My collision free streak has ended.

[lordofthemark]

@lordofthemark 190694 wrote:

Thanks to all for the kind words, here, on strava, and in person. The bike is back in tip top shape thanks to the folks at District Hardware. I am feeling fine – had a bit of next day soreness, but that seems to all be gone now. I have been reimbursed for the full District Hardware bill. I do intend to report this in some fashion to DC. In particular I want to encourage DC to add a traffic signal at NJ and Eye SE (even BikePedantic was not sure of the current status of that). I also intend to avoid that intersection in the PM, which I can do by crossing NJ at L or K SE.

https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1220531791209037824

Sometimes things DO get better.

[Smitty2k1]

That intersection is a mess, glad to hear they are getting controls in place

[lordofthemark]

Update:

The traffic signal at Eye and NJ SE, where this incident happened is in place. The PBL’s on NJ now run all the way south to US DOT HQ. NJ and Eye is now a protected intersection, one of the first in the District (its a bit odd, because of the angle caused by the state avenue, and the inconsistent presence/absense of parking on the different lets of the intersection – you’d have to ask Darren/Bikepedantic about that)

Things DO get better. Slowly. Painfully. Inconsistently. But they do.

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