Guerrilla Sharrows

In Los Angeles, wheat-pasted posters that indicate bike lanes have been cropping up on utility boxes all over the city.

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April 5, 2010, 1:00 PM PDT

By Tim Halbur


Casey Caplowe at GOOD writes, "...these signs show how much energy the biking share-the-road movements are gaining. Clearly, this isn't quite the same as having a bike lane, but I'd love to think these posters could be the guerrilla way to start people thinking about making a space for cyclists, even if it isn't yet painted on the road."

Monday, April 5, 2010 in GOOD Magazine

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