Description

From East Ave to the Winooski Bridge the Colchester Ave corridor suffers from lack of bicycle infrastructure. There is parking on both sides of the road (door zones), the road is very tight (opposing cars often have an issue and there are many buses that travel this corridor). When a person on a bicycle tries to take the lane for safety, drivers will blow horns, pass unsafely and generally fail to yield to the bike with right of way. The only infrastructure is just a few "May Use Full Lane" signs located well off to the side of the lane behind parked cars. Sharrows are often placed poorly along the door zone. Driver's expect to see the bicyclist where the sharrow is. So sharrows should be placed in the center of the lane for an easy visual reminder that the road is shared with bicyclists. Ideally a "bike lane sharrow" like the picture would be added to help educate/remind the driver that it is shared infrastructure.