I agree. The Madison sign is too complex for quick reading from a vehicle. The sign is trying to do too many things at once; such as be a info-graphic, civic promotion, written instruction, and be pretty. None of which are suitable for instant instruction without latitude for misinterpretation. Madison's sign should be simple dimple black on yellow (or white). Drivers are deluged with visual and audio stimulation and distractions. A traffic sign that looks like an advertisement is going to be disregarded. My two cents,DJ
--- On Mon, 5/23/11, KMSH <[email protected]> wrote: From: KMSH <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] New Bike Boxes To: "Kevin Luecke" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 9:42 AM 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 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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