A Bicycle Boulevard, sometimes called a bicycle priority street, is a street where all types of vehicles are allowed, but the roadway is modified as needed to enhance bicycle safety and convenience. Typically these modifications will also calm traffic and improve pedestrian safety.

The bicycle boulevard streets are being designed as places where bicycles and cars can equally share the road.

In Berkeley, California the boulevards are mostly residential streets, however some sections pass through commercial areas. Generally there are few cars on these streets, in large part because of the pre-existing traffic calming devices that slow and/or divert traffic. Bicycle lanes may be part of any bicycle boulevard streets. Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...

The purpose of a bicycle boulevard is to improve bicycle safety and circulation (compared to other streets) by having or creating one or more of the following conditions:

· low traffic volumes (or bike lanes where traffic volumes are medium);

· discouragement of non-local motor vehicle traffic;

· free-flow travel for bikes by assigning the right-of-way to the bicycle boulevard at intersections wherever possible;

· traffic control to help bicycles cross major streets (arterials); and

· a distinctive look and/or ambiance such that cyclists become aware of the existence of the bike boulevard and motorists are alerted that the roadway is a priority route for bicyclists.

For more detailed information from one of the first cities to implement bicycle boulevards see: Bicycle Boulevards in Berkely Palo Alto, California was one of the first cities to work on the project, see: Palo Alto Bicycle Boulevards