Tuesday, August 27, 2013
W&OD Trail Bollards didn't last long
We think better signage is needed. When we recently rode trails in Washington and Idaho we saw large NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES signs at many of the trail intersections. As you can see from the photo, there is no obvious signage stating that no vehicles are allowed. Apparently more than one motorist has turned onto the trail entrance in the photo thinking it is the Whole Foods Market entrance.
We hope a better solution is found and at a minimum, that the black bases are removed.
Labels: bollards, town of vienna, W and OD Trail
Comments:
Agree, those plastic bollard bases are a wipeout waiting to happen.
One thing that might help at this location is if the crosswalk looked more like, um, a crosswalk. Yes, there's a strip of concrete where the trail goes across, but there are no white crosswalk markings. Yes, there are tiny little signs that say "DO NOT BLOCK CROSSWALK" but the word "crosswalk" is so painfully small that it doesn't catch people's attention. How about a big yellow sign between the signal heads that says "CROSSWALK" in big letters? Or how about "W&OD TRAIL"? Or how about a big yellow diamond-shaped sign with a picture of a bike?
These are the kinds of things that might make it look different than the entrance to Whole Foods, imho.
One thing that might help at this location is if the crosswalk looked more like, um, a crosswalk. Yes, there's a strip of concrete where the trail goes across, but there are no white crosswalk markings. Yes, there are tiny little signs that say "DO NOT BLOCK CROSSWALK" but the word "crosswalk" is so painfully small that it doesn't catch people's attention. How about a big yellow sign between the signal heads that says "CROSSWALK" in big letters? Or how about "W&OD TRAIL"? Or how about a big yellow diamond-shaped sign with a picture of a bike?
These are the kinds of things that might make it look different than the entrance to Whole Foods, imho.
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: August 27, 2013 at 7:33 PM
: August 27, 2013 at 7:33 PM
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