Shoaling, I can deal with. I’m not particularly fast, so if you’re faster than me, meh. It’s more frustrating when someone shoals me _assuming_ they’re faster than me because they have a penis and I don’t. But those flat-tired, over-dressed, fair-weather shoalers usually just motivate me to get a PR up Rosslyn Hill. So fine.
The worst, I fine, is at the Intersection of Doom. Pretty much at any corner, if bikes line up right at the curb cut, they’ll block traffic going perpendicular to them. This is particularly problematic at the SE corner of Lee and Lynn, because the ridiculous poll blocks the natural path behind “I have to be at the edge of the curb cut during the entire red” cyclists. It seems like those who know stop with their front wheels even with the gravel, leaving a clear path to get to Key Bridge, and line up single file behind that, leaving a path for people going down to the MVT. Then some shoal-pro pulls all the way past the line and to the edge of the curb cut, causing gridlock on the sidewalk. All of this is made more frustrating by the fact that this is infrastructure FAIL that could easily be fixed with some more concrete and some markings.
WHEN WILL THE SIDEWALK BE FIXED. Weren’t we promised improvements here YEARS ago?
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