Safer Bike Lanes Come Down to Earth

All though I think there should be other changes to the road before this I like the idea. It might bring some more awareness of cyclist to people in cars.

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/william-bostwick/architecture-design/saf...

Here are a few other ideas being used elsewhere.

This green bike box allows a space for bicycles to get in front of car traffic at stop lights.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/cycling_impact/2008/03/bike-box-portland.jpg
http://www.oregonlive.com/cycling/index.ssf/2008/03/16-week/

I really like the idea of having a bike lane near the curb and cars parallel parked to the left to block moving vehicle traffic.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2009/08/large_PT.bikelane.RLR5802.j...