Hoping to make bicycling "a comfortable and integral part of daily life in Seattle for people of all ages and abilities," SDOT is implementing new thinking toward bicycle infrastructure. An example of this is the newly-installed "two stage left turn box" located at Cherry Street and Seventh Avenue.
It's a mouthful but the two stage left turn box, the first of its kind in Seattle, provides an easy, predictable way for people riding bikes to make a left turn from Cherry onto Seventh Avenue.
People biking on the new Cherry Street cycle track can now continue into the intersection when they have a green light by pulling into the green box. They then turn 90 degrees to face north and wait for a green light to continue onto Seventh Avenue.
SDOT published a video to demonstrate how to use this new type of infrastructure:
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