FBL … Continue reading Acronym 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Specific Laws<\/h3>\n
Concepts\/Notions<\/h3>\n
Roadway\/Highway Facilities<\/h3>\n
Maneuvers<\/h3>\n
Advocacy Paradigms<\/h3>\n
Education<\/h3>\n
Organizations and Standards<\/h3>\n