Brief
Tokyo to repaint streets over rule that makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles
Tokyo is to repaint streets because a rule makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles, according to the source. The same source notes that a few months earlier Japan introduced 'blue tickets' for certain bicycle infractions, but it does not detail the repainting plan.
Tokyo plans to repaint streets over a rule that makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles. Japan made sweeping changes to bicycle laws a few months earlier, introducing 'blue tickets' for infractions such as riding too fast on a sidewalk, riding with an umbrella, or riding while using a smartphone. The laws came into effect along with a fairly large crackdown.
Our reading
Our reading is that cyclists and drivers in Tokyo should expect changes to street markings and continued enforcement of the new bicycle rules, though the source does not explain how repainting will resolve the passing problem.
What to do or watch
Watch for Tokyo's street repainting and what the new markings actually change about where cyclists ride or where cars may pass — the source does not explain how repainting resolves the passing problem. Cyclists and drivers should also expect continued enforcement of the 'blue ticket' infractions introduced a few months earlier.
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- Japan made sweeping changes to bicycle laws, introducing 'blue tickets' for infractions such as riding too fast on a sidewalk, riding with an umbrella, or riding while using a smartphone.
- The laws came into effect along with a fairly large crackdown.
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