Bike Lanes Go Green

The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is the testing grounds for Los Angeles' first bike lanes to incorporate a bright green color to indicate bike lanes and areas where bikes and cars share the space.

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November 22, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

By Tim Halbur


JoJo Pewsawang reports on the opening of L.A.'s first green bike lanes:

"Merging areas and bus zones along First Street were colorized using green thermoplastic. The green colorization was applied on select areas along the 1.6 mile long bike lanes that stretch between Boyle Avenue to Lorena Street. Colorization has been shown to be affective in other jurisdictions at increasing motorist's yielding behavior, improving bicyclist visibility, and increasing perceived safety for bicyclists."

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