Cyclist Collision on 8th St NE close to Irving, (Brookland, DC), 1/30/23

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  • January 30, 2023 at 2:36 pm #922870
    elbows
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    Came up the ambulance activity of a cyclist-involved collision this morning around 8:15 a.m. Saw an injured cyclist and a bicycle with a bent front tire. There were 2 ambulances and I’m not sure who all was involved.

    Obviously, 8th St NE is a dangerous combination of a heavily used bicycle route that was routed onto the road, several school zones, some very aggressive drivers, and a heavy equipment rental facility.

    Hope the cyclist is ok.

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  • January 30, 2023 at 3:04 pm #1124367
    mstone
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    @elbows 223468 wrote:

    several school zones

    parents dropping kids at school are the absolute worst drivers in my experience

    January 30, 2023 at 9:56 pm #1124377
    LhasaCM
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    @mstone 223469 wrote:

    parents dropping kids at school are the absolute worst drivers in my experience

    And this stretch is extra chaotic because you have, in addition to the school at Hamlin near this morning’s crash, a total of 4 schools around the curve where Edgewood becomes 8th just south of Franklin. Plus the mess that is Sunbelt. That chaos and the need for a safer route to school is one of the main reasons why DDOT proposed a one-way configuration in the first place, irrespective of the long overdue cycletrack.

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