M Street NW Cycletrack Plan

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  • February 16, 2013 at 5:36 pm #962743
    arlrider
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    I actually have mixed feelings about the cycletrack being on the right side of the road on M. I ride M from 19th to the Key Bridge each day and in the section of 19-28 I would definitely say that I see more road blockage on the right lanes than on the left. The chief culprit being the Fairmont Hotel on the Juniper side; in the summer there will be 2 or 3 “Yankee” branded buses idling there all afternoon including rush hour. Sometimes I’ve even seen FedEx or USPS come along and park left of those, taking M down by two lanes! Don’t see as much blockage on the left. Also, after coming over the bridge past 28, the turn onto 29 is a big popular right-hand turn with a lot of cars, but most bikes aren’t turning right. So between 28 and 29 the majority of bikes would have to move over a lane; if the track was on the left this wouldn’t be needed.

    February 18, 2013 at 11:33 pm #962822
    jrenaut
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    So this stops at 28th, is that right? So it doesn’t help the connection to the bridge? I don’t ride this much, but the part of this I really want is the connection to VA. M through Georgetown is so backed up it’s pretty safe to take a lane and wait with the cars. And M though downtown is wide enough that I haven’t had a problem there, but as I said I don’t use it often.

    February 19, 2013 at 12:50 am #962811
    UrbanEngineer
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    Seems over complicated. A buffer of parked cars right before a mixing zone. Not so sure I like that. It would be safer to have a designated turn arrow for the road users and have the cyclists follow the pedestrian signals as they do on the 15th street cycletrack and remove the mixing zones.

    Also not a fan of how the parking is shown. That’s a lot of road being designated for parked cars. Why not have the lane be a travel lane with on-street parking during specified hours?

    Why not just have 3 lanes on the road and a buffered track on the right side separated by a curb?

    February 19, 2013 at 2:38 pm #962831
    dasgeh
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    I’d just like to reiterate my dream of making M one-way Eastbound from 34th, and route Westbound traffic on N (then down 34th onto M for a block to the bridge, or continuing West). An Eastbound-only M would allow much wider sidewalks, and a two way cycletrack, which could split at Pennsylvania and connect logically to L Street (or continue on M across Rock Creek to 24th…)

    It’s probably a pipe dream, since it would increase traffic on small streets in Georgetown (28th, N — 34th is already pretty packed). But you see this kind of traffic pattern in Europe, and there are ways to make it bearable (mostly with light timing).

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