[Kolohe]

First of all, I like the work. Good job and good start.

This may be nitpicky (but I think it’s also how bike infrastructure goes from ‘good’ to ‘blah’ to ‘unacceptable’ between planning to execution to sustainment phases), but I’d just say that not all the black lines are equivalent.

An example of something I would like any policymaker to keep in mind if they’re looking at this map – but also coming into this totally new – is that stretch at Gravely point between the parking lot and the place maybe 100 yards to east where the congestion on nice days finally clears out some. That stretch imo, is not good for ‘all ages & abilities biking’ simply because of widely varying speeds on the trail (from too fast to stopped completely) of both bicyclists and those on foot.

There’s long been talk/plans of putting in a double path / bypass thru this, but it’s definitely something I would want a neophyte ‘action’ person to be aware of the problem (as well as issues elsewhere on the map) and not just see ‘ok already existing trail, nothing is needed here’

But of course, that could very well be beyond the scope of what you’re trying to achieve here. (i.e. interacting with developer and county personnel, so NPS peeps might as well be on their own planet)

[Kolohe]

The absolute minimum is to take advantage of the fact that 3 corners of the Quincy/Washington Blvd intersection are public land, so it should be completely unnecessary for the bike lane to end right at that spot. Which is the case now.

[Kolohe]

It never ceases to amaze me, (though by now it shouldn’t) that there is no ‘safe’ crossing from the neighborhood to the MVT over the three and half mile stretch between the Wilson Bridge and Alexandria Avenue.

[Kolohe]

This just happened to me also at Quincy and Glebe in Ballston/Buckingham. I thought I could score an e bike, but the dock isn’t letting any bikes get checked out through either key fob or app, and the control screen is blank too

[Kolohe]

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[Kolohe]

Do you mean South Eads? (i.e. Crystal city area?) The answer is yes north of 23rd st (e.g. https://goo.gl/maps/YFYVtRGmV6S2), but not south of 23rd st (e.g. https://goo.gl/maps/mbkkqL8HXCv)

eta – the area around the new ART bus depot and the sewage plant is better with flex post barriers between the traffic lane and bike lane than the current street view snapshot suggests. But mainly (and maybe only) southbound.

[Kolohe]

Btw for future reference, the only way to get near the Kid’s run by bike was by taking the Columbia Island route and going over the bridge that crosses the boundary channel. Some friends taking bikes through the Boundary Channel Drive side were not allow to pass any further than I think where the crossroads is back near all the 395 ramps.

Plus, even at the Columbia island entrance. bikes were not allowed at all in the Virginia (i.e. Pentagon) side – people needed to store their bikes either on the bridge or back on the island. It also seemed like the powers that be could close off that entrance to the event at any time. (I was surprised how few people just parked in the lot and walked over to the event)

[Kolohe]

@GovernorSilver 123100 wrote:

Both are annoyances, considering there’s no way for any car to fit in there anyway.

Also, the drain does not work very well – I’m pretty sure the puddle I’ve seen there all of last week was from the previous week’s rainfall.

I’m going mildly defend the bollard as 1) there’s two stone walls right there so you have to slow anyway and 2) frequent heavy pedestrian traffic on a narrow sidewalk and erratic car traffic on Braddock means most people aren’t going to be able to go through that junction at speed -or even without stopping- anyway.

Plus the point of the current construction and the delay in final paving and striping is that they’re (re-) building the drainage ditch next to the path that someone either forgot to build or forgot to design.

[Kolohe]

Ok I was wondering with all the stakes up they were finally re-doing the path at the old on ramp. Looks like the case.

[Kolohe]

Oh ok. I misread what you said, sorry.

[Kolohe]

Parking won’t be free? Every casino I’ve ever been to in the US has huge-a, uh huge-acre parking garages with free parking.

[Kolohe]

@dkel 122083 wrote:

Some road crossings require a push of the beg button, which requires pulling up far enough to reach the button, which requires blocking the sidewalk. Poor design, I think. I try to pull up far enough to clear some sidewalk and yet not have my front wheel in the street.

And some (I’m looking at you Main Line Blvd & Potomac Ave) have the beg button on the opposite end of the corner curb curve from the street you are trying to cross.

[Kolohe]

@bentbike33 122063 wrote:

Interesting in that the developer of the new condo just poured a new concrete sidewalk connecting to the existing, and badly-in-need-of-resurfacing, existing asphalt trail. The bumped-out curve should improve sight angles at this intersection assuming the trees and bushes on the inside of the curve are not immediately replaced.

I would imagine one of the design criteria is to provide some space between the path and the trees, not only for visibility, but also for the health of the trees that are in a ‘preservation’ status.

[Kolohe]

North end of 15th Street cycle track used for Segway parking this morning.

[Kolohe]

There’s already a station for a long time now inside the fence line of the white house complex.

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