https://www.socalregion.com/what-is-a-sharrow/ Your Resource For Highways, Geology, Railroads, History, Bicycling, And More Throughout Southern California Since 1995. Celebrating 30 Years Online! Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.socalregion.com/what-is-a-sharrow/#comment-1458 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 21:46:49 +0000 http://socalregion.com/?p=7593#comment-1458 If you google the word “sharrow”, you can find that most states or countries believe that a sharrow is not a bike lane, but is an aid for inexperienced cyclists to use to avoid the danger of a suddenly opened car door. If a cyclist senses that a motorist is to his rear and if there is a section where there are no parked cars, the cyclist should move to near the curb or right edge of the street. This is especially important if the roadway has a double line up the center, which bars passing in the other lane.

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