"Green" Bike Lanes In Arlington.
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August 30, 2012 at 12:46 pm #949977
vvill
ParticipantNice! I think this is a great improvement.
August 30, 2012 at 12:49 pm #949978Mark Blacknell
ParticipantLooking forward to checking them out.
A long long time ago, Arlington County did a test on multiple bike lane colors (next to W-L high school). Green, blue, and red, iirc. Only took us 10+ years to act on the results!
Heh.
But seriously, I hope the next location list involves Fairfax Dr. & Wakefield.
August 30, 2012 at 12:58 pm #949980Dickie
ParticipantI can’t wait to roll on those green lanes, sort of like our version of the red carpet….. without the awards, cameras, tuxedos, celebrities, swag, police escorts, and screaming fans…. OK, so nothing like the red carpet!
August 30, 2012 at 1:06 pm #949982Participant@Dickie 29747 wrote:
OK, so nothing like the red carpet!
Oh, I dunno. I find carrying a superior sense of self-entitlement does an excellent job of recreating the experience all on its own!
August 30, 2012 at 1:08 pm #949983bobco85
ParticipantI’ve seen a “fake bike lane” at the intersection of Fairfax Dr and Glebe Rd. There are yellow spray painted dashed lines that “connect” the bike lane on either side of the intersection heading eastbound. I follow them as guidelines whenever crossing that intersection, and it seems that vehicles do, too. Perhaps (hopefully) it will be a future green bike lane?
August 30, 2012 at 1:17 pm #949987Dirt
ParticipantThose bike lanes look creamy. What do they taste like? I’ll let y’all know tomorrow.
August 30, 2012 at 1:23 pm #949989Participant@Dickie 29747 wrote:
I can’t wait to roll on those green lanes, sort of like our version of the red carpet….. without the awards, cameras, tuxedos, celebrities, swag, police escorts, and screaming fans…. OK, so nothing like the red carpet!
Do the Freshbikes ride! It goes on those parts of Military, and you get a police escort, as well as occasional screaming.
August 30, 2012 at 1:30 pm #949991Certifried
ParticipantReally happy to read they keep the same friction as pavement. If I had seen that green “paint” in a bike lane, I would’ve probably gone around it. Paint in the road causes bulges to appear in the seat of my lycra shorts.
August 30, 2012 at 1:38 pm #949996TwoWheelsDC
Participant@Certifried 29759 wrote:
Really happy to read they keep the same friction as pavement. If I had seen that green “paint” in a bike lane, I would’ve probably gone around it. Paint in the road causes bulges to appear in the seat of my lycra shorts.
I was worried about this too, until I rode in Vancouver, where they have tons of green lanes (I did a write up of it, with lots of pics, here), and I was very happy to learn that don’t really affect the road surface at all. I was kind of expecting it to be more like the paint they use for crosswalks or turn lane markings.
August 30, 2012 at 2:11 pm #950007dasgeh
ParticipantThese are AWESOME!
While I agree that first priority should be places where the bike lanes move in confusing ways. What’s the second priority? Seems like it should be high volume roads — e.g. the rest of Wilson/Clarendon, Fairfax, Lee Hwy (every day I take Lee, I have at least one driver say “Oh, I didn’t see you there” — in the bike lane with plenty of reflective stuff, on beautiful sunny mornings. UGH.
August 30, 2012 at 2:46 pm #950014KLizotte
ParticipantHow are the contractors painting the lanes when they come to a T stop intersection? Generally cars are supposed to merge with the bike lane if they are making a right turn so am curious if this will confuse the issue.
Anyway, I’m thrilled the County is moving forward on this. If only there were money to paint all the lanes green……(would probably only cost the equivalent of one military supply plane – just sayin’).
August 30, 2012 at 2:58 pm #950020pfunkallstar
ParticipantCan they hose down the TR boardwalk with this stuff – just apply liberally, wash, rinse, repeat.
August 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm #950052Tim Kelley
Participant@KLizotte 29782 wrote:
How are the contractors painting the lanes when they come to a T stop intersection? Generally cars are supposed to merge with the bike lane if they are making a right turn so am curious if this will confuse the issue.
Anyway, I’m thrilled the County is moving forward on this. If only there were money to paint all the lanes green……(would probably only cost the equivalent of one military supply plane – just sayin’).
Some info:
“Cars can still cross the lanes when they have to, such as to enter a right turn lane across a bike lane. The green is intended to reinforce drivers’ awareness of cyclists and of bike lanes, but it doesn’t prohibit normal and lawful maneuvers such as crossing a bike lane or turning from the right-most lane on the road. At this point there are no installations planned at T-intersections (where one road ends at another road) but we may come to that in the future. We’ve not yet decided how we would handle it.
We would also be thrilled to paint every lane in the county green. The coating isn’t cheap though (an understatement). If you like it, tell a board member next time you see them. More public support gives us more money to be able to do things like this.”
August 30, 2012 at 5:37 pm #950060thucydides
ParticipantGreen lanes are wonderful as long as they have the right kind of texture. I’ve been on lanes elsewhere that got slicker than snot in the rain.
August 31, 2012 at 2:14 am #950099PeteD
ParticipantWould be interesting to see someone on a sage green Linus bike to contrast the colors.
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