Today was spent mainly in the classroom. Our focus of today was all about bicycles, specifically bicycle networks which includes bike lanes and bike paths. A bike lane is a lane in the street specifically for bikes, while a bike path is a path which is separated from the road. We took some measurements outside of the different widths of bike paths and lanes and found that the average was 1.5 metres in width. We also explored case studies given various dimensions and requirements, to try to optimize our cross-sectional land use to include either a bike lane(s) or a bike path(s). Below are a few pictures I took from our excursion today:
This first picture is of a shared road between busses and bikes. 
This second picture above shows the triangular yield signs as well as the red brick separated bike path. I thought this was quite cool how simply a different colour of brick could make for a sidewalk and a bike path. 
This final picture above depicts a bike lane along a one way road.
One very interesting fact I took away from today’s lectures was that research has stated that an imperfect bike lane is still better than no bike lane at all. Personally, I prefer the separated bike paths, although they do take up more room, so then a bike lane is still better than nothing.
