Falls Church CaBi?

[elbows]

Hi. As a new user of CaBi, I’m realizing how helpful it would be if CaBi were in Falls Church. Just curious what the status of the discussion was there or if it had been discussed at all. Thanks.

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[Rockford10]

@Phatboing 80126 wrote:

Seven Corners – it’s just that it’s the Worst Thing Ever, and I wanted to complain.

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[PeteD]

@Phatboing 80126 wrote:

I don’t really expect FC to do anything about Seven Corners – it’s just that it’s the Worst Thing Ever, and I wanted to complain.

If Gaiman and Goodkind hadn’t described the the route of the Apocalypse as the M25 around London, I’d believe that 7 Corners would be that route.

–Pete

[Boo Boo]

7 Corners from FC:

Take Hilltop or Broad to Cherry – cross 50 at the light on Cherry.
Take the 50 access road up to the Shell station, then loop to the right around the Shell onto South Street
First left on Cedarwood
First left on Spring Terrace
2nd Right (T-intersection) on Aspen
Left on Sleepy Hollow
Right on Nicholson
Left on Castle
Castle takes you to the light on 7 with the Sunoco on one side and the Suntrust on the other side.

I’ve done this route dozens of times – it avoids the entire carmageddon mess and drops you right into the shopping center with DFH and Bangkok Golden.

[PotomacCyclist]

There is hope for improvement, and a more walkable, bikeable Seven Corners with better transit, by… 2055.

By that time, we will have hovercars and hoverbikes anyway.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2015/02/there-is-a-vision-to-untangle-and-redevelop-seven.html?page=all

There is a vision to untangle and redevelop Seven Corners
Feb 4, 2015, 7:57pm EST

[americancyclo]

lots of chatter this week in Falls Church News Press about the development of Routes 7 and 29 (Broad and Washington Streets):

in it mentioned

For the second tier longer term, the Chamber listed “continuing to investigate a redesign of a public park on a small City-owned parcel in the middle of the north side of the 100 block of W. Broad “without losing and perhaps expanding access to public parking from Broad Street and developing Bikeshare options.”

[lordofthemark]

@Rockford10 80123 wrote:

– I have not had a problem getting anywhere I wanted to go via bike in Falls Church CITY. I simply cross Broad street and then ride on Park to get where I need to go. The crosses over Broad Street are pretty good; sometimes I take West Street, which isn’t great, but Virginia Ave. is super easy and is my main route through town.

I was in C of FC yesterday, taking my bike back to the best bike shop in the region for some minor repairs, but I forgot to check when they opened and got there way too early, so I rode around “The Little City” to pick up some more FS points.

I am not the most strong fearless rider around, and yet my sense is that Park worked just fine. The situation with Broad is not really comparable to King west of the metro station – the parallel route is much, much better in FC. It is more comparable to King in Old Town, except Park in FC was generally quieter and more comfortable than Cameron in Alexandria.

It maybe though that Park could be given more explicit bike boulevard treatment beyond just painted sharrows and hte absence of a center line.

[elbows]

Anyone know when we might expect movement on bikeshare in Falls Church? I want to buy a yoga package there and bikeshare would make it a lot easier.

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/31014/falls-church-hopes-to-add-capital-bikeshare-in-2017/

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