This video from Streetfilms shows how Seattle is using Sharrows to instruct cyclists how to cross tracks at a 90 degree angle. Though we don't have Sharrows in use in Coeur d'Alene (yet), the concept for crossing them is the same.
http://www.streetfilms.org/how-to-properly-cross-rail-tracks-on-your-bike/
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
How to cross railroad tracks
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