BJ's Bicycle-Only Highway to Begin Construction in September

Northern Beijing residents stand to benefit the most from the new commuter expressway. It will stretch downwards and west from Changping to the Zhongguancun downtown core.

The road will start to the east of Huilongguan Station at the intersection of Tongcheng Street and Wenhua Road in Changping and then move west along the green zone on the north side of the Line 13 subway tracks. After crossing the Jing-Zeng Highway, the bicycle highway will intersect with Jingbaotie Road, extend along the Huilong Area Ring Road, then cross Xi'erqi North Road before finally terminating at the intersection of Shangdi West Road and Houchangcun Road in Haidian District.

Seeing that the new road will extend across a highway, it is more than likely that parts of Beijing's newest bike path will be elevated, much like the world's longest elevated bike path over in Xiamen that extends over five miles long (shown above). And if Beijing takes the Xiamen model to heart, we may see other transplanted features such as a gated entryway for bicycles.