@eminva 5844 wrote:
Fairfax and North Wakefield — this is the intersection between Glebe and the path to the Custis Trail. When I’m coming west, the bike lane ends and I’m never sure if I’m supposed to stay in the street (mixing it up with cars about to enter an interstate) or move onto the “sidewalk.” I use the term loosely because the condition of the sidewalk is terrible (for that matter, so is the pavement in the street), the curb cuts are in the wrong place and there are cars coming and going from all directions. Like Lynn Street, I fear for my life. I often wonder what it would be like in a wheelchair.
Came through there yesterday, had two ladies standing on the corner in the middle of the sidewalk ramp. Absolutely refused to move for me.
My worst? Coming off M Street onto the Key bridge headed toward Rosslyn. You not only are mixing it up with the cars which by that point are sensing freedom from the gridlock on M, but you’re trying to get across the right hand merge land on the other side to get up on the bridge.
@Mark Blacknell 6004 wrote:
The County is well aware of cyclists’ dissatisfaction with the Wakefield/Custis branch intersection. My preferred permanent solution is to cut the sidewalk back at that point (so the bike lane can continue straight through). My preferred interim solution is to get rid of the bike lane entirely (from Glebe), replacing it with sharrows.
I have less issue with trying to get up on the trail than I do with cars trying to get into and out of the school just before there. Between blocking the street or the sidewalk it’s not a happy place getting forced into a lane, then trying to navigate the access to the trail.
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