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These are the Regulatory Signs and Plaques for Bicycle Facilities recently published in the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. I like the “May Use Full Lane” and “No Parking – Bike Lane” signs. Have a favorite?
[via The Recumbent Blog]
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16 Responses to “Bike Signs”
I think we need a version saying “[Bicycles] MUST USE FULL LANE” for narrow curbside lanes where safe passing requires cars to move completely into adjacent lanes.
I like the original sign, but I like Tali’s version, too.
It makes more sense than the standard picture of a bike and Share the Road.
Too many motorists think the sign is directed AT cyclists, who should share the road by staying the hell off it.
Can’t beat the “May Use Full Lane” sign!
Will they actually start posting those?
I like the “No Horses” one! When I ride the horse trails down at the American River, they always have posts with “No Bicycles” images! We need to reverse them!
WTF? These are official government signs for “Bike Facilities” that include a circle-slash over a pedestrian (okay, I understand it’s for bikes), over an ice skater (in Minnesota, maybe?), over an equestrian (watch out for road apples?) even over a bicycle! (now I know this is government at its best) but there is no circle-slash over a car? There is, however, a sign of a bike extolling “Wrong Way”. Will we ever win?
Take a look at all the Circle/Slash symbols at the Santa Fe National Cemetery (close to the bottom of the page; click on it to make it larger).
In 1976, the Bicentennial Year, a photographer I knew shot a great photo layout of all the DO NOT signs around the Freedom Train.
You can buy vehicle stickers similar to “May Use Full Lane” over on http://www.baufl.org/ in case anyone feels like a little activism. I’ve ordered a set.
I noticed they will be coming out with a sticker that matches the “May Use Full Lane” sign next year, and I’ll probably order that one to.
I like the last sign “Look”. I wonder where and for whom that sign was needed.
@Eddie, I think the slash over the pedestrian is a “Roller Blader ” in a streamliner helmet.
Hey, Skating is pollution free too!
That’s my biggest pet peeve: people who use the bike lane to double park, or sit idling. I vote for the “No Parking – Bike Lane” sign, only ten times bigger, with flashing lights, and perhaps a motion sensitive Civil Defense claxon mounted on top when something bigger than a bike gets too close. Hey, anyone know of any urban planning jobs available?
Down with bladers!
The no roller blading sign is by far my favorite ;)
Tough crowd! wheew! Just wait until my skate punks find your parked bike and use it for a rail! heeh, heeh!
@Doug R.: Oops, my bad! My poor vision didn’t pick up on that minute detail under the skates. Still, the sign for bike facilities that didn’t make sense to me is the circle-slash over a bike. Why have a bike facility that prohibits bikes?
With the lighter traffic I had to run two read lights this morning since there were no cars to trigger them to change. So I like the To Request Green Wait On sign. I wish they had a bike trigger with that symbol on my route. I was wondering what the symbol would look like.
The best is clearly
“NO MOTOR VEHICLES”
That sign is nowhere to be found in my city.
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