Maine Avenue is Combat

[lordofthemark]

@bentbike33 178603 wrote:

With the new curb cuts at the end of the L’Enfant Promenade, and after much practice has improved my ability to gracefully navigate the switchbacks, I will be leaving DC via the Case Bridge from now on unless I want to go someplace at the Wharf first.

Of course I still regularly encounter pedestrians on the Case bridge when I ride there in the PM. Its not like one avoids all conflicts on that route (and I still take the sidewalks on that one block of G to get to it, and there are usually peds there too).

[bentbike33]

@lordofthemark 178604 wrote:

Of course I still regularly encounter pedestrians on the Case bridge when I ride there in the PM. Its not like one avoids all conflicts on that route (and I still take the sidewalks on that one block of G to get to it, and there are usually peds there too).

The Case bridge is of course not a guaranteed zero-conflict route, but then I’ve never had to navigate through multiple busloads of meandering, non-English speaking tourists who have never heard a bike bell before up there, so there is that.

[lordofthemark]

@bentbike33 178606 wrote:

The Case bridge is of course not a guaranteed zero-conflict route, but then I’ve never had to navigate through multiple busloads of meandering, non-English speaking tourists who have never heard a bike bell before up there, so there is that.

Oh but that’s on the part past the PBL. I’ve been dealing with that since back when Water Street existed. They thus provoke nostalgia, and, being seasonal, are much like the swallows of Capistrano.

[ursus]

Has anyone who uses the PBL at about the same time daily been checking the Bikeometer to see if usage has been increasing?

[ChampionTier]

@ursus 178617 wrote:

Has anyone who uses the PBL at about the same time daily been checking the Bikeometer to see if usage has been increasing?

Nah, got my hands full trying to avoid pedestrians on the PBL

[lordofthemark]

It had to happen. Was laughing too hard to remember to get a pic. Today, at about 5:30, there was a car heading southeast in the PBL, about to exit it at 7th Street.

Several people were laughing at the dude driving on a sidewalk.

[creadinger]

@lordofthemark 178976 wrote:

It had to happen. Was laughing too hard to remember to get a pic. Today, at about 5:30, there was a car heading southeast in the PBL, about to exit it at 7th Street. Several people were laughing at the dude driving on a sidewalk.

Goddamn, really!? In no way, does that resemble a road. Wow. So now I’m guessing the next step will be to install bollards to make even more obstacles to weave around, in addition to all the pedestrians…. 😡

[streetsmarts]

So… I’m biking from Foggy Bottom to the Nats game tonight. I don’t do this often. Google maps says to go to the mall, around the Monument, and then onto Maine Ave. all the way to P street. I’m thinking that’s not the way to go, right? Due to Maine Ave. messiness?

Suggestions?

[Steve O]

@streetsmarts 180725 wrote:

So… I’m biking from Foggy Bottom to the Nats game tonight. I don’t do this often. Google maps says to go to the mall, around the Monument, and then onto Maine Ave. all the way to P street. I’m thinking that’s not the way to go, right? Due to Maine Ave. messiness?

Suggestions?

You could do this instead:
– Go across the mall to 4th Street.
– Take 4th all the way to P
– P to S. Capitol St.
– Cross at the crosswalk onto the apron around the park
– Circle around behind to get to the bike valet. (The map below puts you on the street, but it’s better to cross S. Capitol at P)
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Don’t sneer at us riff-raff up in the 400 level seats.

[streetsmarts]

Thanks!! I’ll toss some salmon down to you !

[Emm]

@streetsmarts 180725 wrote:

So… I’m biking from Foggy Bottom to the Nats game tonight. I don’t do this often. Google maps says to go to the mall, around the Monument, and then onto Maine Ave. all the way to P street. I’m thinking that’s not the way to go, right? Due to Maine Ave. messiness?

Suggestions?

You can also cut across the mall to 4th st SW (which has a bike lane), take it to I street (also has a bike lane), and take that to First street, and take that to Nat’s Park. This is the way I go from work. I street is pretty easy to bike on, and it minimizes the amount of stadium traffic you have to deal with compared to Steve O’s route which has you biking on the sidewalk around the stadium, which can sometimes get dicey.

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[streetsmarts]

Thanks @Emm 180729 wrote:

You can also cut across the mall to 4th st SW (which has a bike lane), take it to I street (also has a bike lane), and take that to First street, and take that to Nat’s Park. This is the way I go from work. I street is pretty easy to bike on, and it minimizes the amount of stadium traffic you have to deal with compared to Steve O’s route which has you biking on the sidewalk around the stadium, which can sometimes get dicey.

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[Starduster]

@Steve O 180727 wrote:

You could do this instead:
– Go across the mall to 4th Street.
– Take 4th all the way to P
– P to S. Capitol St.
– Cross at the crosswalk onto the apron around the park
– Circle around behind to get to the bike valet. (The map below puts you on the street, but it’s better to cross S. Capitol at P)
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Don’t sneer at us riff-raff up in the 400 level seats.

Quick advisory on 4th St SW down to P St SW- DC is digging for utility work. You will contend with steel plates for a short while.

[Starduster]

@Emm 180729 wrote:

You can also cut across the mall to 4th st SW (which has a bike lane), take it to I street (also has a bike lane), and take that to First street, and take that to Nat’s Park. This is the way I go from work. I street is pretty easy to bike on, and it minimizes the amount of stadium traffic you have to deal with compared to Steve O’s route which has you biking on the sidewalk around the stadium, which can sometimes get dicey.

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Have a great time!

[streetsmarts]

@Emm 180729 wrote:

You can also cut across the mall to 4th st SW (which has a bike lane), take it to I street (also has a bike lane), and take that to First street, and take that to Nat’s Park. This is the way I go from work. I street is pretty easy to bike on, and it minimizes the amount of stadium traffic you have to deal with compared to Steve O’s route which has you biking on the sidewalk around the stadium, which can sometimes get dicey.

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I took this route and it was good, thanks!

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