Arlington CaBi expansion, Part 2 (or is it Part 3?)

[PotomacCyclist]

Arlington has already added 4 stations in the Rosslyn and Court House areas. Additional stations are scheduled to be installed in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor this fall and winter. Now there is news that 24 more stations could be on the way. These stations would be added throughout the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, Pentagon City and Crystal City.

Perhaps some of the stations could be added closer to Columbia Pike to ease bike trips between Pentagon City and Clarendon or Court House. Or some stations could be added in the Arlington part of Potomac Yard, to assist with Crystal City-Old Town trips next summer. The new Arlington stations would be installed by next summer.

http://www.thewashcycle.com/2011/10/alexandria-votes-to-join-capital-bikeshare-arlington-to-recieve-funds-for-their-expansion.html

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[dasgeh]

@KLizotte 18952 wrote:

If CaBi is going to be installed at the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials then NPS is going to have get serious and cracking about fixing the biking infrastructure and signage at those two locations. I dread to think of what will occur if we start seeing 500+ CaBis at a time descending on those areas this summer.

WRT the Lincoln, just imagine how many tourists are going to try to get from the MVT from the North Memorial Bridge crossing if there’s no signage about how bikes should get down there!

[KLizotte]

@dasgeh 18996 wrote:

WRT the Lincoln, just imagine how many tourists are going to try to get from the MVT from the North Memorial Bridge crossing if there’s no signage about how bikes should get down there!

Exactly.

[dbb]

Maybe that might provide the stimulus for the NPS to address the crosswalks across the GWMP!

[brendan]

@eminva 18983 wrote:

Welcome to commuting on the Key Bridge . . . :p

Liz

Heh, a couple of weeks back, a friend and I witnessed a pod of three CaBi bikes turning left from M St. onto the Key Bridge into VA. In the right traffic lane. I believe it’s a perfectly *legal* option, but I generally avoid doing so unless I’m on my road bike. On a good day. A lesson learned after the time I spaced out while riding the cargo bike and ended up in the left traffic lane heading into VA, pedaling my little heart out and being passed at highway speed by irate motorists in the right lane (giving me no option except to stay in my lane and pedal hard until I reached salvation on the VA side or died trying).

Brendan

[brendan]

@dasgeh 18996 wrote:

WRT the Lincoln, just imagine how many tourists are going to try to get from the MVT from the North Memorial Bridge crossing if there’s no signage about how bikes should get down there!

Speaking of which, I wonder if they delay on fixing the very very wide sidewalks and getting rid of those awful ramps on the Memorial Bridge is to make sure we don’t get our expectations set too high about the width and congestion of the other Potomac crossing options…

Brendan

[PotomacCyclist]

More info on the Reflecting Pool and National Mall renovations:

http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool.htm

http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/construction-projects.htm

The improvements to the sidewalks and trails will mostly assist cyclists traveling between the Lincoln and WWII Memorials.

[PotomacCyclist]

The Jefferson Memorial station was installed today.

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