I'll chime in again. I think having one consistent color is great. Green is fine. And it goes without saying that the green-filled lanes/boxes/areas need to be accompanied by painted bike symbols, white lines, white-lined buffer zones where appropriate, and appropriate signage.
Once we get used to green bike lanes and bike-crossing areas in intersections I think we'll really appreciate them for the contrast that they offer. Of course, come winter, many bike lanes will be slush-colored again. We can't paint Mother Nature. -India On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > For some reason, green seems to be becoming the national standard for bike > lane coloring, where it is colored. In Portland, OR, they are blue, but the > objection has been raised that that shade of blue should be reservcd for > handicap parking/accomodations, and I think in some areas (New York?) blue > is reserved for bus lanes. If I remember correctly, the objection to yellow > is that it would blend into yellow lane markings. In parts of Europe, they > are red, but the problem with red here is that it intuitively looks like "no > one should be here." > > I don't like "green" because it is too easily interpreted as "go" for all > users. Would prefer a non-traffic-light color myself, but I'll take what I > can get for now. > > Kathryn Kingsbury > > www.kathrynkingsbury.com <http://kathrynkingsbury.wordpress.com> > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkingsbury > Skype: kathryn.kingsbury > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Therese Ladell <[email protected]> > *To:* S. Morris Rose <[email protected]> > *Cc:* bikies <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Fri, September 30, 2011 2:34:01 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Green Color Added to Bike Lane Conflict Areas > > Why not yellow for caution? Green does not mean caution to me. > Therese > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:20 PM, S. Morris Rose <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 09/30/2011 09:51 AM, Ross, Arthur wrote: >> >> 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. >>> >> >> What I get when I see pavement coloured for bicycles is a sense of >> self-righteous entitlement rather than a sense that my own caution is >> indicated. That might be due to my own pre-teen emotional age (yes, I am >> aware)-- but assuming others share that mentality-- and I think some do-- >> it's worrisome to think that some of the equation could work *against* >> safety. Maybe red is a better choice than green after all. >> >> Please excuse me if I over-share. >> -- >> S. Morris Rose >> Vancouver, BC >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> > > > > -- > Therese > ,__o > _-\_<, > (*)/'(*) > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- WeAreAllMechanics.com [email protected]
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