Washington Bike Law Blog

Have You Been Missing T Time?

Bicyclists are often frustrated by traffic lights that respond to cars, but not to bikes.  Here is a line of bicyclists waiting under the West Seattle Bridge yesterday:

After a few signal cycles, what can you do?  Well, sometimes you can do this:

But, at the intersection pictured above (and lots of other places in Seattle), bicycles actually haven’t been forgotten.

Look for the T painted near the stop line:

Ride up to it, stop directly on it, and (eventually) you’ll get a green light.

This has been around for a few years now, but it seems like many people don’t know about it.

Spread the word about T-time !

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