Reimagining Winthrop Street at Bradford Street
There’s a lot of bike traffic across this intersection in both directions. It’s the primary low-traffic route to and from the Stop & Shop supermarket on Shank Painter Road, and is commonly used as a two-way route despite part of the street being marked as one-way for cars.
In this visualization, there is a new contra-flow bike lane marked at the intersection for people riding into town, bike crossings in both directions across Bradford Street to encourage yielding to people on bikes. (Google Map)
These improvements could be made today with no construction – just paint.
Elements used in this sketch:
Materials needed to implement:
- Paint.
Existing conditions:
- Posted speed limit is 25 MPH
- No indication that people on bikes frequently cross here
- No acknowledgement of the need for legal two-way bike travel along the entire length of Winthrop Street.