{"id":4879,"date":"2015-06-01T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2015-08-05T22:11:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T02:11:04","slug":"odd-bicycle-markings-on-route-35-arent-a-mistake-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/06\/odd-bicycle-markings-on-route-35-arent-a-mistake-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd Bicycle Markings On Route 35 Aren’t A Mistake After All"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Sharrows’ on Route 35 in Bay Head. (Photo: Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n

For the past several days, motorists who have traveled on the newly-rebuilt Route 35 in Bay Head have been puzzled over symbols painted on the pavement that seemingly mark a bicycle lane in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n

The markings, which show a bicycle and arrows pointing in the correct direction of travel, have been the subject of social media curiosity, with some locals declaring that someone must have made a mistake. Indeed, no mistakes were made, according to the state Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

The markings are known as “sharrows,” the DOT said, and are used as a reminder to motorists and bicycles that each are allowed on the roadway and guide bicycle riders along the portion of the roadway that is statistically safest to avoid car doors.<\/p>\n

In Bay Head, where drivers are allowed to park on both sides of the highway, there wasn’t enough space available to carve out a formal bike lane, so the sharrows were implemented to improve bicycle safety and also act as a reminder to drivers that bicycles may be present.
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The DOT said enough sharrows have been added in Bay Head so drivers turning onto the highway from any side street will be reminded of the presence of bicycles.<\/p>\n

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For the past several days, motorists who have traveled on the newly-rebuilt Route 35 in Bay Head have been puzzled over symbols painted on the pavement that seemingly mark a bicycle lane in the middle of the road. The markings, which show a bicycle and arrows pointing in the correct direction of travel, have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[77,599,1361,24,80,1360],"class_list":["post-4879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-barrier-island","tag-bay-head","tag-bicycle-safety","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-route-35","tag-sharrows"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/FullSizeRender.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-1gH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}