Originally Posted by
Bekologist
i dont think the idea of a sharrow is 'creating extra space' for bicyclists, barry. You want cyclists and motorists to share a 12' lane side by side?
i believe sharrows will 'work' only on low speed 25-30 MPH, narrow laned roads with the sharrow centered in the lane, but that's my opinion.
locally the discussion has been on how far centered in the lanes they are; here in Seattle there is some movement to use both super sized sharrows as well as 'standard' size sharrows further out from their current placements...
Those are similar to my thoughts as well, although I don't see why those speed restrictions would be needed. I always assumed/expected sharrows were for lanes that tended to be more appropriate for front to back sharing vs. side by side sharing. Also having them closer to the center of the lane makes that clearer.
Al