I was a little skeptical of the choice of color when I first read the bikies posting about the new bike box paint. But when I was biking home and actually saw the new red box, I think that it works great. The white graphic of the cyclist in the box is very easy to see too.
Now, as was pointed out in another post yesterday, we need to focus on educating local drivers (and cyclists) about bike boxes- what they are, how to use them, and why they are a useful traffic tool. The multi-media approach sounds sensible to me. The city might as well include the education campaign into the cost of the project, since the boxes don't do any good if folks don't know what they are. And, we need to keep in mind that the Willy-Blair intersection has a relatively high percentage of people from out of town driving through it. A point-of-use sign might be necessary too. It's great to have this first step to talk about! -india On 05/18/10, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Anecdote - I was second in line in that lane of that intersection this > evening (en route to the Common Council meeting on you-know-what), in the > car, semi-ironically. As the light turned red, the guy in the car in front > of me stopped at the line, leaving the box open, with no actual bike > traffic in sight. > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Robbie Webber [email protected] > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 12:38:57 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] City to install first red bike box > > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=2043 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- India Viola Stretton Lab 115 Zoology Research 1117 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53706 608.262.3336 "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" -Anonymous _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
