Illinois Bicycle Safety Quiz Challenge

Test your bike safety knowledge! Discover relevant laws and best safety strategies for sharing the road successfully. Created by Ride Illinois, a nonprofit organization working statewide for better bicycling conditions. Online quizes are available for child bicyclists, adult bicyclists, motorists, and driver's education students.

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Village of Palatine Bicycle Transportation Plan

In 2016, the Village of Palatine added a variety of bicycle-related improvements to village road as part of ongoing implementation of the Village's Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted in 2011. Riders, runners, walkers, and drivers should make themselves familiar with these Bike Route and Bike Lane improvements.

Bike Route Type 1

• Quiet residential streets with little to no on-street parking.
• Low traffic volumes
• Designated by green Bike Route signs, no pavement markings.

Bike Route Type 2

• Streets with no parking, no bike lane, and high traffic counts.
• Designated by green Bike Route signs, and bicycle pavement markings (sharrows).

Bike Route Type 3

• Streets with parking, with higher traffic counts; usually a divided road.
• Designated by shared bike/parking signs, green Bike Route signs, solid white line seven feet from curb, bicycle markings (sharrows) outside the shared lane.
• Riders will ride outside the bike lane when cars occupy the shared parking area.

Bike Lane

• Streets that prohibit parking that are also wide enough to accommodate the required width for both vehicular and bicycle lanes.
• Designated by black signs, solid white pavement stripe five feet from curb, bicycle markings (sharrows) inside the bike lane.

Trail Mileage

Traveling East to West

Traveling North to South