sharrow

sharrow
 n.— «General support for employing alternative techniques to improve bikeways where bike lanes are not feasible, such as use of shared lane arrow (“sharrow”) instead of bike route signs for many streets and roads to provide improved bicycle network connectivity.» —“2004 Regional Bicycle Transportation Plan Update” Humboldt County Association Of Governments (California) June, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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