Date: September 30, 2011
Release: Immediately
Contact: Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator 266-6225
Mark Winter, Traffic Engineer 266-6543
City Adds Color to Bike Lane Conflict Areas
Green coloring has been added to the bicycle lane on E. Johnson Street through
the Pinckney Street intersection. There have been several bicyclist - motorist
crashes at this intersection where either the motorist was crossing E Johnson
northbound through stopped traffic and did not anticipate a bicyclist in the
bike lane, or a motorist on E Johnson made a left turn without looking for and
yielding to a bicyclist in the bike lane. The green color provides a reminder
to motorists to look for bicyclists when crossing E Johnson or making a left
turn at Pinckney Street, and a reminder to bicyclists to watch for these
conflicts as well.
The green coloring will also be added to other high bicyclist-motorist crash
locations. If the weather holds, the eastbound bike lane on University Avenue
through the intersections of Park and Randall Streets will also be colored
green. At these intersections drivers making left turns often fail to yield to
bicyclists in the eastbound bike lane before turning. The green coloring will
hopefully remind motorists to watch for bicyclists before turning and warn
bicyclists to watch for drivers turning across the bike lane.
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David C. Dryer, PE, City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager
Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator
City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division
215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100
PO Box 2986
Madison, WI 53701-2986
608/266-6225
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