Colours for Striping other than White and Yellow

[vtk]

Davidson Rd in Hilliard, Ohio has the word SCHOOL in yellow-green thermoplastic markings instead of white, approaching Davidson High School from the east.

[Ray_Stantz]

Spring St in Los Angeles uses green lane striping for the bike lane (a "compromise" after removal of the green bike lane):

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&hl=en&ll=34.044125,-118.252673&spn=0.007254,0.027874&sll=40.776608,-111.920485&sspn=0.154171,0.271568&oq=spring+st,+lo&hq=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.044122,-118.252674&panoid=8QMUE31MqDgmAXCQD9OUuA&cbp=12,261.35,,0,22.4

It is not uncommon to see crosswalks with colors other than white or yellow:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.623986,-111.824384&spn=0.001707,0.002122&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.623985,-111.824554&panoid=E19Rw23EMURe-fIu-hvN7A&cbp=12,248.71,,0,20.37

[roadfro]

Spring St in Los Angeles uses green lane striping for the bike lane (a "compromise" after removal of the green bike lane):

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&hl=en&ll=34.044125,-118.252673&spn=0.007254,0.027874&sll=40.776608,-111.920485&sspn=0.154171,0.271568&oq=spring+st,+lo&hq=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.044122,-118.252674&panoid=8QMUE31MqDgmAXCQD9OUuA&cbp=12,261.35,,0,22.4

I like this. Painting the entire bike lane green just seems somewhat obnoxious. Just keep it to the symbols and "bike box"...and I like the use of it in the right turn lane transition zone (although it would look different with the "standard" cat track lines instead of the more broken line used on the street linked above).

It is not uncommon to see crosswalks with colors other than white or yellow:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.623986,-111.824384&spn=0.001707,0.002122&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.623985,-111.824554&panoid=E19Rw23EMURe-fIu-hvN7A&cbp=12,248.71,,0,20.37

I'd say that is uncommon, actually. And seemingly pointless on first glance...

[NE2]

I retract my example. Bristol, RI has colors, not colours.

[Pete from Boston]

Now colours would be unpatriotic.

[jakeroot]

Spring St in Los Angeles uses green lane striping for the bike lane (a "compromise" after removal of the green bike lane):

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&hl=en&ll=34.044125,-118.252673&spn=0.007254,0.027874&sll=40.776608,-111.920485&sspn=0.154171,0.271568&oq=spring+st,+lo&hq=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.044122,-118.252674&panoid=8QMUE31MqDgmAXCQD9OUuA&cbp=12,261.35,,0,22.4

I like this. Painting the entire bike lane green just seems somewhat obnoxious. Just keep it to the symbols and "bike box"...and I like the use of it in the right turn lane transition zone (although it would look different with the "standard" cat track lines instead of the more broken line used on the street linked above).

I'm okay with green edge markings in areas where there's no conflict between bikes and cars. But where they cross, the whole box should be painted. I think this is what you're saying, correct? Though in this situation, I think I spy parking on the street edge. Given the in-out nature of street parking, I might opt for full paint in this situation (or, optionally, move the cycle track to the street edge and move the parking further out from the street edge, with some planters in-between).

[kkt]

The bus only lane in this view:

https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.650525,-122.307567&spn=0.000486,0.000561&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=47.650525,-122.307567&panoid=b0WYqj8QYFqYiXUhhfe81g&cbp=12,293.68,,0,4.74

has just been painted completely red.

[Ray_Stantz]

Spring St in Los Angeles uses green lane striping for the bike lane (a "compromise" after removal of the green bike lane):

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&hl=en&ll=34.044125,-118.252673&spn=0.007254,0.027874&sll=40.776608,-111.920485&sspn=0.154171,0.271568&oq=spring+st,+lo&hq=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.044122,-118.252674&panoid=8QMUE31MqDgmAXCQD9OUuA&cbp=12,261.35,,0,22.4

I like this. Painting the entire bike lane green just seems somewhat obnoxious. Just keep it to the symbols and "bike box"...and I like the use of it in the right turn lane transition zone (although it would look different with the "standard" cat track lines instead of the more broken line used on the street linked above).

It is not uncommon to see crosswalks with colors other than white or yellow:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.623986,-111.824384&spn=0.001707,0.002122&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.623985,-111.824554&panoid=E19Rw23EMURe-fIu-hvN7A&cbp=12,248.71,,0,20.37

I'd say that is uncommon, actually. And seemingly pointless on first glance...

I've noticed some cities starting to paint colored crosswalks - more colorful than the previous example (San Francisco example below).

[Ray_Stantz]

The bus only lane in this view:

https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.650525,-122.307567&spn=0.000486,0.000561&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=47.650525,-122.307567&panoid=b0WYqj8QYFqYiXUhhfe81g&cbp=12,293.68,,0,4.74

has just been painted completely red.

Indeed. San Francisco...

[dcbjms]

I know this post is kinda sorta old, but since it garnered interest I might as well point it out:

Federal law:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a red, white, and blue center line in the Main Street of Bristol, Rhode Island, shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of Section 3B-1 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices of the Department of Transportation.

They only do that because the area being striped red-white-blue is the 4th of July parade route (the same is true along much of the Narragansett Parkway in Warwick and Cranston, since that is the route for the Gaspee Days parade, cf. http://goo.gl/maps/S64YP).  Not that it's limited to that, mind you - the Portuguese social club in Pawtucket has a red-yellow-green triple stripe not only to celebrate Portuguese-American heritage, but a lot of Portuguese-themed parades end at the social club.

[vtk]

Some streets in downtown Columbus have a green stripe in the middle of the double yellow stripe. I'm not sure why.

[cl94]

Spring St in Los Angeles uses green lane striping for the bike lane (a "compromise" after removal of the green bike lane):

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&hl=en&ll=34.044125,-118.252673&spn=0.007254,0.027874&sll=40.776608,-111.920485&sspn=0.154171,0.271568&oq=spring+st,+lo&hq=spring+st+los+angeles+ca&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=34.044122,-118.252674&panoid=8QMUE31MqDgmAXCQD9OUuA&cbp=12,261.35,,0,22.4

I like this. Painting the entire bike lane green just seems somewhat obnoxious. Just keep it to the symbols and "bike box"...and I like the use of it in the right turn lane transition zone (although it would look different with the "standard" cat track lines instead of the more broken line used on the street linked above).

It is not uncommon to see crosswalks with colors other than white or yellow:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.623986,-111.824384&spn=0.001707,0.002122&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.623985,-111.824554&panoid=E19Rw23EMURe-fIu-hvN7A&cbp=12,248.71,,0,20.37

I'd say that is uncommon, actually. And seemingly pointless on first glance...

Painted crosswalks are extremely common in New York. Typically, the underlying asphalt or concrete is stamped to resemble bricks.

[TEG24601]

The only thing I can't remember seeing is in Flint, MI.  They have a yearly 10K called the Crim.  The entire course is indicated by a blue line running near the outer edge of the right-hand lane of all streets in the city that course covers, and corresponding 1K markers painted across all lanes, with the distance marked.  It is amazing that the lines largely hold up from year to year.