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New mural promotes 'sharing the road' |
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Friday, November 11, 2011 15:53 |
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BY DANIEL CHACON
THE GAZETTE
Colorado Springs cyclists have found a friend in City Councilman Tim Leigh.
Leigh, an avid cyclist himself, launched a successful campaign to install so-called sharrows on city streets that serve to remind motorists to share the lane with cyclists - and vice versa.
Leigh said he had money left over from the fundraising campaign for the sharrows project, so he took his “Share the Road” message from the street to the freeway.
Leigh recently said that he signed off on a mural on a building on West Filmore Street facing Interstate 25 “to showcase our sharrow attitude of Share the Road.”
On Friday, Leigh said the mural, which features a family of cyclists and the “Share the Road” message with Pikes Peak in the background, was completed.
“I would like to see these murals painted on as many buildings as we can,” he said.
Read more about the mural and the "Share the Road" message at City Hall reporter Daniel Chacon's "The City Desk" blog.
PHOTO: The new "Share the Road" mural on West Fillmore Street. Courtesy of City Councilman Tim Leigh
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