By Josh Kelety | Phoenix New Times
Bike advocates are criticizing a proposal from Phoenix transportation officials to add road markings for cyclists instead of new bike lanes in the Garfield and Edison-Eastlake neighborhoods, arguing that it will make cyclists less safe.
Ryan Boyd, a spokesperson for the Urban Phoenix Project, an urbanist advocacy group, said the road markings and signage, known as “sharrows,” won’t be seen or respected by motorists.
“It’s kind of like second-class citizenship,” he said. “If you don’t have a car, good luck, you can’t go on the big streets.”
