301:. Many bike lanes in Tokyo have been constructed to allow the two directional flow of traffic in only one lane but add a physical separation between pedestrians, bike lanes, and the roads. In addition to these types of bike lanes, there are other forms of bike lanes within various parts of the Tokyo wards that do not protect bicycle users from pedestrians but do from the road. These lanes are designated typically with signs overhead and some form of painted line to denote a lane for pedestrians and a lane for bikers, yet these rules are often not adhered to. In addition to these forms of bike lanes in Tokyo, there are several other types which mostly consist of some alteration of the aforementioned two, or are simply just painted lanes on the side of the road. In other parts of Japan, such as the city of
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on the road. As such, many interchanges include various paths for bicycle users to take so that they do not have to come into direct contact with motorized vehicles. Lastly, there has been increasing concern over the nature of biking accidents in China; a case study in
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