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 live on the side of the street with the bike lane, and now I’ll feel guilty about parking my car temporarily on that side while I’m unloading stuff.
(there is no place else on the block to park temporarily while unloading)
the reason cars get tickets is because cars KILL people.
it’s a new program and I think a shocking green will get the point across – to cars and drivers. hopefully the color will fade with time OR they’ll repaint in a year with a more muted color
“Delivery men on bikes are more law abiding than anyone else”
Oh PLEASE. Delivery men are among the worst, especially when it comes to riding on the sidewalk and the wrong way down one-way streets.
The worst worst, however, are hipsters on fixed-wheel bikes–they can NEVER be bothered to stop OR EVEN SLOW DOWN at a light, and like to weave dangerously around oncoming traffic.
For the record, I’m a die-hard city cyclist, and I consider myself very conscientious and respectful of others. But I certainly don’t always stop and wait at every red light–because often it feels a lot safer to get a head start on the traffic that’s bearing down behind me. If there were more dedicated (and, ideally, physically separated lanes) cyclists might not feel the need to ride so defensively.
I think the occasional solid metal pole along a painted line is sufficient. After a few cars are wrecked for driving in the wrong lane, things may change.
Enforcement will never happen – the police presence in Brooklyn is just too low to bother with this stuff. Drivers need to be physically separated from the bike lane.
why the hell would bikes obey traffic lights? and why would you care?
bike lanes are pointless and only serve to provide a false sense of security. cares can hit you or worse open their doors right into you and park just fine in those bike lanes and you probably don’t have a very good idea of the rest of the cars around you because you’ve been riding in what you think is your our lane.
There has to be a more attractive color, especially for a brownstone-lined street. Even a more natural green. You’d think, a city of artists and designers, they could at least have consulted one who would have saved them from completely ruining the picturesque quality of this street.
There has to be a more attractive color, especially for a brownstone-lined street. Even a more natural green. You’d think, a city of artists and designers, they could at least have consulted one who would have saved them from completely ruining the picturesque quality of this street.
I live on Henry Street, and I think this is hysterical. I vote for leaving it – it’s so out of character but that is what makes it so great. It’s not trying to “fit in.” And, I also made the ‘think green’ association.
Agree also that cyclists in the Heights never stop, and the worst offenders are middle aged yuppies and even worse, parents with kids on the back. Delivery men on bikes are more law abiding than anyone else