Good News on Infrastructure thread

[CaseyKane50]

@acl 85807 wrote:

oh, like anyone pays attention to those silly things anyway. :rolleyes:

You are right, you can tell from the photo below that some cyclists were trying to create new markings.

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[dasgeh]

@CaseyKane50 85805 wrote:

Lane markings On the Mount Vernon Trail have been repainted from the Washington Sailing Marina to at least the Crystal City connector.

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Good thing they were doing the most needed maintenance on the MVT

[Greenbelt]

Bike lane markings at Route 197 and Powder Mill Road in Bowie.

This might not look like much, and it isn’t, but it represents a big change for Maryland SHA to put bike symbol paint on the road. They prefer to build superspeedways with super wide lanes and ramps, and then plant a share the road sign alongside.

[brendan]

No pictures, but I’m happy at the work being done to get the M St. Cycle Track put into place on M St. West of 18th St. NW. That said, I’m going to be extra super duper glad when all of the crazy unrelated construction and road work is over in that corridor…it’s been a rather…interesting…ride for the past couple of months.

Also, I’ll be glad when/if they make it clear the new cycle track isn’t extra parking.

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[CaseyKane50]

@cyclingfool 83484 wrote:

Didn’t stop to take pictures, but they were working on resurfacing Commonwealth Avenue in Alexandria this AM between Monroe Ave and Braddock. This stretch was bad to begin with, but had become exceptionally torn up/potholed over the winter. Given that it’s an important N-S bike route in Alexandria, the resurfacing alone will be a huge improvement, and while I’m not aware of any plans to do anything else, converting some of the areas w/ sharrows to full-on bike lanes would be a nice add-on to the project.

This project appears to be complete with the addition of the line striping and sharrows.

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[chris_s]

All three of Arlington’s FY15 Transportation Alternatives Grants were funded.

$400,000 to construct the Four Mile Run / Potomac Yard trail connection. (They had previously gotten a grant for design) Once the $100,000 local match is factored in, this is, in theory, fully funded.

$400,000 for Safe Routes to School improvements around Ashlawn Elementary School and McKinley Middle School, which may include a trail connection from the Four Mile Run Trail to Manchester Street near Ashlawn.

$200,000 for ADA upgrades in the Rosslyn / Ballston Corridor. Improved curb ramps are certainly helpful for us cyclists as well.

More about the funding.
More about Arlington’s Applications.

[chris_s]

Also given that some crazy high percentage of requests were funded (like more than 90%) and all of Arlington’s requests ranked very highly, I think Arlington should request more in the future…

[dasgeh]

@chris_s 86133 wrote:

$400,000 for Safe Routes to School improvements around Ashlawn Elementary School and McKinley Middle School, which may include a trail connection from the Four Mile Run Trail to Manchester Street near Ashlawn.

Hooray! It would be awesome if they connected Manchester to Manchester with a trail down there, and connected that to FMR.

[brendan]

Yay!

“Montgomery Co. Council Funds Snow Plowing for Capital Crescent Trail”:

http://www.waba.org/blog/2014/05/montgomery-co-council-funds-snow-plowing-for-capital-crescent-trail/

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[Subby]

I tweeted this earlier but starting next spring they are repaving Beach Dr. from the Zoo up to Maryland.

http://www.thewashcycle.com/2014/05/nps-will-update-the-1990-dc-paved-trails-plan.html

[lordofthemark]

Construction/repair to start in June on trail into Tysons.

http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/2014/05/construction-begins-on-ashgrove-lane.html

Maybe it will be done before the Silver Line opens?

[lordofthemark]

This seems like a good day for an update

M street cycle track complete (I think)
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?7071-M-Street-NW-Cycletrack-(Partially-Complete)-Impressions

And first Street NE cycle track

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?7070-First-Street-NE-Cycletrack-Impressions

another attempt to fix the Pennsylvania Avenue track

http://www.thewashcycle.com/2014/07/ddot-removing-zebras-to-install-park-its-the-length-of-penn-ave.html

multiple things at earlier states in DC, including work on the Oxen Run trail, repaving on suitland parkway trail, the MBT gap filling moving forward, and the start of a procurement on a project for a new north south cycle track in the eastern end of downtown (I really shouldn’t include that as its likely to face contoversy, but I wanted to note it anyway)

http://www.thewashcycle.com/2014/07/met-branch-trail-and-other-ddot-progress.html

[lordofthemark]

15th street cycle track to be extended to Euclid in 2015 (note this is the extension that generated the idea for the bike escalator that created the post that provoked the screed that everyone is upset over)

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/23412/the-15th-street-cycletrack-will-soon-continue-up-the-hill-to-columbia-heights/

Extensions to fill in the 1st NE cycle track

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/23088/next-up-for-noma-bicycling-fill-in-the-gaps/

For what it’s worth, a shared use path next to rte 123 at I495.

http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/2014/06/vdot-public-meeting-on-i-495-pedbike.html

two more funded projects in FFX (not the items to be included in the bond issue, IIUC)
Cinderbed bikeway to connect Ft Belvoir and the FS metro station, another gap filled in on the south end of the GCCCT,

http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/2014/06/transportation-alternatives-projects-in.html

[n18]

By 2020, Columbia Pike would have its own streetcar from Skyline in Fairfax to Pentagon City in Arlington. More details are here:

http://www.arlnow.com/2014/07/11/virginia-kicks-in-addl-65-million-for-pike-streetcar/

[lordofthemark]

@n18 90101 wrote:

By 2020, Columbia Pike would have its own streetcar from Skyline in Fairfax to Pentagon City in Arlington. More details are here:

http://www.arlnow.com/2014/07/11/virginia-kicks-in-addl-65-million-for-pike-streetcar/

“I would like to start this as a list of all new infra (or major rehabs) that support bicycling in the area – bike lanes, cycle tracks, MUT’s, bike boulevards, wide lanes, etc, etc.”

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