This is on the Hardturmstasse in Zurich. They are making it a Tempo 30 zone and building obstacles to reduce the flow of cars. But now there are these green lines on the side of the road. Is this just artwork? Or do the green lines actually mean anything?
Edit: I took the picture.
Maybe it’s one of those illusion thingies where they make the driver or cyclist “feel” like the road is narrower than it really is so they stay in the middle
In a town in Baselland there is a road which was 50 and then was reduced to 30 (step hill -> downhill-drivers always went too fast). Then they painted about 30cm on both sides of the road green and called it “Beruhigungsstreifen” (Calming strip) to remind people of driving slower. Needless to say people don’t care because there isn’t enough space (narrow road between hills) for a radar so there never are speed controls.
Hopefully it’s for the wankpuffins on scooters
Tempo 30 is spreading like a disease. Hardturm is mostly an office area. Expect more congestion and pollution as cars will spend more time on the road
Zurich trying to find ways to spend money
Follow me for the Sänklochgitter (manhole cover)! 😀 Nope, no idea 🙂
The green marking literally has no meaning. They put it there to make people confused/question those markings and so they pay more attention to their surroundings. Statistically it does improve the safety of the street.
It is because it is 30, ant there are no walkway crossings, those green zones should warn the driver that here is an area where it is likely that someone will cross the road
Thats a guess but maybe cycling lanes have a fixed width (by communal or cantonal law) and the can widen that with the additional green line that functions by law as a signal that theres the curb?
According to the StVO it means nothing at all. It‘s just some crazy bs attempt to slow down traffic and create a traffic jam that reaches over the whole country.
In my village I have this and it is supposed to make people “slow down”
no matter what it is, it is our tax money wasted for this
Waste of paint, you know the drill.
Bünzli alert:
I really like swiss street signaling and how they cope with very few signaling and signs compared to countries like Germany or France. But honestly why green stripes in ZH, Blue wavey lines in Thun, Green squares in the 20 zone in Bern, even red and white circles. These colores arn‘t defined and are not always helpful.
In OP‘s case i would argue that the green line ‚takes away‘ the felt added space that is allocated to the cycle lane (you can see the old cycle lane lines that were scraped away). Should bike lanes feel like they have more space so maybe two bikes can easily drive next to esch other?
Anyway TLDR: quit zhis colorful street markings. Keep it white (and yellow).
Isn’t this the zone where pedestrians who have left the train too violently are immediately hit by ebikes and cars?
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This is on the Hardturmstasse in Zurich. They are making it a Tempo 30 zone and building obstacles to reduce the flow of cars. But now there are these green lines on the side of the road. Is this just artwork? Or do the green lines actually mean anything?
Edit: I took the picture.
Maybe it’s one of those illusion thingies where they make the driver or cyclist “feel” like the road is narrower than it really is so they stay in the middle
In a town in Baselland there is a road which was 50 and then was reduced to 30 (step hill -> downhill-drivers always went too fast). Then they painted about 30cm on both sides of the road green and called it “Beruhigungsstreifen” (Calming strip) to remind people of driving slower. Needless to say people don’t care because there isn’t enough space (narrow road between hills) for a radar so there never are speed controls.
Hopefully it’s for the wankpuffins on scooters
Tempo 30 is spreading like a disease. Hardturm is mostly an office area. Expect more congestion and pollution as cars will spend more time on the road
Zurich trying to find ways to spend money
Follow me for the Sänklochgitter (manhole cover)! 😀 Nope, no idea 🙂
Veloschnellroute
More info here (in German): https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/site/velo/de/index/die-velovorzugsrouten.html
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich-setzt-auf-gruene-velohighways-329828387705
The green marking literally has no meaning. They put it there to make people confused/question those markings and so they pay more attention to their surroundings. Statistically it does improve the safety of the street.
It is because it is 30, ant there are no walkway crossings, those green zones should warn the driver that here is an area where it is likely that someone will cross the road
Thats a guess but maybe cycling lanes have a fixed width (by communal or cantonal law) and the can widen that with the additional green line that functions by law as a signal that theres the curb?
According to the StVO it means nothing at all. It‘s just some crazy bs attempt to slow down traffic and create a traffic jam that reaches over the whole country.
In my village I have this and it is supposed to make people “slow down”
no matter what it is, it is our tax money wasted for this
Waste of paint, you know the drill.
Bünzli alert:
I really like swiss street signaling and how they cope with very few signaling and signs compared to countries like Germany or France. But honestly why green stripes in ZH, Blue wavey lines in Thun, Green squares in the 20 zone in Bern, even red and white circles. These colores arn‘t defined and are not always helpful.
In OP‘s case i would argue that the green line ‚takes away‘ the felt added space that is allocated to the cycle lane (you can see the old cycle lane lines that were scraped away). Should bike lanes feel like they have more space so maybe two bikes can easily drive next to esch other?
Anyway TLDR: quit zhis colorful street markings. Keep it white (and yellow).
Isn’t this the zone where pedestrians who have left the train too violently are immediately hit by ebikes and cars?
City of Zürich actually posted on LinkedIn about it , apparently as a test Heute hat die Dienstabteilung Verkehr am Fahrbahnrand der Hardturmstrasse ein 40 cm breites, grünes Farbband markiert. Damit testen wir die Erkennbarkeit und Wirkung von künftigen Velovorzugsrouten. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tiefbauamt_der_stadt_z%C3%BCrich_velo-zuerich-velovorzugsrouten-activity-6957597567815708672-7wYY
E-scooter lane lmao