Half joking.
Really
Two-Stage Turn Queue Boxes.
Lots of folks call them Copenhagen Left boxes, but since I just returned from Taipei and Taipei's left turns for scooters predates the Copenhagen Left....
Anyhow, that's a tough left to make on a bicycle, particularly since the left turn lane arrow on Mass Ave doesn't get triggered by a bicycle. (And they can't fix it until they redo the intersection because then trucks in the adjacent lane will trigger the left turn lane arrow too.)
Depending on the phase of the traffic light, how heavy traffic is, if there's a car in the left turn lane, the phase of the tides, etc....
I'll either do a left turn from the left lane or a:
- Two-stage left turn,
- Box left turn,
- Hook turn,
- J-turn,
- Copenhagen Left,
- Taipei Left.
Anyhow, it's nice to have a green box there now.
-mr. bill