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       Bike lanes are areas on streets that are designated for bicyclists. The City of Little Rock began installing bike lanes to make the transportation system safer for bicyclists and more convenient for motorists who use the same roads.
       Whether you ride a bike or drive a car, it’s important to understand how bikes and cars should behave on streets with bike lanes.
       In essence, all road users should treat cycle paths as lanes reserved exclusively for cyclists. This is usually the safest place for cyclists. The following are situations in which cyclists should leave the cycle lane and take the left-hand side of the motorway:
       Remember that when changing from a bike lane to a car lane, cyclists must signal and yield to pedestrians in that lane, just as cars do.
       All bike lanes in Little Rock are regular bike lanes, with the exception of Louisiana Street from 4th to 11th Street. Regular bike lanes usually have a solid white line separating them from the car lanes, but in some places the solid white line may turn into a dotted line or even disappear. These differences show how bikes and cars should behave.
       Solid white line: Bike lanes are usually separated from motor vehicle lanes by solid white lines to emphasize that vehicles do not belong in the bike lane. However, there are certain situations where vehicles must cross this solid white line, such as when entering or leaving the lane or when there is curbside parking to the right of the bike lane. Cyclists may also cross solid white lines, especially for the reasons stated above.
       Broken White Lines: Broken white lines alert drivers and cyclists that lane changes frequently occur in the area. Broken white lines may be used near intersections where drivers may enter the bike lane to make a right turn, and where cyclists may enter the motor vehicle lane to make a left turn or to pass a vehicle turning right into the bike lane. Where a bike lane ends and cyclists need to cross the motor vehicle lane (such as on North Rodney Parham Road near Cantrell), a broken white line will help drivers and cyclists mark the merge point. Broken white lines may also be used on major carriageways to alert drivers to bicycle traffic in the bike lane that they must yield to, and to warn cyclists of vehicles entering or leaving the lane.