Sharing information about Traffic Signals, Bicycles, Technology, and the Urban Form. I work for the City of Portland. The views expressed on this blog are my own.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Signal IntersectionDesign: Bicycle Lane & Left Side Mixing Zone on 1st Ave
Generally, it was a new concept to me and upon visiting this location, I was curious to see how folks were using the intersection.
The NY Times did a Q&A about the lanes and the engineer from NYC offered the following: “this ‘complete street’ treatment has been shown to decrease injuries by up to 58 percent for everyone using these streets, whether on foot, on a bike or in a vehicle.”
The second question on the Q&A is about traffic signal timing, which is a bonus for those that clink on the link.
A little more research shows that the NYCDOT did some initial work on this back in 2009 as covered by StreetFilms. NE Multnomah Boulevard is Portland's first foray into mixing zones and it includes buses and that should something that the City studies with one of its summer interns.
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