{"id":150376691,"date":"2009-10-07T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T11:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=150376691"},"modified":"2009-10-07T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T11:18:11","slug":"sharrows-make-roads-safer-for-bicyclists-and-motorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=150376691","title":{"rendered":"SHARROWs Make Roads Safer for Bicyclists and Motorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.annapolis.gov\/upload\/images\/AnnapolisLogo.jpg\" alt=\"image\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" \/><br \/>\n    A SHARROW or shared lane pavement marking is a bicycle symbols that is placed in the roadway lane, reminding motorists they should expect to see and share the lane with bicycles. Unlike bicycle lanes, they do not designate a particular part of the roadway for the use of bicyclists.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">What does a SHARROW mean for motorists and bicyclists?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">Motorists:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expect to see bicyclists on the street<\/li>\n<li>Remember to give bicyclists at least three feet of space when passing<\/li>\n<li>Follow the rules of the road as if there were no SHARROW <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">&nbsp;Bicyclists<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the SHARROW to guide where you ride within the right hand side of the lane and with the direction of traffic<\/li>\n<li>Remember not to ride too close to parked cars<\/li>\n<li>Follow the rules of the road as if there were no SHARROW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.annapolis.gov\/upload\/images\/news\/images\/share.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe first in a series of implementations will begin during the week <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">of October 19th on Rowe Boulevard between the College Creek Bridge and Calvert Street and will be placed approximately every 250 feet along that stretch of roadway. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Future locations include: On Bay Ridge Avenue from Tyler Avenue to Chesapeake Avenue, on Chesapeake Avenue from Bay Ridge Avenue to Burnside Street and on Admiral Drive from the Poplar Trail to Moreland Parkway.&nbsp; For more information call Iain Banks, Personal Transportation Specialist at 410-263-7964.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annapolis.gov\/display_ann.asp?ID=14594\"> https:\/\/www.annapolis.gov\/display_ann.asp?ID=14594<\/a>oldId.20091007111811281<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SHARROW or shared lane pavement marking is a bicycle symbols that is placed in the roadway lane, reminding motorists they should expect to see and share the lane with bicycles. Unlike bicycle lanes, they do not designate a particular part of the roadway for the use of bicyclists. What does a SHARROW mean for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=150376691\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SHARROWs Make Roads Safer for Bicyclists and Motorists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150376691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-the-metro-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150376691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150376691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150376691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150376691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150376691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150376691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}