The City of Waterloo is rethinking bicycle transportation by painting its first quarter-mile stretch of bike lanes green, while moving them away from the curb to help cyclist visibility and traffic flow. Kyle Durant, a transportation planner with the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments, helped implement the changes. Durant says the previous lanes were dangerous for the city’s cyclists.

Durant says shifting the lanes clears up confusion and safety concerns for the city’s cyclists.

Cedar Rapids and Des Moines have similar green-painted bike lanes for better cyclist visibility and safety.