sharrow
n.— «These Shared Lane stencils are an entirely new type of bike lane marking for New York City. They are modeled after San Francisco’s “Sharrows.”» —“Birth of a Class III Bike Route” by Aaron Naparstek Streetsblog Nov. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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