Understanding Green Bike Lanes

Have you noticed the green bike lanes appearing around town? They're there to enhance road safety!

The City strategically added green paint to areas where motorists and cyclists frequently intersect, boosting awareness and safety for all road users.

Green paint does not change the rules of the road; it is used to make drivers and bicyclists more aware of each other as they share the road. It can be used as a guide for both rivers and cyclists, ensuring they're in the correct positions at intersections.

Why green paint?

• The green paint is to make drivers and bicyclists more aware of each other as they share the road. 
• This increased visibility enhances safety for everyone, helping reduce collisions. 
• The green paint does not change the rules of the road. 

What does the dashed green lines mean?

• The dashed green paint is in areas where bicyclists and drivers are likely to cross paths, such as between a through lane and a right turn lane, or where the drivers and bicyclists share the area at right turns.
• Bicyclists have the right of way.
• Drivers must yield to bicyclists before driving across the dashed paint and make their right turn from as far right as possible. Doing so helps prevent a collision called the "right hook" when a car makes a right turn in front of a bicyclist. The video below shows how that can happen:

Solid green with solid white lines

• Drivers may not cross a solid white line into a bike lane except to enter a driveway.
• The designated lane gives greater distance between bicyclists and drivers at an intersection. 
• Bicyclists always have the right of way.

All of these new markings on our roadways are designed to improve traffic safety for everyone. What other street markings are you seeing and want us to explain? Let us know.