Dreaming on 8th Street

Dreaming on 8th Street (Traverse City, MI) Underutilized Parking Lane
Originally uploaded by MyWheelsareTurning

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With Love From Baltimore

In the middle of the night, on Monday, July the 26th (or more correctly, the morning of the 27th) a group of activist artists made a bold statement on the streets of Baltimore. They left behind a bike lane, stencil art, and their manifesto which reads:

"The Guerrilla Bike Lane arose from a desire to express ourselves and our passion for an escalating need to reduce the use of fossil fuels. We seek to promote and establish fair and safe riding conditions for cyclists in Baltimore. The intention of our guerrilla artwork is to educate the public using environmentally friendly and creative means in a non-aggressive way. We hope this will serve as a catalyst for people to see and build the community within the city, to consciously take action instead of settling for an inactive way of life."

Where will the GBL gang strike next? Only time will tell.

Fine Vimeo Video here: http://vimeo.com/14125301

Toronto's First Bike Boxes - By Urban Repair Squad

Cyclometer says: Bike Boxes for the Harbord- Hoskin and College Bicycle Lanes
Weather permitting, the installation of Toronto’s first Bike boxes (PDF) are scheduled to begin Monday October 4th. Bike boxes are a pavement marking that designates a space for cyclists to wait in front of cars at a red light, and to proceed first when the light turns green. The new design treatment will be evaluated for use in the future at other intersections across the City. Bike boxes are scheduled to be installed this year, at the following locations:

Harbord-Hoskin and St George (north, south, east and west bound)
Hoskin and Queens Park Crescent (eastbound)
Harbord and Spadina (east and westbound)
College and Spadina (east and westbound)
College and St George-Beverley (north, south, east and west bound)

Note Bene: The claim that these are the 'first' is of course inaccurate.
The city removed the actual first bike boxes installed by the Urban Repair Squad Harbord and Bathurst (Oct. 2008) 9 (photo below)

With Love From Missoula (Montana)

Activists paint sharrows in multiple colours on a very dangerous road section in Missoula.

Aurash of DoTank drawing a 'sharrow'

Aurash of DoTank drawing a 'sharrow'
Originally uploaded by Ted Ullrich

Long Island New York

The Macdonell Sharrows

Another Toronto First - Two-way Sharrows

Graphic from the Urban Repair Squad Manual

Articles:
Treehugger

BlogTO http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/10/two-way_sharrows_appear_on_macdonell_avenue/

Torontoist http://torontoist.com/2010/10/macdonnell_gets_two-way_sharrows_on_the_sly.php#comments

http://www.ibiketo.ca/blog/2010/10/13/two-way-sharrows-toronto-another-innovation-urban-repair-squad

First Colour Bike Lane (Bloor)
First Rush Hour Sharrows
First Humanist Sharrow Design
First Toronto Bike Boxes
First Bike Friendly TTC signage
First Bicycle and Pedestrian City Logo
First Toronto Art Crosswalk
First Pothole Warning System
First Missing Bike Lane Design
First Two-way Sharrows

With Love From Halifax

Photo by Emma Feltes

New Urban Repair Squad paints up Halifax! Fine work!

More info on Spacing Halifax

Hallam Sharrows in Dandyhorse Magazine

New Issue October 2010. Dandyhorse.com USR Hallam Sharows (2008)

Update: http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2014/03/28/harbord-street-bike-lane-upgrades-city-announces-new-plans/

New Stencil by URS Toronto

Harbord Street.
In sets of three. Time to fill in the gap in this bike lane and stop putting business interests ahead of public safety.

Photo by Rick Conroy.

Press:
GOOD Magazine
Torontoist

TOSAT / DUSPA

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Originally uploaded by Martinho

Carlton and Parliament

TOSAT

Art By Jordan Seiler
http://www.publicadcampaign.com/tosat/

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Originally uploaded by Martinho

The Hallam Sharrows. Better Late Than Never?

After promising Sharrows for Hallam in the fall of 2007 the city finally installed them earlier this week. Almost three years after the fact! Talk about slow.

You can still see the sharrow painted by URS in the early spring of 2008!  The paint crew must have wondered what these were doing there ... (grin)
As it turns out the city does not need council approval for putting in sharrows so one has to wonder what took so long.

In any case, the URS sharrows on Hallam were never removed and likely represent one of the longest lasting examples of DIY cycling infra-structure in the world.


The banner photos above is a Hallam Sharrow.

2010 Blackout Anniversary Party

Blackout Party 2010 from Tino on Vimeo.
In memory of Ryan Carriere, killed at the intersection Oct. 21, 2005.

2010 Toronto Blackout Party Photos & Video Clips

OURS Victoria Strikes Again

Guerrilla street painters struck on Cook Street this week, were “sharrows” briefly appeared between Fairfield Road and Southgate Street, but were immediately painted over by city of Victoria crews.

The sharrows — shared-use arrows reminding drivers to share road space in areas too narrow for full bike lanes — were painted by Victoria’s Other Urban Repair Squad, which describes itself as a “collective of bike advocates, commuter cyclists and active community members.”

The group said in a news release that the Cook Street sharrows were the fourth attempt to increase cycling security in Greater Victoria.

Sharrows painted earlier this year on Lansdowne Road have not been removed, but last year, two sets of markings on Hillside Avenue were immediately painted over as city staff said they were confusing and could be dangerous. Sharrows are used in some cities, but are not approved in Greater Victoria.
© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist

Laying It Down In Brasil

URS Crosswalk Design From Brasil

Lives at stake.