Bicycle Transportation in Tennessee

Overview of U.S. Mode Share

How safe is bicycling?

TN Bike Legislation

• Bikes are considered vehicles.• Helmets are required for youth.• Bicycles can ride two-abreast.• 3’ safe passing required• Bicyclists can access major bridges and

tunnels.• Bicycles can’t use the shoulder of interstates.(This is legal in some other states)

Biking in Nashville

In 2012, Nashville was recognized as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Communityby the League of American Bicyclists.

How does B Cycle work

• Register for a membership online or at a kiosk.• Range from $5 for 24hours to $50 annual.• Bikes may be checked out from 5am to 10pm.• Chattanooga and Knoxville also have bike

share programs.• Knoxville has the only electric bicycle share

program in the US.

Boardwalk across Mississippi River may be completed by Spring of 2016.

The project features a boardwalk that will be built on one of the cantilevered “carriageways,” as they were known, that once carried motor vehicles across the Harahan Bridge, a 98-year old railroad span south of Downtown Memphis. In addition, bicycle and pedestrian paths will be constructed on the Arkansas side of the river that will connect with the central business district of West Memphis and a route along the levee system along the Mississippi.

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Cold Weather Bike