Seattlest: Watch for Bicyclists in the Green Zones

ruffhauser

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:15:58 -0800

I thought it was some art installation.

Yarek

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:23:10 -0800

Dumb idea. I'm a regular bike commuter, and also had NO idea what these things were. But they will go down as another bike commuting "improvement". Along with the aforementioned 'sharrows', and my own personal favorite, the bike signs, which helpfully inform you it's 2.1 miles to downtown, or 0.4 miles to Fremont. What a waste!

chainsaw riggins

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:26:18 -0800

The only reason I knew what they were is because I saw them in (wait for it...) Portland last month.

jessejb

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:23:32 -0800

Not only do they not help anything, theyre ugly as hell. I thought it had something to do with the 5th Avenue paving project. This city just likes to throw groups (like cyclists) a bone every now and then just to say "hey...re-elect me."

bilco

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:48:43 -0800

Right again, MvB Typical bonehead city move. Nickels was on KUOW today, bragging about these things. I've been a bike commuter for over 15 years, and couldn't figure out what the damn things were. I thought perhaps a miniature golf course was being added. Instead of painting these little blotches green, why not figure out how to fix the SLUT tracks?

Charles Redell

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:47:55 -0800

That's because the second you try to actually do something useful that is transit related in this city, a loud minority pipes up and does everything it can to get it killed. The irony is that all these groups against more highways, more transit, more light rail, bike infrastructure and the like are all just strong enough to get each other's ideas killed, but not strong enough to get their own ideas passed.

MvB

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:01:56 -0800

If there were a prize for half-assed, bass-ackwards policy, I feel sure Seattle would be a perennial contender. The City is willing to do everything it takes to help bicycling take off except infringe on any way with car traffic's business as usual. First the inane let's-pretend-it's-a-bike-lane signified by "sharrows," now we get green mats instead of bike boxes.