Thank you Art. Hope it works, I've nearly been nailed at that intersection a number of times, usually by cars turning left with no signal.
------------ Patrick Lenon > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:51:33 -0500 > Subject: [Bikies] Green Color Added to Bike Lane Conflict Areas > > 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. > > > > ____________________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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