So, pretty soon we'll get "coffee" shops and red light districts?

People are used to parking next to the curb. It's going to be a real challenge to educate them otherwise, especially when there is only one cycletrack in the whole state, as fas as I know.

Far, dammit.

put some cement barriers there, you know, the ones that say STORIE on them. That will keep the cars out.

That buffer zone with the diagonal lines should be red or something more visible. But having it be the same color as the lines they routinely cross while driving is going to cause some problems.

I'm a cyclist and an advocate and all that crap. The paint job for the cyclo-track is awful. They've got these things all over NYC and no one knows how to use them correctly. There needs to be some sort of physical barrier in the buffer, like those zebra bumps you wrote about a couple of weeks ago.

I agree with all the comments about the vanilla white paint, but the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) may have been weary about using different colors as it may conflict with future standards and guidelines set by AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials).

Can we get a PBOT representative?

I know paint is cheaper, but a series of short cement pillars or half poles would be a big improvement.

Agree that this needs to be demarcated a lot better. Hell, people still routinely drive on the MAX tracks here.

AASHTO has no guidelines for this type of facility much less paint colors for this type of facility.

I think they're trying to see how cheaply they can make something that's still effective. As long as they watch it carefully and nobody gets hurt as a direct result of these modest designs, I think it's great if they can put in a cheap cycletrack. That'll mean we can afford more of them. I rode on this one today. It's great!

We've got one of these in Baltimore with a barrier, and people still park and drive in it.

I came down to PSU an hour ago and checked it out. Cars were parked in their new spots wonderfully, which I got some photos of.

Sarah, what's the story on the miniature green bike box left turn thingy in the middle of the intersection?

Jacob,

Dan Anderson of PBOT says:
That is where a cyclist should wait to make a "two-stage left turn." They don't want you to just cross three lanes of traffic. Ride from the cycletrack into the box, wait for the light to turn green and then turn left.

also, he says that they cannot install any zebra dividers or other cement dividers because this is a "demonstration project" and they want to keep it as flexible as possible.

Does PBOT have any plans of educating cyclists as to the details of exactly what is two-stage left turn? I mean, you just told us, but I was effing perplexed looking at those hieroglyphics painted in the lane.

Has anybody noticed how the visibilty for pedestrians has been affected? I'll give you a hint, it's gone. If all of the parking spaces are full as they were this AM, pedestrians can no longer be seen by cars while waiting at cross walks. Hope people stop running red lights!

Missing an "i" in there. Couldn't see it because of the cycle track.