TAKE ACTION: Arlington Capital Improvement Plan Survey

@chris_s 175282 wrote:

TAKE THE SURVEY

It’s a quick survey. Please take it.

I would personally be fine with lumping the Hoffman Boston project in with other bike improvements if we could get sufficient funding to implement a low stress network in a reasonable time period. Then we could use a prioritization matrix to decide when it makes sense to build it (i.e. now).

@creadinger 175287 wrote:

Is there any benefit for non-Arlington resident to do the survey? Will they take the opinions of a lowly Alexandrian into account? Haha. Or more likely they may do the opposite.

It looks like the survey asks which neighborhood you live in but doesn’t appear to be a required answer. So my short answer is… yes. Highlight how much more money you will spend in Arlington if you can get there by bike. #BikesMeanBusiness

I’d also appreciate if you’d consider providing some comment about how nice it would be if Columbia Pike had dedicated bike/bus lanes.

@LhasaCM 175296 wrote:

You know – I was thinking yesterday while going east on Columbia Pike from Courthouse with the #kidical that it would be nice if there were a dedicated lane and I didn’t have to keep repeating silently in my head “please, driver, keep being patient behind us before you floor it to get on the freeway.” I imagine that would’ve made it a bit less stressful. I also imagine it would’ve been even more stressful during normal commuting hours (as opposed to post-lunch)

And yes – as a DC resident (I admitted it with my zip code) – I did respond to the survey making points along that line, and how improved safe infrastructure in general would encourage us to visit Arlington more often (and spend more money).

I frequently get to make a left into my complex when going uphill on Columbia Pike and play the game where a car will hug my fender and wait to start passing me only after I’ve signaled that I’m changing lanes. A dedicated bus/bike lane would fix that pretty well for me.