GW Parkway Crossing now with LIGHTS – sorta

[oldbikechick]

Yay for the lights. I crossed there this morning for the first time in over a year. After seeing someone get clobbered by a car right in front of me at that crossing, I have been riding an extra 1/2 mile to cross at the 14th st bridge instead. They were still installing the lights this morning, but that was enough to get the attention of drivers. I’m looking forward to having the option of riding down the mall again. I saw the lights in action on the way home and they look great! Very bright and flashy.

[dbb]

As you use the crosswalk, capture your observations so you can share the wonderfulness (OK, I am presupposing the outcome here) with the NPS during the comment period for the effort. Personal experiences and observations would likely resonate with the reviewers.

[consularrider]

There was a black NPS suv parked on the grass about 100 feet or so before the crosswalk at 5:15 this evening. Both sides of the road now have the blinkers, but I didn’t see runner or cyclist use the crosswalk as I went by,

[oldbikechick]

@dbb 70972 wrote:

As you use the crosswalk, capture your observations so you can share the wonderfulness (OK, I am presupposing the outcome here) with the NPS during the comment period for the effort. Personal experiences and observations would likely resonate with the reviewers.

I’d be happy to submit comments. Do you know how we can do that?

Thanks!

[dbb]

@oldbikechick 70979 wrote:

I’d be happy to submit comments. Do you know how we can do that?

Thanks!

You can submit your comments at this site

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document…cumentID=56190

Operators are standing by!

[consularrider]

Two NPS suvs were there at 7:50 this morning and there was an NPS employee in safety vest on either side of the crosswalk. Looked like one was explaining something to a pedestrian on the riverside and he actived the warning lights as a cyclist came up to cross.

[pfunkallstar]

So these lights appear to be manually operated and there is only a button on the west side of the Parkway – why not two buttons? To the comments!

[KLizotte]

@dbb 70981 wrote:

You can submit your comments at this site

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document…cumentID=56190

Operators are standing by!

This appears to be a bad link??

[dbb]

While it worked for me, the actual link/site was buried pretty deep.

Try this:

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsOpenForReview.cfm?parkID=186&projectID=44615

[oldbikechick]

@pfunkallstar 71117 wrote:

So these lights appear to be manually operated and there is only a button on the west side of the Parkway – why not two buttons? To the comments!

There are buttons on both sides. A very nice man in a safety vest pushed it for me this morning going west and when I came across the other way on the way home tonight, I used the button on the other side. Worked pretty well!

[dbb]

@oldbikechick 71135 wrote:

There are buttons on both sides. A very nice man in a safety vest pushed it for me this morning going west and when I came across the other way on the way home tonight, I used the button on the other side. Worked pretty well!

A light valet? Sweet!

[CPTJohnC]

I’m glad they’re upgrading this crossing, as I use it frequently. Do we imagine that it will reduce the number of people crossing further down towards the actual bridge, at the ‘informal’ crossing site? It makes me cringe everytime I see a runner or cyclist trotting down the hill and crossing where there’s no proper crossing. (and I laugh every year when the Park Service starts putting up temporary fencing to prevent it. The section of fence ‘preventing’ the informal crossing is almost always AWOL the next time I ride by, usually that same evening.

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