The diamond symbol is intended to denote High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, not bike lanes:
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/publications/fhwaop02090/index.htm#hov The City of Madison recently replaced the diamond pavement markings that have been around the capitol square since I moved here in 1997 with Shared Lane Markings and text. I'm sure the intention is to eventually replace inappropriate diamond markings elsewhere with pavement markings that are consistent with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions Transportation Services UW-Madison Room 124 WARF 610 Walnut St Madison WI 53726 608-263-2969 www.wisc.edu/trans From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Foster Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 5:08 PM To: Mark Evans Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] FW: Feedback about Bikeway-Park St -Vilas to I remember this also being taught in new driver onboarding at Union Cab and I also follow the practice today. The current state of a designated bike lane (by sign and faded diamond marking), but with a dashed rather than solid line is what I find confusing as a bicycle or MV operator. Seems like an easy fix and would be consistent with our typical approach for this type of road facility. Grant On Jul 24, 2013 3:50 PM, "Mark Evans" <[email protected]> wrote: Arthur makes a salient point about right turns across bike lanes. As a driver safety educator at AAA of Wisconsin, we are very specific in teaching this. When turning right from a street that has a bike lane to the right: Signal Blind Spot Check (for cyclists) Turn into the bike lane Position for safe right turn by curb Proceed when safe and legal As a cyclist it is safer to be in Front or behind the car - not filtering up (potentially unseen) by vehicle operator. It is better to be seen. I go out if my way to be seen (often assuming position in the traffic line) it is not safe to turn right 6+ feet away from curb. I agree. I rarely see motorists doing this. Mark _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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