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Re: [bicyclingadvocacy] Fw: Road Sign Survey

On Jan 1, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Sue M. wrote:

> A group of biking advocates from around the country have recommended
> to federal regulatory officials that the highway signing for bicycle
> routes be made more consistent. This includes all guide,
> identification, warning and regulation signs. This group is making a
> presentation to an advisory panel to the Federal Highway
> Administration on January 8, 2009. If you can take the linked on-line
> survey before next Wednesday, it will help this group better
> understand which graphics are most easily comprehended.
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2bdmAJQR4_2f7OrJANA0wbg2Q_3d_3d

Holy crap, that's a long survey! Fun, though! ;)

John A. Ardelli
http://pedalingprince.blogspot.com
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/vofv/




Thu Jan 1, 2009 6:33 pm

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A group of biking advocates from around the country have recommended to federal regulatory officials that the highway signing for bicycle routes be made more...
Sue M.
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Jan 1, 2009
4:59 pm

... Holy crap, that's a long survey! Fun, though! ;) John A. Ardelli http://pedalingprince.blogspot.com http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/vofv/...
John A. Ardelli
tulii_kindala
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Jan 1, 2009
6:33 pm

... Reply: Yup, long, but worth it. I'd love to see any of those signs every time I turn a corner. Sandy B....
sliver59crows
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Jan 1, 2009
6:38 pm

I took the survey, and I have issues with many parts of it.  First, a cyclists field of view is different from a motorists - cyclists tend to look at fewer...
Sauerwald Mark
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Jan 1, 2009
6:56 pm

But you aren't - and it would be a waste of money if you did. That is what is wrong with every version sign shown. _Every_ roadway is a bicycle route....
Kenneth O'Brien
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Jan 1, 2009
7:20 pm

My favourite sign was the green sign on the telephone pole, with an arrow pointing up, and placed in between a row of parked cars and the sidewalk.   They...
Sauerwald Mark
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Jan 1, 2009
9:51 pm

That was more entertaining than I thought it would be. The more amusing portions were the cyclist riding against traffic, since it also allowed me to toss in...
fred_dot_u
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Jan 1, 2009
11:27 pm

Actually, I spend one week each year in Amsterdam where I ride - they have that sign with the bicycle with the red prohibited slash through it.  When I first...
Sauerwald Mark
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Jan 1, 2009
11:30 pm

Mark, Maybe we need signs worldwide that are consistent. I never would have thought that this sign would indicate the end of a bike path. "When I first saw...
sliver59crows
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Jan 2, 2009
8:15 pm

We encountered some of these "Cycling Prohibited" signs in Ontario, this past summer. They were always placed AFTER an intersection or interchange and there...
James & Ute Grayson
jasute2000
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Jan 7, 2009
8:00 am

About the only signs I felt would be at all helpful would be the ones that remind motorists, that cyclists are legally entitled to use the full lane. (both...
Jeff DelPapa
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Jan 2, 2009
1:38 am

I found the survey very frustrating.  As many as half the questions in the first quarter of it  presented a choice between undesirable options.  The...
John Hopkins
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