A green lane is an autonomous transportation route reserved for the not motorized displacements, developed in a preoccupation with an integrated installation developing the Environnement and quality of life, and meeting sufficient conditions of width, declivity and coating to guarantee a convivial and protected use with all the users of any capacity. In this respect, the use of the ways of Towing and the unused railways constitutes a privileged support of development of the green lanes ( Déclaration of Lille , September 12th 2000).
In France, a decree of September 16th, 2004 introduced the green lanes into the Highway code: the green lanes are defined like roads “exclusively reserved for the traffic not motorized, pedestrians and riders”.
They are generally arranged on old railway lines, on tow paths, roads closed with the motor vehicle traffic, cultural routes (fitted Roman, roads of Pèlerinage). They show certain characteristics:
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accessibility : their slopes, low or zero, allow their use by all the types of users, including the people with reduced mobility;
- safety thanks to their physical separation compared to the ways suitable for motor vehicles and with the suitable installation of the crossings;
- continuity of the layouts with alternative solutions in the event of obstacle;
- respect of the environment along the ways and invitation for the users to respect it.
The green lanes, they are also services, localized in old equipment, also preserved, such as the old stations of and house railroad of lock. These services can be various types: housing, Museum S, hiring of bicycle, lodging of riders, neighborhood houses… etc They are addressed as well to the local users as with the tourists.
A section of a hundred kilometers of the Railroads of Provence for example was arranged in green lane between Toulon and Saint-Raphaël.
The green lanes are the subject of information (edition of charts, of booklets,…) on the route itself and the sites located in the vicinity.
See too
External bonds
- European Association of the Green lanes
- Association of the Green lanes and Véloroute
- Chart of France of the green lanes
- Spanish Foundation of the Green lanes
- Observatory European of the Green lanes
- RAVeL, autonomous network of the slow ways of the Walloon region
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