March 2019 – Road and Trail Conditions

[DrP]

Welcome to March!

Custis was slushy and wet, even on the overpasses, like Spout Run – all very passable.
MVT from Roosevelt Island to LBJ Grove was wet, expect for Trollheim, which was covered in snow. Very passible snow (I preferred it to wet since there was more traction).
Bridge over the channel in LBJ Grove was snow covered, but passable.
Most roads seemed wet, with bits of slush at edges.
It was a much faster ride than I feared (only a couple of minutes slower than average, but within the range of typical – like a day when I have to stop at all lights).

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[Brandon]

W&OD from Vienna to the Custis was fine, a lot of areas had a light layer of snow that made for some slow going. The pedestrian bridge over route 7 was a little dicey. My commute from Vienna to Le’Enfant Plaza via W&OD, Custis, to MVT was about 2-3 mph slower than normal.

[LhasaCM]

MBT between Franklin and M was mostly clear; there were occasional icy “strips” along various cracks in the pavement, and a small slushy patch just north of the NY Ave. bridge, but nothing too different from when it just rains.

[Hancockbs]

RCPT ‘temporary’ crowd control barriers at Kennedy Center were laying in the path today, effectively blocking the half nearest the river. Hopefully they got picked up at some point!

[TwoWheelsDC]

The RCP trail in front of KenCen has been detoured up to Rock Creek Parkway, with concrete barriers separating the trail from traffic, similar to the Custis detour from a while back…no more Covered Walkway From Hell!

[DismalScientist]

Have fun with the frozen puddle on the curve of the WOD at Carlin Spring tomorrow morning.

[bentbike33]

@TwoWheelsDC 188296 wrote:

The RCP trail in front of KenCen has been detoured up to Rock Creek Parkway, with concrete barriers separating the trail from traffic, similar to the Custis detour from a while back…no more Covered Walkway From Hell!

Went up that way on the evening commute yesterday and found the temporary cycletrack to be awesome. It should be made permanent and extended in both directions.

[consularrider]

Of course the day after I take the studs off the Pugsley we get snow (flurries, more at Großer Feldberg).

[DrP]

Tuesday night I noticed that the PBL north on Quincy at Wilson was now painted green where the right turn lane comes in. I was very happy to see that. I think the cars would see that better.

I would love to see the green paint on the next block where the cars all park to run into the ABC store and Subway.

[dasgeh]

@DrP 188730 wrote:

I would love to see the green paint on the next block where the cars all park to run into the ABC store and Subway.

I would recommend an email to des-teo@arlingtonva.us

[semperiden]

FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.

They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.

[NickBull]

@semperiden 189213 wrote:

FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.

They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.

Yup, I went down on that f’ing speed bump.

[semperiden]

@NickBull 189220 wrote:

Yup, I went down on that f’ing speed bump.

Ugh. Sorry to hear. I figured it wouldn’t take long before it would cause people to fall. My skinny tires did not approve even though I almost came to a complete stop before it.

[bentbike33]

@NickBull 189220 wrote:

Yup, I went down on that f’ing speed bump.

Hmm… Sounds like a good day to go north on the DC side and cross the TR Bridge.

Maybe they wouldn’t need such an apparatus if the fence did not come up the the very edge of the trail creating a blind entry point from the work area enclosure.

[DrP]

@semperiden 189213 wrote:

FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.

They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.

As of about 7:30am today there were no speed bumps. The barriers were still there and a sign warning of bumps, but no bumps. Are they only in during the day or when they are doing something in particular, I wonder? Did they take them down after a few falls occurred? Curious to know.

[consularrider]

@semperiden 189213 wrote:

FYI. At the construction site near the Memorial Bridge on the MVT, they placed jersey barriers that effectively create blind corners.

They were also placing 4 inch high speed bumps after such blind corners this morning.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]19877[/ATTACH] Did those speed bumps look something like this? It’s protecting an electrical cable conduit and for the past couple months the sides of the trail were fenced in. Notice how now riders just go around it and ride over the conduit in the grass. This is next to the BMW/Mini dealer in Nieder-Eschbach and across from where a new Tankstelle is being built.

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