{"id":24825,"date":"2016-08-26T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T12:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=24825"},"modified":"2016-08-26T12:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T12:13:50","slug":"cross-bikes-pbot-vision-zero-present-portlands-new-green-stripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/cross-bikes-pbot-vision-zero-present-portlands-new-green-stripes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross Bikes: PBOT &amp; Vision Zero Present Portland&#8217;s New Green Stripes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Portland is a bicycling kind of city. It is better than almost every other city\u00a0in the US in this regard, but it\u00a0is still adding more reasons for remaining\u00a0drivers to get\u00a0on a bicycle. Check out &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/transportation\/article\/585677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cross Bikes: Portland&#8217;s New Green Stripes<\/a>,&#8221; for example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Driving a silent all-electric car, and being an avid pedestrian\/bicyclist much\u00a0of my life, I carefully slow when I see pedestrians and bicyclists. They are often surprised (that a driver notices them), and they smile graciously, indicating for me to go as I wave them on before me. They are always appreciative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For those who have never biked or even walked much in urban environments, better infrastructure\u00a0is needed to wake up drivers enough to notice <a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/bike-sharing-protected-bike-lanes-cycling-reduced-risk\/\">bicyclists<\/a> (and pedestrians). This recent addition of large green striping\u00a0is part of Portland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/transportation\/40390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision Zero<\/a>\u00a0aim to do just that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/files\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike-e1470835668599.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106928\" src=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/files\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike-e1470835668599.jpg\" alt=\"PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here&#8217;s more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/transportation\/article\/585677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland Bureau of Transport<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>What is a cross-bike?<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCross-bikes\u201d are green bars that highlight the extension of the bikeway through the intersection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are cross-bikes for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe green cross-bikes, together with the white crosswalks, are to make it clear to people driving that this is a location where there may be many people walking and biking across the street.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do cars have to stop?<\/strong><br \/>\nPeople driving are not legally required to stop for people bicycling through the cross-bike.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Can I still use the white crosswalk when bicycling?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, you can dismount your bike and walk it, or you can ride at pedestrian speed. Under Oregon State law a person driving is required to stop for people walking or bicycling slowly through a crosswalk when the person driving is given adequate time to stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_106931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106931\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/files\/2016\/08\/28090512674_ecbbbe5194_z-e1470837851704.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-106931 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/files\/2016\/08\/28090512674_ecbbbe5194_z-570x428.jpg\" alt=\"28090512674_ecbbbe5194_z\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: J. Maus\/<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2016\/08\/02\/say-hello-to-crossbikes-portlands-latest-bikeway-innovation-188841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BikePortland<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2016\/08\/02\/say-hello-to-crossbikes-portlands-latest-bikeway-innovation-188841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BikePortland.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>has an in-depth story on the innovative visuals sure to bring attention to a safety solution. &#8220;Roger Geller, PBOT\u2019s chief bicycle planner, said it\u2019s just the latest effort the bureau has undertaken to make crossings safer on what are designed to be low-stress, family friendly streets where people on bikes and foot are prioritized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Portland does more than create greater\u00a0safety for bicyclists and drivers in this way. The city is making strides to imitate <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2015\/08\/17\/copenhagen-ultimate-bicycle-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copenhagen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2009\/12\/09\/1-amsterdam-the-netherlands-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amsterdam<\/a> intelligently in multiple ways.\u00a0Also check out &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandoregon.gov\/transportation\/article\/584902?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland students learn bike safety and leadership at Bike Camp<\/a>.&#8221; The students of this program will be safer as the city encourages more driving awareness of the bicyclist, something <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/12\/18\/traffic-garden-of-utrecht\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch cities do from a very early age<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Related Stories:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/taking-streets-portland-style\/\">Taking To The Streets Portland Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/portlands-expanded-bikesharing-program-launching-july-map\/\">Portland\u2019s Expanded Bikesharing Program Launching In July (Map)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland is a bicycling kind of city. It is better than almost every other city\u00a0in the US in this regard, but it\u00a0is still adding more reasons for remaining\u00a0drivers to get\u00a0on a bicycle. Check out &#8220;Cross Bikes: Portland&#8217;s New Green Stripes,&#8221; for example. Driving a silent all-electric car, and being an avid pedestrian\/bicyclist much\u00a0of my life, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/cross-bikes-pbot-vision-zero-present-portlands-new-green-stripes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cross Bikes: PBOT &amp; Vision Zero Present Portland&#8217;s New Green Stripes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[235],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike.jpg",670,837,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike-240x300.jpg",240,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike.jpg",670,837,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike.jpg",670,837,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike.jpg",670,837,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PBOT_SIGN_CrossBike.jpg",670,837,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Cynthia","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/cynthia\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Portland is a bicycling kind of city. It is better than almost every other city\u00a0in the US in this regard, but it\u00a0is still adding more reasons for remaining\u00a0drivers to get\u00a0on a bicycle. Check out &#8220;Cross Bikes: Portland&#8217;s New Green Stripes,&#8221; for example. Driving a silent all-electric car, and being an avid pedestrian\/bicyclist much\u00a0of my life,&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}