Green paint alternative?
 

Critics of weird bicycle facilities have mocked designers' use of Green
Paint as an attempted cure. You know: A hidden bike lane that pops
bicyclists out in front of surprised motorists? A bike lane that jumps
from the right side of the road to the left side? A bike lane that
encourages riders to turn left from the right curb? Simply apply "Ye
Magicke Grene Paint!" and any crazy facility will be fine!

Ah, but what about at night? It's hard to distinguish the magic color
then, even if you're not color blind.

Here comes a solution!

https://www.boredpanda.com/van-gogh-...n-roosegaarde/

or even better,

https://www.boredpanda.com/glowing-b...cznych-poland/

(OK, these actually look kind of cool.)

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- Frank Krygowski

Green paint alternative?
 

On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:23:53 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:
(...)
https://www.boredpanda.com/van-gogh-...n-roosegaarde/
https://www.boredpanda.com/glowing-b...cznych-poland/
(OK, these actually look kind of cool.)

More of the same:
https://www.google.com/search?q=glow+in+dark+bicycle+lane&tbm=isch
I'm told that the glow doesn't last long enough to be usable in the
morning.

I wonder if there's a problem with bicycle riders (and pedestrians)
looking down at the hypnotic glowing light show at their feet, and
riding (or walking) into obstacles?

https://www.businessinsider.com/poland-glowing-bike-lane-2016-10
The 330-foot-long lane is divided into two 6-foot-wide
sections - one for cyclists and the other for pedestrians.
It cost the town $31,000 to install.

$94 per linear foot. Ouch. Maybe we go back to using cheaper green
paint?

https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/saferjourney1/library/countermeasures/10.htm
The cost of installing a bike lane is approximately $5,000
to $50,000 per mile...

What would be $0.80/ft to $8.00/ft but I'm not sure that is for the
green paint style bike lane.


--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Green paint alternative?
 

On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:23:53 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

Critics of weird bicycle facilities have mocked designers' use of Green
Paint as an attempted cure.

OT, but our local authorites have recently changed its mottto from "The
Green City" to some other nebuous creed. I'ew repeatedl corrected that
mottoe to the "The Green Paint City" to point out this desperate attempt
at green wash.

You know: A hidden bike lane that pops
bicyclists out in front of surprised motorists? A bike lane that jumps
from the right side of the road to the left side? A bike lane that
encourages riders to turn left from the right curb? Simply apply "Ye
Magicke Grene Paint!" and any crazy facility will be fine!

Ours is white, but it the same premises.
we have massive bike lanes, but they are really car parking lanes.

Ah, but what about at night? It's hard to distinguish the magic color
then, even if you're not color blind.

Here comes a solution!

https://www.boredpanda.com/van-gogh-...ike-path-daan-
roosegaarde/

or even better,

https://www.boredpanda.com/glowing-b...nstytut-badan-
technicznych-poland/

(OK, these actually look kind of cool.)

Yes, the blue one would be easier to apply with the basic bicycle "paint'
trailer. In decades past, someone built a bicycle trailer that sprayed
messages in chalk alog the footpath, roadway etc. shoud be adaptable,
unless the paint require heat treatment.

Green paint alternative?
 

On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:23:53 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:


https://www.boredpanda.com/van-gogh-...n-roosegaarde/

or even better,

https://www.boredpanda.com/glowing-b...cznych-poland/

(OK, these actually look kind of cool.)


Hey, the second one has a sidewalk for pedestrians! That makes it a
bike path.


--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

(All I've ever seem is recreationways mislabled as bike paths.)