Cris posted this on Bike Lane Diary:
Here's a pic of the new blue bike lane installed on Strachan Ave. today. (sbnd at Lake Shore Blvd)
The blue is intended to highlight a conflict point where drivers merge across the bike lane to make a right turn. The City is currently testing the blue material for durability.
Let's get blue bike lanes everywhere - like the green ones in Brooklyn but funded and advertised on by the Toronto Maple Leafs!
I think it would work great as well on the Bloor Viaduct going eastbound where cars turn off to the DVP. The recent action on the viaduct was all too vulnerable: city staff took down the "Caution. Cyclists merging" signs posted by the activists.
Is it for real? We've just sent our crack team of cyclists down to investigate.
