tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19456150.post-68968531853841514262008-02-26T12:20:00.004-06:002008-02-26T12:49:15.675-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-pTk73xe3SY/R8RYqWHS62I/AAAAAAAAAb0/AI4b_zwkGZU/s1600-h/portlandbike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-pTk73xe3SY/R8RYqWHS62I/AAAAAAAAAb0/AI4b_zwkGZU/s400/portlandbike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171355756642102114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Problem:</span> How do you get a bike lane safely across a heavily-traveled exit ramp that leads to an urban highway?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Solution:</span> You apply blue paint across the automobile's path. The Magick-Blue paint will create a car-safe zone for the cyclist to enter (or at least, it will help create the illusion of a car-safe zone).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> A Dallas City Council member, the friends of the Katy Trail ("The best thing the Katy Trail has done is to get bicycles off the streets of Dallas" said a FotKT supporter) and a consortium of Arts District people have awarded a $75,000 contract to the Alta Design Group, America's largest proponents of Magic Blue Bike Lanes. The purpose of the study is to connect the Katy Trail to the proposed $120,000,000 Woodall Rodgers Deck Park over Spur 366 north of the Arts District.<br /></span>PM Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08841490283131875648noreply@blogger.com