Lime Green Bike Lanes: Garish or Gorgeous?
The Department of Transportation is testing colors that would make bike lanes more visible to motorists, and they started with a strip of green in Brooklyn Heights — on Henry Street between Clark and Montague. Folks are already debating this color choice on StreetsBlog, where some are calling it “Gorgeous!” and others are calling it…
The Department of Transportation is testing colors that would make bike lanes more visible to motorists, and they started with a strip of green in Brooklyn Heights — on Henry Street between Clark and Montague. Folks are already debating this color choice on StreetsBlog, where some are calling it “Gorgeous!” and others are calling it “insane lime-neon green.” We’re all for bike safety, but we think that a more muted color could still stand out against the pavement — and might be more appropriate for brownstone-lined blocks. Can somebody call Benjamin Moore and let him know that there’s a demand for street paint in the soft tones of his Historical Colors collection? —KZ
High-Visibility Bike Lanes in Brooklyn [StreetsBlog]
Colorful Lane Could Keep Bikers Safer [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Photo by McBrooklyn
In the Netherlands and Belgium all bikepaths are done with a brick-red colored asphalt. It stands out sufficiently and is pleasing to the eye. As you know we Dutch are very much a bicycle nation so we have plenty of experience in this field!
I went there yesterday on Henry St I think it’s a great idea. It mixes great with the trees. & it also shows that bikes are green & are the best way to get around. On my way I went from Elmhurst Queens to Soho via 59 St Bridge to BKLYN Hts there via the BKLYN BRidge to Coney Island Via Prspct Pk & the OCN Pkwy then to the Shore/Belt PKWY Grnway to Pennsylvania Av to Jamaica Av to Wdhvn Blvd Back to Elmhurst
You guys are crazy, the green is beautiful!
I cycle on Henry Street most days and I do feel safer with the high-visibility color.
I live on Henry Street and the bright green is absolutely offensive!
The paint does not make the road any more slippery. Sherwin-Williams,the nation’s largest paint company, sells traffic paint that can be applied to asphalt or concrete in any color!
http://www.sherwin-williams.com
how slippery is this thing in the rain?
Those statistics on the number of deaths on bicycles nationwide compared to deaths in cars are obviously completely irrelevant in NYC. Duh. Much safer to cycle in rural Kansas than, say, here. My hat is off to people brave enough to do that shit on the avenues of Manhattan, or even Brooklyn–you’re not catching me on two wheels anywhere in this town.
By the way, I saw another of these painted bike lanes on Henry Street in (I guess) Boerem Hill, and it was fine–a sort of forest green color, MUCH less offensive than this lime color.
tired: you’d be more persuasive if you slowed down and used proper grammar.