Maryland Road-Separated Bicycle Routes [Maryland]
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
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- Title
- Maryland Road-Separated Bicycle Routes [Maryland]
- Description
- Feature class depicting road-separated bicycle routes throughout the State of Maryland. In many instances these routes can be used by pedestrians, but not by any motorized vehicle. "Road Separated" indicates that these segments are physically separated from roads in which motorized vehicles travel. That is, these are not bike lanes, sharrows, or signed bike routes per se - these segments are separated from the main road by a physical barrier (E.g., grass, natural earth, trees, etc.) and in many instances do not follow a motorized vehicle route network at all (E.g., a wholly separated trail).This information in this feature class will be used in conjunction with theOne Maryland One Centerline(OMOC) initiative to provide a Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) map for the State of Maryland. The recommended LTS score for each road-separated bicycle route is listed in the pop-up menu.Bikeways included in the map are of varying surface material but are typically paved or hard-packed surface. Sidewalks, typically 6-feet-wide, hard surface pathways primarily for pedestrian use, are not included in this map. The preferred width of bikeways included is at least 10-feet wide, although bikeways may be narrower if anticipated traffic volumes are minimal. For instance, while most pathways within Columbia are 8 to 10 feet wide, some pathways are narrower when connecting to cul-du-sacs. These narrower pathways are included in the map as the anticipated traffic volume are low enough to minimize user conflict.This feature class was compiled by the Maryland Department of Transportation (Secretary's Office) using a variety of sources including (but not limited to) state data sources from various agencies including theMaryland Department of Transportation(MDOT),Maryland Department of Planning(MDP), andMaryland Department of Natural Resources(DNR). Data has also been augmented by counties and municipalities throughout the State of Maryland as well as several agencies, organizations, and conservancies. Certain named trails are included within this dataset and their sources have varied from state, local, and non-profits as well as through the digitizing of various aerial/satellite imagery, digital elevation models (DEM), right-of-ways, former railways, and corridors by MDOT staff. None of the alignments included in this dataset are restricted to private use.The searchable data includes attribute information containing the route's name (if applicable), calculated segment length (using theMaryland State Plane 1983 Projection), and Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) score. The data mostly contains alignment segments with a LTS of 0, the lowest score. This score indicates that the bikeway can be comfortably used by cyclists of all levels and experience and has minimal automobile traffic interaction. There are several segments with LTS scores of 1 or 2 within this feature class as well, but these are mostly connector paths/trails between larger segments. LTS scores of 1 or 2 indicate very little automobile traffic and/or slower speeds required for the automobile traffic.This feature class will be updated as needed but is scheduled to be comprehensively reviewed on an annual basis.ATTRIBUTES:Route Name (if Applicable):The name of the route is provided if the route is namedCounties within Route:The counties in Maryland through which the route passes are listedRoute's Length:The route distance is calculated and listed in miles. Note that this is the length of the entire named route - and not just the segment selected. Distance calculated using the NAD 1983 StatePlane Maryland FIPS 1900 (US Feet) Projection.LTS Score:Level of Traffic Stress. For this map (road-separated routes) the scores range from 0 (road-separated) to 2 (generally low traffic). The areas that are not 0 in this map/data represent portions of the road-separated routes that cross streets or have portions that are briefly on-road as connections.--For Network Analysis Workthis feature layer should be used in conjunction with the "Road Separated Connectors"feature layer also hosted by MDOT.
- Creator
- Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
- Temporal Coverage
- Last modified 2024-09-20
- Date Issued
- 2022-04-04
- Access Rights
- Public
- Format
- File
- Language
- English
- Date Added
- August 28, 2025
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