DDOT crews are out this morning painting the new 1st Street cycletrack green.

Usually DDOT reserves green paint for spots where cars and bikes cross paths, as a reminder to drivers and cyclists to watch for each other. For 1st Street, however, the green paint is going down for long stretches of pavement, to make it totally clear to drivers that the bike lane isn’t for parking cars.

Arlington is also starting to use green paint to dissuade illegal parking. The bike lanes on South Hayes Street in Pentagon City are green for long stretches too.

In other cycletrack news, as of yesterday evening the M Street bike lanes are just about ready too. The striping looks done, but the bollards aren’t up yet.