Bicycle System
The exhibits provided to the right illustrate the current facilities available in Curry County that enable people to ride bikes. The exhibits also identify how the bicycle system performs. The information below provides context to support these exhibits. Clicking the exhibit links will take you to a page to review the material and provide your input. In addition, you may also provide comments directly into this interactive map.
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Bicycle Facilities
Bicycle facilities in the county are generally limited to four-foot (or wider) paved shoulders along US 101 and bike lanes within Brookings, Gold Beach, and Port Orford. Some County high-order roads include limited sections of bike lanes along select streets in Brookings and Gold Beach. Some marked crossings are also available in the incorporated cities. Bicycle facilities allow people to travel between essential destinations without a motor vehicle. Essential destinations are also identified in the exhibits to the right.
Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress
Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress (BLTS) evaluates a roadway's adequacy to accommodate bicycle travel and the stress that bicyclists experience. A road that is rated BLTS 1 generally has low traffic volumes and travel speeds and is suitable for all cyclists, including children. A road that is rated BLTS 4 generally has high traffic volumes and travel speeds and is perceived as unsafe by most adults. BLTS 2 is generally considered to be acceptable by most cyclists (BLTS 1 is preferred near schools).
Bicycle Safety Risk
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) conducted a statewide assessment of its highways to evaluate safety risks to people biking along its roadway facilities. Safety risks depend on a number of roadway characteristics including functional classification, number of travel lanes, access density, presence of bike lanes, posted speed, zoning of adjacent land, proximity to schools and transit stops, and population density of people 65 years and older. Because the assessment is statewide, the performance results are relative to the results of all other highways across the state. A roadway being in the top 20% (red) indicates it presents some of the highest safety risk to bicyclists statewide.