| Cycling
Infrastructure - |
Bike Trail (Path, Rail-Trail) |
|
| |
|
|
|
The Davis - Sacramento Connector
or the I-80 Bikeway
|
|
|
| Image source - Trail official
web site |
|
Trail Map |
|
Trail Official Web Sites
-XXXXX - for description
of trail and amenities
|
|
| Updated - 2006-10-03 |
|
General
Comments
|
|
| |
General Impressions |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Trail Naming |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Scenery |
The alignment of the trail allowed for continuous
changes in interesting vistas, including the river, the hills, and the distant
mountains. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Safety Features |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Trail
Infrastructure
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| |
Trail Alignment |
|
|
| |
Trail Grade |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Access to the Trail - Entrances from
Adjacent Roadways |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Trail Width |
In the western end, parts of the trail were
on shared roads, others on a two-laned closed forest road, and parts on
a 4 metres wide path. The pavement surface was in good quality.
|
|
| |
Trail Surface |
|
|
| |
Trail Pavement Markings |
|
|
| |
Trail Lightening |
|
|
| |
Separation from Motorized Traffic |
Trail was far enough from neighbouring roads
so that the sounds of the birds could be heard, not that of cars. |
|
| |
Off-Road Path |
|
|
| |
Bike Lanes |
|
|
| |
Two-Way Bike Lanes on Road – Not Separated |
|
|
| |
Two-Way Bike Lanes on Road – Physically
Separated |
|
|
| |
Two-Way Bike Lanes on Road Shoulder –
Vertically Not Separated |
|
|
| |
Two-Way Bike Lanes on Road Shoulder –
Vertically Separated |
|
|
| |
Intersection Design - Signalized |
|
|
| |
Intersection Design – Not Signalized |
|
|
| |
Trail Bridges |
|
|
| Trail and Railway Tracks |
|
|
|
| |
No Physical Separation |
|
|
| |
Physical Separation |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Trail Signage |
|
|
|
| |
Signage – Destination
|
|
|
| |
Signage – Direction |
|
|
| |
Signage – Information |
|
|
| |
Signage – Warning |
|
|
| |
Signage - Intersection |
|
|
| |
Signage - Grades |
|
|
| |
Signage - |
|
|
| |
Signage |
Signage, including destination, direction, information,
and warning, was plentiful. The question is whether it is visible enough
or can be easily missed when cycling by. Caution signs of upcoming steep
slopes and visibility issues on curves were plentiful.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Trail Amenities |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Trail User Facilities |
Restroom facilities and car parking trailheads
were bountiful.
|
|
| Marketing of the Trail |
|
|
|
| |
Communication - Trail Maps |
|
|
| |
Communication - Trail Web Site |
|
|
| Trail and the Local Economy |
|
|
|
| |
Business and Retailing |
|
|
| |
Food and Drink |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Opportunities
for Improvement
|
|
| |
Trail Grade |
For appealing to a more cyclists and for commuter
cyclists, there needs to be more sections of very level trail with minimum
grade changes.
|
|
| |
Food and Drink |
Places for drinking water were missing along
with places for obtaining food.
|
|
| |
Signage |
Lack of signage on neighbouring roads directing
cyclists to the trail.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
 |