Seattle and Portland are already know as great "green" cities who pay a lot of attention to cyclists, but they're getting even greener with the announcement of green bikelanes and green bikeboxes.
Seattle is getting green bikelanes, using data from Seattle, who has had blue ones for a while:Portland, which has been using blue lanes for more than 15 years, noted that the lanes have changed motorist and cyclist behaviour but not always for the better.Portland is going even further, changing from blue to green bikelanes (green is the recommended colour for "Colored Bicycle Facilities", according to the U.S.-based National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices), and adding bikeboxes!"City officials videotaped traffic and found that motorists yielded far more often to bikes in marked blue lanes — and that cyclists glanced at cars less often, a problem. Still, drivers and cyclists said the streets seemed safer."
In case you are wondering, Toronto did a test-run of some blue colouring in the Strachan Avenue bikelane (where it meets Lakeshore Boulevarde). Unfortunately, the colour came off within days due to a "faulty bonding agent", so this test area will be tried again in the spring.
For a refresher on BikeBoxes, check out BikingToronto's recent video post.
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