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
Jacob, stop the “spin”. Of course a pedestrian is the one most likely to get hurt or killed when hit by a bicycle. Hi, pedestrians don’t wear helmets. Bicyclists do. The man who died this Spring in Washington DC after being hit by a bicycle in a crosswalk, died on the spot from a severe head injury. The head can easily get injured when a person is knocked down.
to reply to 12:18 a cyclist is much more likely to be injured in a collision with a pedestrian.
it’s both hillarious and depressing to me to see how deluded so many of the responses to this are. is it so hard to consider other perspectives and to get outside of your own tiny little worlds to look at the bigger picture? people in every group (cars, cyclists, pedestrians) break laws every day and most of you conveniently only see what you want to see – exactly what supports your own myopic views. i’d be willing to bet that you ALL break the laws on the streets, but excuse yourself from doing so because you can justify it to yourself. “i was just unloading my car” “no cars were coming and i was running late” “the bike in front of me was moving so slow!” then you’re quick to point the finger when you notice other groups breaking the law and say “they all do it!” because you see what you want and ignore that which doesn’t support your tiny little views.
Sean, in response to your comments which are still showing a definite “spin” towards cyclists’ interests, actually yes I never jaywalk. I walk to the corner and wait. Why? Because a dear friend of mine was hit by a car when he had right of way. He ended up in the hospital with a head injury. If it’s possible to get hit when you’re doing everything right, just imagine the risk you take on when you don’t.
As for other cities not having the the bicycle culture one finds here, that’s absurd. The cities I’ve lived in are Los Angeles, Atlanta and Seattle. All have plenty of bicycles, and plenty of cars too. So I still stand by my statement that I have NEVER seen as many bicyclists riding so recklessly as I do in NYC. Bicycles here don’t stop only when as you say, it’s “an occasional red light at a quiet intersection.” It happens a lot more than that and everybody knows it, including you. You are willfully, knowingly bending the truth.
Bicycles are not superior to pedestrians. To use the argument used here earlier about who can kill who, bike or car, a bike can kill a pedestrian. Therefore YOU guys yield to us. Not the other way around. I’m really really tired of having to dodge a bicycle coming down the sidewalk full speed right at me, and me standing there wondering if I should step right or left in order to not get hit. And tired of crossing the street on MY RIGHT OF WAY and have a bicycle fly by, mere inches from me.
7:28 – The brownstones are what are historical, not the pavement on the street. Historical districts need to adhere to national safety measures as well.
Are you kidding me? Even if the color was cool looking when it was painted, how long do you think that it would take to start peeling and to be stained with chewing gum and garbage? I agree with the person that commented about the hypocrisy of Landmarks if the city can paint something like this in front of your house. As a bike rider I love Amsterdam’s path at one level higher than the street. Maybe we could just have a small ridge to separate the cars from the bikes.
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Notice how many more “yes”s I typed then the person who typed “no”s which should be evidence of my strong support for the color.
I don’t care if it’s a color, I think the main issue is that most drivers (and I’m one) drive in the lane because they often have to, because a car is double parked or unloading and it’s the only way around. A small curb would help a bit I suppose but would need to be driven over if cars double park. I see motorcycles riding in the bike lanes, I guess they are bikes.
They put bike lanes on Grand and the pizza guys still ride on the sidewalk, the only thing that will stop that is a ticket, same with drivers or motorcycles or bad bike behavior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR2ygFn-yR8