Odd Kiosk Placement

[Drewdane]

I see a new Bikeshare kiosk is about to open in Falls Church, on the edge of the George Mason High School campus. I’m always happy to see more bikeshare kiosks, but I have to say this seems like an odd choice. It’s too far away from West Falls Church Metro to be of practical use to commuters, and doesn’t seem to be near anything else really (except the high school, which is going to be torn down sometime in the nearish future). I wonder if it has anything to do with FC City’s historic reluctance to support bicycle initiatives, including bikeshare? Or maybe I’m missing a key point that actually makes that site perfect for a kiosk? Or did some bikeshare planner just have a brain fart (it happens to all of us! )

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[chris_s]

@dasgeh 190583 wrote:

Methinks a pie ride along the Pike is in order…

A ride from Acme Pies to Livin the Pie Life would be a great example for our decision makers of how terrible some areas still are for biking in Arlington.

Columbia Pike >> Glebe Rd. *blech*

[Judd]

@chris_s 190584 wrote:

A ride from Acme Pies to Livin the Pie Life would be a great example for our decision makers of how terrible some areas still are for biking in Arlington.

Columbia Pike >> Glebe Rd. *blech*

I think an Arlington death pie ride can be arranged.

[Drewdane]

@ChristoB50 190580 wrote:

Mmm. Just made my first-ever visit to Acme Pies on Columbia Piek this Sunday; had a quiche slice for breakfast, and got a pecan slice planned for later in the day — only, the pecan didn’t make it out of the shop either, as it turned out.
Edit: Huh – Just looked up Lazy Mike’s – I grew up a ways down Shreve Road, and remember when that building was the Arthur Treacher’s Fish n Chips; unless I’m mis-remembering the Long John Silvers — but I thought there was a Treacher’s there first, back in the late 70’s…

I live close by now, and it was a Long John Silver’s until only a year or two ago. Maybe it was an Arthur Treacher’s before that? Either way, words can’t do justice to how happy I was when that place closed down and the stench of rancid fish fry oil finally dissipated.

[ChristoB50]

@Drewdane 190587 wrote:

I live close by now, and it was a Long John Silver’s until only a year or two ago. Maybe it was an Arthur Treacher’s before that? Either way, words can’t do justice to how happy I was when that place closed down and the stench of rancid fish fry oil finally dissipated.

Oh yeah – it was always a distinctly and strongly fragrant place
So much change there from the 70’s forward… that McD’s was also several other things I remember, before — it was a Roy Rogers, a Gino’s, maybe even one or two other things…
But thinking back now, I suspect the Mike’s building was in fact, always a Long John during my time growing up… (I lived just off Shreve from 1976 – 1987.) I asked in the family, and nobody else remembers it being a Treacher’s before.
So I’m probably conflating that memory with one of the other (now defunct) Northern Virginia Treacher’s that used to exist…

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