{"id":432,"date":"2013-09-19T09:57:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2021-05-23T02:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T09:21:12","slug":"sign-sign-everwhere-a-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/sign-sign-everwhere-a-sign.html","title":{"rendered":"Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign…"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my pet peeves is the placement of warning signs in bike lanes and on sidewalks.  It’s just a little reminder that, in the view of the sign placers, roads are for cars.<\/p>\n

This morning I noticed that the bike lane I typically ride in was blocked by SDOT trucks.<\/p>\n

 \"bike<\/a><\/p>\n

OK, I thought, no problem, I can ride on the sidewalk here.  Many people do.  It’s a bit bumpy for road bikes and there are still a few fire hydrants that take out the unsuspecting, but I was not worried, I ride this area twice a day.  But, as I rode on the sidewalk, I noticed that a sign almost completely blocked passage:<\/p>\n

\"sign<\/a><\/p>\n

Since sign blockage is something that bugs me, I decided to stop and see what message was so important that SDOT decided to block bike and pedestrian traffic.<\/p>\n

It was this:<\/p>\n

\"sign<\/a><\/p>\n

I leave you with a soundtrack<\/a> for frustration…<\/p>\n

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One of my pet peeves is the placement of warning signs in bike lanes and on sidewalks.  It’s just a little reminder that, in the view of the sign placers, roads are for cars. This morning I noticed that the bike lane I typically ride in was blocked by SDOT trucks.   OK, I thought, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycle-advocates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t