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Today I came across a cycle lane covered with green coloured chippings instead of the normal reddish ones Does anyone know the meaning of this? I tried Google but once the words green & cycle go in the results are longer than my life span It is near the top of Portsdown Hill BTW, and the normal reddish ones continue after the brow

Green is the new red. Seriously, all new cycle lanes are going green due to the positive associations between 'green' and cycling. Pretty much all the lanes on my routes round London are green. Red used to be the only colour available, but has negative connotations with hazard and danger. I kid ye not: http://webserver01.westsussex.gov.uk/wscc/Assistant%20Chief%... Anyway, the advantage with green is that it doesn't contrast...

Anyway, the advantage with green is that it doesn't contrast with grey tarmac, so drivers can ignore it at will <sigh> Whether red or green, the colour of a lane is (AFIAK) no indication of any legal restriction on the use of it. The only legal indication is whether the lane is bounded by a solid line (motor vehicles must not enter), or dashed line (motor vehicles may enter if unavoidable) [Highway code rule#140]. Unless...

Lieutenant Colonel Tex Pemberton, West Sussex Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport Tell me this is a spoof name?