Shared lane marking

Picture of chevron–style shared lane marking in Toronto, Canada. A shared-lane marking or sharrow[1] is a street marking installed at locations in Australia, Canada, and the United States. This marking is placed in the center of a travel lane to indicate that a bicyclist may use the full lane. According to the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, shared-lane markings are used to: Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in a shared lane with on-street parallel parking in order to reduce the chance of a bicyclist’s impacting the open door of a parked vehicle; Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in lanes that are too narrow for a motor vehicle and a bicycle to travel side by side within the same traffic lane; Alert motorists of the lateral location bicyclists are likely to occupy within the traveled way; Encourage safe passing of bicyclists by motorists; and Reduce the incidence of wrong-way bicycling.[2] The name sharrow was coined by Oliver Gajda, of th... (see more)