Utah has new unusual ‘bike boxes’ for its unusual intersections

(Photo courtesy of Utah Department of Transportation) Cyclist leaves a new "bike box" at the corner of Redwood Road and Pioneer Crossing in Saratoga Springs. New bike lane designs and markings are being added at complicated intersections to improve safety. Saratoga Springs • Bicyclist Kai Tohinaka had never tried cycling through the complicated “continuous-flow” intersection at Redwood Road and Pioneer Crossing.

But he found that an equally unusual new set of specially painted bike lanes — including a painted “bike box” for left turns — made it easy and safer.

“It gives clear guidance on how you navigate such a non-traditional intersection,” he said. Without it, “there’s a danger of going the…