March 2019 – Road and Trail Conditions
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March 1, 2019 at 1:49 pm #1096238
Brandon
ParticipantW&OD from Vienna to the Custis was fine, a lot of areas had a light layer of snow that made for some slow going. The pedestrian bridge over route 7 was a little dicey. My commute from Vienna to Le’Enfant Plaza via W&OD, Custis, to MVT was about 2-3 mph slower than normal.
March 1, 2019 at 2:39 pm #1096242
LhasaCMParticipantMBT between Franklin and M was mostly clear; there were occasional icy “strips” along various cracks in the pavement, and a small slushy patch just north of the NY Ave. bridge, but nothing too different from when it just rains.
March 4, 2019 at 7:02 pm #1096395Hancockbs
ParticipantRCPT ‘temporary’ crowd control barriers at Kennedy Center were laying in the path today, effectively blocking the half nearest the river. Hopefully they got picked up at some point!
March 6, 2019 at 12:24 am #1096458TwoWheelsDC
ParticipantThe RCP trail in front of KenCen has been detoured up to Rock Creek Parkway, with concrete barriers separating the trail from traffic, similar to the Custis detour from a while back…no more Covered Walkway From Hell!
March 6, 2019 at 12:59 am #1096459DismalScientist
ParticipantHave fun with the frozen puddle on the curve of the WOD at Carlin Spring tomorrow morning.
March 7, 2019 at 2:39 pm #1096507
bentbike33Participant@TwoWheelsDC 188296 wrote:
The RCP trail in front of KenCen has been detoured up to Rock Creek Parkway, with concrete barriers separating the trail from traffic, similar to the Custis detour from a while back…no more Covered Walkway From Hell!
Went up that way on the evening commute yesterday and found the temporary cycletrack to be awesome. It should be made permanent and extended in both directions.
March 11, 2019 at 6:35 am #1096640consularrider
ParticipantOf course the day after I take the studs off the Pugsley we get snow (flurries, more at Großer Feldberg).
March 14, 2019 at 4:46 pm #1096860DrP
ParticipantTuesday night I noticed that the PBL north on Quincy at Wilson was now painted green where the right turn lane comes in. I was very happy to see that. I think the cars would see that better.
I would love to see the green paint on the next block where the cars all park to run into the ABC store and Subway.
March 15, 2019 at 6:00 pm #1096915dasgeh
Participant@DrP 188730 wrote:
I would love to see the green paint on the next block where the cars all park to run into the ABC store and Subway.
I would recommend an email to des-teo@arlingtonva.us
March 26, 2019 at 1:31 pm #1097313semperiden
ParticipantFYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.
They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.
March 26, 2019 at 4:17 pm #1096985NickBull
Participant@semperiden 189213 wrote:
FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.
They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.
Yup, I went down on that f’ing speed bump.
March 26, 2019 at 6:05 pm #1097247Participant@NickBull 189220 wrote:
Yup, I went down on that f’ing speed bump.
Ugh. Sorry to hear. I figured it wouldn’t take long before it would cause people to fall. My skinny tires did not approve even though I almost came to a complete stop before it.
March 26, 2019 at 6:09 pm #1097248bentbike33Participant@NickBull 189220 wrote:
Yup, I went down on that f’ing speed bump.
Hmm… Sounds like a good day to go north on the DC side and cross the TR Bridge.
Maybe they wouldn’t need such an apparatus if the fence did not come up the the very edge of the trail creating a blind entry point from the work area enclosure.
March 27, 2019 at 12:33 pm #1097324Participant@semperiden 189213 wrote:
FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.
They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.
As of about 7:30am today there were no speed bumps. The barriers were still there and a sign warning of bumps, but no bumps. Are they only in during the day or when they are doing something in particular, I wonder? Did they take them down after a few falls occurred? Curious to know.
March 28, 2019 at 9:28 pm #1097374Participant@semperiden 189213 wrote:
FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.
They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]19877[/ATTACH] Did those speed bumps look something like this? It’s protecting an electrical cable conduit and for the past couple months the sides of the trail were fenced in. Notice how now riders just go around it and ride over the conduit in the grass. This is next to the BMW/Mini dealer in Nieder-Eschbach and across from where a new Tankstelle is being built.
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