Infrastructure Repairs in Arlington

[dasgeh]

So I’ll start:

Curb cut needed: N Meade St, east side, just south of 14th St N — right now the trail from the Iwo Jima puts cyclists onto a narrow sidewalk, which is often filled with pedestrians. The nearest curb cut is 25 yards (?) North, at a spot where cars are often accelerating to get onto the ramp to US50E. There should be a curb cut right where the trail joins the sidewalk, allowing cyclists to get directly on the street at the safer location. URL=”https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.890053%2C-77.071432&cbp=%2C99.97%2C%2C1%2C10.470001&layer=c&panoid=28gsvRs0zw7Ut4RHm1ogKg&spn=0.18000000000000788%2C0.30000000000000676&output=classic&cbll=38.890053%2C-77.071432″%5DPicture of where the new curb cut should be[/URL URL=”https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.890053%2C-77.071432&cbp=%2C99.97%2C%2C1%2C10.470001&layer=c&panoid=28gsvRs0zw7Ut4RHm1ogKg&spn=0.18000000000000788%2C0.30000000000000676&output=classic&cbll=38.890053%2C-77.071432″%5DPicture of where the curb cut is[/URL

Curb cut needed: S Joyce St, east side, just north of Army Navy Drive — there’s a beautiful new “path” that is nearly impossible for a bike to get onto from the Joyce St bike lanes. A curb cut is needed north of the slip lane so a cyclist can continue straight through the intersection, and safely and easily get up onto the path. URL=”https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-77.062688!3d38.866108!2m2!1f51.74!2f68.31!4f75!2m9!1e1!2m4!1stb7n1Wt_asokcKCL5pz-Zg!2e0!9m1!6sSouth+Joyce+Street!5m2!1stb7n1Wt_asokcKCL5pz-Zg!2e0&fid=5″%5DPicture of where the new curb cut should be[/URL URL=”https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-77.062601!3d38.865987!2m2!1f46.5!2f80.36!4f75!2m12!1e1!2m7!1sPWWFrAFYboADriQHR-89HQ!2e0!5sArmy+Navy+Drive!6f690.1976!8s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26output%3Dthumbnail%26thumb%3D2%26panoid%3DPWWFrAFYboADriQHR-89HQ%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D187%26pitch%3D0%26ll%3D38.865987%2C-77.062601!9m1!6sArmy+Navy+Drive!5m2!1sPWWFrAFYboADriQHR-89HQ!2e0&fid=5″%5DPicture of where the curb cut is[/URL

[dasgeh]

Misplaced “No Turn on Red” Sign: N Fort Myer Drive at the Lee Hwy WB/Custis Trail intersection in Rosslyn, the “No Turn on Red” sign is on the left hand side of the pole. It should be on the right hand side of the pole, next to the right-most traffic light. URL=”https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-77.071667!3d38.899027!2m2!1f275.85!2f90!4f75!2m9!1e1!2m4!1sd_9L3FsoVMZw0po09Nu8lw!2e0!9m1!6sLee+Highway!5m2!1sd_9L3FsoVMZw0po09Nu8lw!2e0&fid=5″%5DThe pole in question is on the left in this picture[/URL

Curb cuts and path needed: N Oakland St between Lee Hwy and 20th St N — the street is “interrupted” as not to be passable by cars, but no adequate provision is made for bikes. Currently, bikes are forced onto a sidewalk and have to use driveways, which have unsafe sightlines. Need curb cuts at either end and a path that connects them. URL=”https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-77.106313!3d38.895656!2m2!1f172.57!2f90!4f75!2m9!1e1!2m4!1sOQPhfNwDVDjtfQJm42wXyQ!2e0!9m1!6sNorth+Oakland+Street!5m2!1sOQPhfNwDVDjtfQJm42wXyQ!2e0&fid=5″%5DPicture from the north end[/URL

[dcv]

I misread “fixies” in Arlington and got excited.

[cyclingfool]

@dcv 73855 wrote:

I misread “fixies” in Arlington and got excited.

Misread it here, too.

+1 on the @dasgeh 73847 wrote:

Curb cut needed: S Joyce St, east side, just north of Army Navy Drive

[Tim Kelley]

5th Street in Ballston/Va Square, from Glebe to Irving

Flip the stop signs at the 5th Street intersections with Oxford Street, Lincoln Street, Kenmore Street, and Jackson Street to make 5th Street a continuous Bike Boulevard, and sign it as such. This would slow down traffic that picks up quite a bit of speed cutting from Wilson to Pershing Street. 5th Street doesn’t connect to Glebe so it wouldn’t encourage much east-west cut through, and if it does then small roundabouts would slow things down.

[rcannon100]

South Bound Lorcom Lane turning West on Route 29 (Old Dom): The turning right on red traffic does not stop for the red light. This crossing is used both by cyclists heading east to the Custis as well as children walking to school (HBW). The right-turn-on-red traffic also conflicts with traffic on west bound Old Dom/29 crossing the intersection but needing to move to the right lane to turn right. This has been marked as a hazardous intersection on ArlCo maps for decades. This is a bad intersection that needs to be fixed. Solutions include (1) changing it to no turn on red (2) continuing with turn on red but changing the infrastructure to force an actual stop – such as a speed bump or (3) law enforcement

The Zachary Taylor / Donaldson Run bike path between 26th St N and N Vermont is highly rutted and needs to be repaved. This is a common route of kids from the neighborhood cycling to Yorktown.

There is a new condo complex on Lee Hwy (North Side) in Cherrydale. The garage exit is on the East Side of the building and car drivers are blind to any east bound bike traffic. This is a common route of cyclists headed to the Custis. The Garage exit has a white line painted on the ground marking the safe place for cars to stop before exiting the facility – but no stop sign. It needs a stop sign before an exiting car hits a pedestrian or cyclist.

On the Custis east of Cherrydale, just after the pedestrian bridge to nowhere, is a pretty bad dip in the pavement of the custis. This needs to be repaired.

In Rosslyn, at Lynn St and Custis Trail, there is a problematic intersection. It’s known as the Intersection of Doom. Cyclists have been approaching the county for DECADES to fix it. Might be a good item to look at.

[skreaminquadz]

Fairfax Drive and North Wakefield

I really do like what they did to this section, but I’ve run into issues with cars parked in the lane waiting to pick up Marymount students. The last time this happened I decided to ask the person to move their car as it’s in the bike lane. She pointed out that there was a sign back about 10 feet indicating that the bike lane ended. So I go back and sure enough, she’s correct. It’s clearly left over from when the bike lane actually DID end there. But now that it’s extended it would be a great idea to take down that sign and paint a cool bike lane person on the asphalt, or whatever they’re called.

[JustinW]

Rt 50 Westbound from ~ Pershing, on the path next to Rt 50 proper: Remove the bollards (2, each fixed, metal, unmoving) centered in a couple of pretty narrow curb cuts. No reason for their existence, except perhaps to make cyclists unhappy and possibly cause a wreck. See map here.

[PotomacCyclist]

Add curb cuts on S. Joyce St., to the south and to the north of the Capital Bikeshare station. These will connect the road to the sidewalk.

CaBi users are forced to ride on the sidewalk to and from the bike station. Either that, or they have to lift the very heavy bikes over the curb to travel from the bike lane to the station. The sidewalk is usually full of pedestrians, so this is not an ideal set-up.

Note that the bike station is now sited about 80 feet south of its original location at Pentagon Row.

[rcannon100]

Place a CABI station at N Glebe Rd and Lee Hwy. There are multiple commercial establishments in that neighborhood including the Lee-Heights Shopping Mall, Metro-29 Diner, Thirty Bernies, and Cowboy Cafe. There is also a major housing development about to go online. It is also a very reasonable bicycle distance to the ballston area with safe routes along Utah street. It would also be a good intermediary point if Marymout U ever decides to get a station (including apt complexes where MU students live).

[Tim Kelley]

@skreaminquadz 73889 wrote:

Fairfax Drive and North Wakefield

I really do like what they did to this section, but I’ve run into issues with cars parked in the lane waiting to pick up Marymount students. The last time this happened I decided to ask the person to move their car as it’s in the bike lane. She pointed out that there was a sign back about 10 feet indicating that the bike lane ended. So I go back and sure enough, she’s correct. It’s clearly left over from when the bike lane actually DID end there. But now that it’s extended it would be a great idea to take down that sign and paint a cool bike lane person on the asphalt, or whatever they’re called.

FYI–The bike lane doesn’t end until the marking ends after the sign is posted. A bike lane ends sign doesn’t mean the bike lane ends at that point. It’s typically posted in advance of where the bike lane actually ends to give cyclists a chance to decide whether to join the travel lane, take the sidewalk, or take whatever action they feel is appropriate.

Next time, tell the lady to look down at the ground and to get moving!

[cyclingfool]

@Tim Kelley 73938 wrote:

FYI–The bike lane doesn’t end until the marking ends after the sign is posted. A bike lane ends sign doesn’t mean the bike lane ends at that point. It’s typically posted in advance of where the bike lane actually ends to give cyclists a chance to decide whether to join the travel lane, take the sidewalk, or take whatever action they feel is appropriate.

Next time, tell the lady to look down at the ground and to get moving!

And just in case she still doesn’t get it, point out that ____ LANE ENDS signs on the highway are posted 1/4 mile or more before the end of the lane. Ask her to try parking her car just past a LEFT LANE ENDS sign on the interstate and see what happens…

[consularrider]

Easy fixes:

Add curb cuts at the dead end of N Liberty St and the 4MRT in Dominion Hills Park. When the park was rebuilt and the trail access repaved, no curb cuts were included.

Remove one of the most useless bollards in Arlington, on the bridge over 4MR in Glencarlyn Park from the parking lot on the south side of the Run over to the split uphill access to the W&OD. The bollard is on the north side of the run and bridge is too narrow for a car to cross over from the south side anyway.

Remove the collard in the middle of the trail on the south side of I-66 at the 9th Rd N and N Kennsington St.

[oldbikechick]

Change the timing of the light at the 66 off-ramp crossing Lynn St going West such that the light is red for cars while the pedestrian light is green.

Put some sort of gutter near the wall of the portion of the Custis trail along 66 between Lee Hwy (Bergmann’s) and Spout run so that when water comes out of the several downspouts onto the trail when it’s cold, it doesn’t freeze into a sheet of ice on the trail.

Paint markings on the Custis trail at trail intersections where it may not be clear who has the right of way. Ie. there are several sections where “tributary” trails or on-ramps connect with the main trail. In most places it’s obvious, but in some, it is not clear and an infrequent trail user might not realize they are on the tributary and should yield to the main trail (I assume).

[Subby]

@rcannon100 73873 wrote:

On the Custis east of Cherrydale, just after the pedestrian bridge to nowhere, is a pretty bad dip in the pavement of the custis. This needs to be repaired.

Seconded. This has turned in to a bizarro roller coaster of bumps and dips for about 100 feet. Some of the depressions fill with leaves and water and freeze over. That whole stretch from the bottom of the corkscrew of fun (Lyon Village) east to RosslynLee Hwy could use some TLC in spots.

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