Bike Path Bollards
Bollards are a key feature of any bikeway. From preventing vehicles from intruding onto the path to making the route easy to see, they keep cyclists safe. However, the type of bollard you choose can impact your bike path’s ease of use, appearance and maintenance.
At Blockaides, we provide a range of high-quality bollards, along with the expertise to help you choose the best bollards for your trail.
Control Access and Protect Path Users
When designing, building and maintaining a biking route, safety should always be the top priority. But without the right protection, bike paths can quickly become unusable and even dangerous.
Bollards can enhance bike path safety and convenience by preventing vehicles from mistakenly driving onto the route or parking on it and blocking access. Plus, creating a physically secure and visually clear space for cyclists contributes to a safer environment.
Find the Right Bollard for Your Path
There are many different bollard designs available, giving you the freedom to choose the bollards that will best suit your property and needs.
- Fixed bollards: Permanent and reliable, fixed bollards are often surface-mounted and provide consistent protection for your bike paths.
- Crash-rated bollards: Designed to stop high-speed vehicles, crash-rated bollards are available with both low- and high-speed ratings. Their suitability for any given bike path that runs alongside a road depends on specific site conditions and the identified risk level.
- Lighted bollards: Beyond helping cyclists and drivers see the bikeway at night, lighted bollards can also improve the path’s aesthetics, particularly when you have a choice of head design and optical systems.
- Removable bollards: If vehicles may occasionally need access to your bike path, removable bollards provide a practical and convenient solution.
- Manual bollards: Like removable bollards, manual bollards balance flexibility and safety, allowing vehicles to access your path when necessary.
- Decorative bollards: When appearance is a high priority but you don’t want to compromise your bikeway’s safety, decorative bollards might be the best choice.
Whichever type of bollard you choose for your biking route, Blockaides can provide strong and reliable bollards that suit your needs.
Key Design Considerations for Bike Path Safety
To make sure your bollards are well-suited to your bike path, you need to consider several aspects of the bollards’ design, such as:
- Spacing: Consider how much space you’ll need between each bollard to prevent vehicles from accessing your route without restricting the passage of pedestrians, bicycles, wheelchairs or bicycle trailers. If you want to restrict smaller cars from accessing the path, you’ll want less space between the bollards.
- Visibility: How visible your bollard posts must be will affect whether you add reflective paint or tape, or choose a lighted bollard.
- Material: The bollard’s material affects its durability, maintenance requirements and appearance. It will also affect what design options are available to you, such as lighting and removability.
- Appearance: From the color and material to whether it has lights, considering how your bollard will look can influence which bollard will suit your bikeway best.
- Installation method: Whether it’s embedded in concrete, surface-mounted or removable, the bollard’s installation method will affect its stability and maintenance requirements.
When you choose Blockaides for your bollards, you’ll also get professional advice on the best design for your needs.
Get a Quote for Your Bike Path Project
Whether you need a lighted bollard, a removable bollard or any other type of bollard, we can help you make the right choice for your project. Working closely with architects, contractors and project managers, we’ve delivered a range of bollards since we began raising awareness in 2010, helping keep many bike paths safe.
Contact us today to find out how our bollards can protect your bikeway.