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
I think that it’s a great idea, easier for cars to avoid bike lanes… will keep cyclists alot safer… also hope that cyclists start obeying traffic rules too…
Maybe we don’t ride in the same city.
to list two major ones jaywalking and double parking.
I agree there are a lot more cyclist now and many do not know even the simplest rules and there needs to be better education and enforcement.
I think seperate bike lanes will go a long way to organizing the roadways so everyone can get their space.
Anything to make the bike lanes safer. On the approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge (near impound lot) cars routinely drive on them then honk at biuke riders who are in them. Lovely. Seems to me we really have to physically separate the bike lane from carlanes. Have to agree that many bike riders do all the evil things above. I really don’t want to hit one but it is hard when they bomb through redlights at Washington and Lafayette.
Looks garish today, I’m sure it will look fine in a year, when it’s worn down. Maybe by then cars will be used to the fact that it IS a bike lane so the garish color won’t be necessary.
I don’t think cars ignore bike lanes because they don’t know they are there, I think they ignore them because they just don’t care and there’s no enforcement of car-free bike lanes. Personally, I am all for bike lanes, but I think this color is a bit much and won’t solve the problem of keeping cars out of bike lanes.
I see the vast majority of cars and pedestrians obeying the laws when it comes to streets and sidewalks.
The vast majority of cyclists do not.
Surely you can understand that simple point?
BTW, I do cycle in nyc.
Vast m
garish.
love the idea though.
And you never see cars or pedestrians do anything reckless or illegal?
Can we take away their right to public throughways too?
9:18, I’m sure most ppl would say that you are in the minority.
Every day I see cyclists riding the wrong way down one way streets or riding on the sidewalk or riding straight through red lights. Out of all the cyclists I see every day I can only remember a handful that have not done on of the above.
Anyway, as to the color, how about a terracotta red?