First time I saw that sign, I was on the bus, and had to whip out my camera and take a pic. My first reaction was "a LeCar? A Renault effin' LeCar?" Agreed; the graphic looks like something out of a 1982 safe driver manual. If you HAVE to show a CO-belcher in the graphic, at least feature one built AFTER half the drivers on the road were born!
Date sent: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:42:24 -0500 From: KMSH <[email protected]> To: Kevin Luecke <[email protected]> Copies to: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] New Bike Boxes > 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 > > > > > --------------------- Paul T. O'Leary Desktop Insurgent Madison WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
