First Street NE Cycletrack – Impressions

I rode it 3 times this week, along wtih the counterfllow bike lanes on G and I Streets. I like the First Street Cycletrack a lot. It is unfortunate that they haven’t been able to resolve the Union Station Loading Zone at the south end of the track. Basically makes it so that the cycletrack dumps you into traffic or onto the sidewalk as you get to the hill at Union Station.

I’ll also add that the intersection with Mass Ave is rather odd. If you turn left onto the Mass Ave Bike Lane that goes around the circle at Union Station, You’re technically past the red light. You’ve got a red light, but you’re 10 feet past it, so you can’t see it. The only other alternative is to ride on the very busy sidewalk.

The cycletrack is an AWESOME addition to the area. It is a great connector to NOMA and eventually will give easier access to the Met Branch Trail. As with most projects, it is a great start and will help make completion of the project a lot easier. “We’ve already got this great cycletrack. Let’s just finish the last 100 yards.”

@skins_brew 86665 wrote:

Yea that loading zone is a cluster F. Even if they extended the cycle track all the way up to Mass Ave, there is a crap ton of pedestrians right there who would be cutting across.

there’s a lack of signage to keep peds from cutting in front of any traffic and the ped/bike island is interpretted to be a ped free-for-all.

no on-street parking and one-way (southbound) traffic only would be a start to clean up 1st St. NE @ the Metro entrance and delivery/service tunnel. honestly, that is the worst/most dangerous 200 yards of my commute…

BTT…

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/23088/next-up-for-noma-bicycling-fill-in-the-gaps/

No more Charlie Foxtrot near Union Station?

Cycletrack is proving popular. Now if only we could get a continuation on Louisiana Ave.
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