This is a sharrow. (Photo Credit)
This study called "Relative (In)Effectiveness of Bicycle Sharrows on Ridership and Safety Outcomes" says that, well, sharrows are ineffective.
What is a sharrow? Wikipedia defines it as "a street marking installed in the travel lane to indicate where people should preferably cycle."
It's not a bicycle lane. It's a portion of an existing road.
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According to Streetsblog, "The results (of the survey) suggest that bike lanes encourage more people to bike and make biking safer, while sharrows don’t do much of either."
Streetsblog also cites an interview with Dutch bike planner Dick Van Even who says that on a street with fast traffic, to put down sharrows alone would be considered “unethical.”
Streetsblog also cites an interview with Dutch bike planner Dick Van Even who says that on a street with fast traffic, to put down sharrows alone would be considered “unethical.”
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