City crews begin painting bike lanes

City of Decorah crews have begun marking pictures of bikes on Main Street and other Decorah roads.

The signals are called "sharrows."  They are intended to warn motorists that the street they are driving on will also be used by bicyclists.

To see a lit of all the proposed bike markings, visit http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103851744352476753030.00047eb8139b2b07ef038&ll=43.303851,-91.790299&spn=0.017302,0.04931&z=15