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also created a pedestrian lane. The defined path runs alongside a varied ensemble of
already paved industrial and historic spaces. 60 per cent of the route can be completed
on the existing asphalt paving, limestone, basalt or granite cobblestones; these are all
black and white.
All the existing bikeways in Portugal have the lanes defined in red, but the designers
realized that having the lane in black allowed the wayfinding system to be integrated
within the existing site, and presented them with an enormous black canvas to work
with. Luckily they managed to persuade the town hall authorities to consider this as
a special case owing to its location and its historical surroundings. Since the 7-km
(4
1
/
2
-mile) route links four local train stations, two river ferry terminals and five park
and ride facilities, as well as several tourist monuments, it was important to add this
information into the wayfinding, making it all part of this new urban system.
