On 11/8/2013 5:19 PM, Mitchell Nussbaum wrote:
Riding to work this morning, I noticed a new stencil on the Vilas Ave.
pavement, right before it crosses Park St. It doesn't look like a sharrow.
Could it be a marker to show cyclists where to go to activate a green light? If
so, I'd like to thank whoever is responsible; I've wanted something like that
for a long time at that intersection.
Was it the Bicycle Detector pavement marking?
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part9/fig9c_07_longdesc.htm (MUTCD)
There needs to be more education about this symbol. I think few
bicyclists are aware of its meaning.
(MUTCD: "A symbol (see Figure 9C-7) may be placed on the pavement
indicating the optimum position for a bicyclist to actuate the signal.")
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