When a city turns green: how to navigate bike boxes

The roads of Bellingham are starting to live up to the community’s “green” reputation–quite literally.

New students settling into Bellingham may encounter these lime-colored traffic marks as they explore outside the bounds of campus.

They are called “bike boxes” and are designed to make traveling safer for bicyclists and motorists. The boxes have been implemented in different cities throughout the U.S, but the three installed this summer are a first for Bellingham on Ohio and Cornwall Streets.