A recent xkcd comic is very appropriate:

Image from xkcd.

The 15th Street bike lanes, for example, have text that seems to read “PEDS BIKES TO YIELD TURN LEFT.” (See this photo). Though I assume FHWA long ago did an analysis of which way was better for drivers, or maybe not.

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Tagged: fhwa, humor, roads, signs, traffic

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.