The Seattle Department of Transportation is prepping Taylor Ave N. for some new bikes lanes this week.
Unlike the dedicated bike lanes, the lanes on Taylor will be “sharrows,” which is short slang for “shared lane arrow.” This is just one bike lane project that will be coming to Queen Anne, and around the city, as part of the Bike Master Plan. From Publicola,
A 2004 study done on San Francisco’s (then) trial sharrows found that while placed and highly visible sharrows significantly reduced sidewalk riding and riding in the door zone and that drivers gave bikes more room when passing.
(Thanks to Brian Fabella for the picture!)