Crosstown Bike Route

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*upbeat music*

Text displays “City of Regina Advisory Bike Lanes. Here’s how Advisory Bike Lanes work for cyclists.”

*bike bell chimes ding*

An animated image of a bicycle moves quickly across the screen.

Narrator: Popular in Europe and in the US,

Illustrated maps of the Untitled States of America and European Union appear briefly and slide off screen.

this system is great for adding cycling lanes to streets (image of street with a cycling lane where they wouldn't otherwise fit.

An animated image of a single-lane street with a bike lane to the right-hand side appears.

Narrow roads with low volume traffic and low speeds. Here's how they work.

Image of street speed sign with low maximum km/h pops up over the graphic of the road and disappears.

Traffic from both sides share one central lane.

Illustrated image of single-lane street appears as though you are looking down on it from above.

Cycling lanes are placed on each side of the road.

Images of cycling lanes appear on both sides of the single-lane road.

When there are two drivers traveling in opposite directions,

Two vehicles appear on the road, travelling in opposite directions towards one another in the center lane.

the vehicles move into the cycling lanes to pass each other safely.

The vehicles shift to the side so that they are in the cycling lanes.

What happens if there's a bike in the cycling lane?

The image quickly disappears and reappears with a cyclist riding in the right-hand cycling lane.

Whoever is in front has the right of way.

The image rotates to give a side profile of a person on a bicycle with a car following behind them and a red arrow pointing to the cyclist indicating they are in front and have the right-of-way.

Vehicles travel behind the bike

Image reverts back to a cyclist riding in the right-hand cycling lane, with a car following close behind.

but can then move back into the center lane

A car travelling in the opposite direction comes down the center lane and passes the cyclist and car in the right-hand bike lane.

when it is safe to do so.

Once the car in the center lane has passed, the car following the cyclist moves into the center lane to pass the cyclist. The image fades out.

It is a whole new way for drivers and cyclists to share the road

An animated image of tire, comprised half of a car tire and half of a bike tire appears with a green checkmark beside it. Image fades to a blue screen.

*upbeat music*

Text appears displaying “Regina.ca/cycling” and  “Thank you to the City of Ottawa for the use of this video”.

*chimes ding*

City of Regina logo appears.