Federal Workers Urged to Telework Wednesday

[Dirt]

We should go for a bike ride!

[Mikey]

My Command said, just give yourself extra time to get in, you are expected at work.

[creadinger]

@Mikey 62330 wrote:

My Command said, just give yourself extra time to get in, you are expected at work.

Yeah, same here. I had no issues driving through DC on 395 this morning. Less traffic than usual, although there were a few more exceptionally slow people on the highway (tourists maybe?), which tends to draw out aggressive tendencies amongst the type-A apple nuts who were going to work.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Well, the only place I noticed backups was Key Bridge and the Lee/Lynn offramp from 66. Bike commuters also were conspicuously absent…I only came across one other person headed EB on the Custis, and maybe just a handful of other bikes once I got into the city.

[consularrider]

@TwoWheelsDC 62340 wrote:

Well, the only place I noticed backups was Key Bridge and the Lee/Lynn offramp from 66. Bike commuters also were conspicuously absent…I only came across one other person headed EB on the Custis, and maybe just a handful of other bikes once I got into the city.

Well, the threat of rain does discourage some riders. Although between 6:30 and 7:00 am there were lots of riders and runners on the W&OD from EFC to Shirlington.

I have a feeling there were lots of drivers that didn’t get the word that Memorial Bridge would be closed this morning. Riding along the MVT there was a back up on the GW Pkwy from the Humpback Bridge. Those that took the route that stayed close to the river were moving along with no backup from the split, those that headed towards Memorial Circle were stop and go.

[DaveK]

Turns out that “Memorial Bridge is closed” means closed to cyclists too. That was an annoying detour. And not one cop could tell me for sure until I actually got up to the bridge that it was closed.

[americancyclo]

@DaveK 62342 wrote:

Turns out that “Memorial Bridge is closed” means closed to cyclists too. That was an annoying detour. And not one cop could tell me for sure until I actually got up to the bridge that it was closed.

Boo. Glad I didn’t go that way to check it out though…

[dasgeh]

@DaveK 62342 wrote:

Turns out that “Memorial Bridge is closed” means closed to cyclists too. That was an annoying detour. And not one cop could tell me for sure until I actually got up to the bridge that it was closed.

Double Boo. How did you end up going? I was hoping I could see something and report in, but alas, I couldn’t tell from here and didn’t have time to check.

[Steve]

@DaveK 62342 wrote:

Turns out that “Memorial Bridge is closed” means closed to cyclists too. That was an annoying detour. And not one cop could tell me for sure until I actually got up to the bridge that it was closed.

In defense of NPS, the official press release did state, “Road closures will include pedestrian closures at each closure site.” While that is not completely clear, it seems like a decent attempt. They also noted that bicycles were on the prohibited item list for entering the event area.

Odd though that nobody could answer that for you. I came up the 110 trail and was surprised to see police barricades so far west on the bridge (I thought it would just be blocked east of the circle. I had to scoot around a barricade in the sidewalk and stopped to ask if I could ride the sidewalk up to MVT and he said yes, but that I couldn’t cross the bridge when I got up to it. I guess like any event it just depends on who you ask if they know the rules or not.

Edit: You go from DC to Arlington, don’t you? I guess maybe that’s why we got different answers, as we approach from different sides.

[Arlingtonrider]

Easy ride in today via 14th Street bridge.

[jrenaut]

Here at one large federal agency, where I’m working in the morning before going to work at the bar (I was serious about that), I just had to scoot back my chair and wave my arms to get the motion-activated lights to come back on.

[Steve]

@jrenaut 62363 wrote:

Here at one large federal agency, where I’m working in the morning before going to work at the bar (I was serious about that), I just had to scoot back my chair and wave my arms to get the motion-activated lights to come back on.

Hahaha. This made my day. This used to happen to me all the time when I shared an office with one other person, but a cube wall blocked the sensor from my desk area. On days when my office mate was out, this would happen a decent amount. There is nothing that reminded me of how sad and sedentary office life is more than the lights turning out because I hadn’t moved.

[dbb]

@jrenaut 62363 wrote:

Here at one large federal agency, where I’m working in the morning before going to work at the bar (I was serious about that), I just had to scoot back my chair and wave my arms to get the motion-activated lights to come back on.

Two words: helium balloons

[DaveK]

@Steve 62349 wrote:

Edit: You go from DC to Arlington, don’t you? I guess maybe that’s why we got different answers, as we approach from different sides.

I do, and the people I asked were DDOT traffic control staff, not cops. The cops were the ones who told me when I got to the bridge that I couldn’t cross.

I ended up backtracking down Independence to 14th St Bridge and the MVT.

/edit – I usually leave my commute riding set to private, because BORING, but this is what it looked like today – http://www.strava.com/activities/78190475

[consularrider]

@DaveK 62381 wrote:

I do, and the people I asked were DDOT traffic control staff, not cops. The cops were the ones who told me when I got to the bridge that I couldn’t cross.

I ended up backtracking down Independence to 14th St Bridge and the MVT.

/edit – I usually leave my commute riding set to private, because BORING, but this is what it looked like today – http://www.strava.com/activities/78190475

Nothing wrong with a little extra milage! Hopefully that wasn’t during this morning’s shower.

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