Proposed DDOT rules: safe accomodation for pedestrians, cyclists at work zones

That’s more than vdot does for its own projects. (Currently pissed about the Stringfellow road project, where they took out all of the crosswalks and most of the sidewalks for a mile, on a road with three schools. At least they put bags over the crosswalk signals to limit their own liability.)

This is a great start, and covers most of the main concerns we’ve seen over the last few years. I especially appreciate that they recognize that moving vehicles have to be a higher priority than parked ones.

I’m a little concerned about how this will scale as bike facilities expand from the ~50 miles we have to the hundreds we have our sights set on. Will these rules work in 2023, 2033? Will they work for trails and completely segregated bike facilities? There do seem to be an awful lot of weasel-words that might be challenging for DDOT to enforce, and I’m not exactly thrilled that it broadly incorporates the ADA instead of specifically talking about acceptable surface treatments for temporary accommodations and navigability.