I tried out one of the new bike boxes this morning. I'm a fan of the green and am glad they switched. But unfortunately they did not switch their informational street sign. The one created by Madison is ineffective, hard to read, and ugly. It's a graphic better suited for a reading brochure instead of a street sign. I wish the city would adopt a better one that easily tells drivers & bikers what's up.
Madison's bike box sign: http://20-by-2020.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Bike-Box-Sign-photo.jpg (the red is now changed to green) A better idea: http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2010/09/29/1285783057-bike_box.jpg -Kristy On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Kevin Luecke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Curious why we now switched to green, instead of red, especially in > > the campus area where red would have been appropriate, the color at > least. > > Hi Aaron. > > Green was the widely accepted color for bike boxes before Madison decided > to experiment with red. Recently the Federal Highway Administration began > allowing the use of green in bike lanes and boxes without having to apply > for "experimental" status and requested that Madison change their boxes to > green. It looks like green will be the official on-street color nationally > for bicycle facilities (which makes some sense given the long-term use of > green for bike route signs). > > Kevin > > -- > *Kevin Luecke** > *Lead Planner, Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin > www.bfw.org | 608-251-4456 > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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