WABA Petition for King Street Bike Lanes – open for all NoVA Residents

[cyclingfool]

@scorchedearth 79246 wrote:

The city council meeting to decide the fate of the King Street Traffic Calming Project is this Saturday and local advocates are circulating a petition for people to sign in support of this change. All residents of Alexandria are encouraged to participate however the petition is open to all NoVA residents so all of those from Arlington, Falls Church, and points beyond are welcome to sign. Please follow the link below to show support.

http://org.salsalabs.com/o/451/p/dia/action3/common/public/index.sjs?action_KEY=14993

Information on the project itself is included in the link.

If anyone can attend the meeting, that would also be helpful. It is Saturday March 15, 2014 beginning at 9:30am in City Council Chambers at Alexandria City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, VA.

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. I’ve known about the council meeting for a few weeks and am hoping I can make it work time-wise to go and at least be in attendance for when BPAC asks cyclists in attendance to stand.

[Terpfan]

I signed the petition and maybe I can ride down there on Saturday morning for some miles. I’m not currently a resident of the city, but I was until last May when we moved and I have a number of friends whom are. If I do ride in, I think I will go do the King St area up and down beforehand

[brendan]

…and comments given.

[mattotoole]

I finally blogged about it yesterday and I’m working on a statement from VBF. There’s all kinds of last minute action on Twitter and Facebook to get everyone to sign, and/or come to the meeting tomorrow.

So please sign if you haven’t already. And come to the meeting. My real motive for commenting here is to bump this thread back up!

[lordofthemark]

@mattotoole 79664 wrote:

I finally blogged about it yesterday and I’m working on a statement from VBF. There’s all kinds of last minute action on Twitter and Facebook to get everyone to sign, and/or come to the meeting tomorrow.

So please sign if you haven’t already. And come to the meeting. My real motive for commenting here is to bump this thread back up!

Responded, and noted that we are considering moving to City of Alexandria (which is true.)

[mattotoole]

Looks like we won! Thanks to everyone who wrote.

http://www.vabike.org/alexandria-city-council-unanimously-approves-king-st-bike-lanes/

Thanks especially to the Alexandria BPAC crew, WABA and Greg Billing for working overtime.

[scorchedearth]

Thank you to everyone who helped out.

[lordofthemark]

Update Project review with after data

http://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/localmotion/info/gettingaround/Memo%20to%20CC%20-%20King%20St%20Bike%20Lanes%20Evaluation%20FINAL.pdf

Auto speeds went down slightly – 85 percentile speeds went down over 1% EB, 7% WB. Accidents (all auto – there were no ped or bike accidents in before or after) declined by a third. The number of cyclists remained relatively small (14 per hour at peak) but that is a 27% increase from before, and T&ES reiterates that this segment remains relatively isolated.

T&ES considers this a success, though I expect we will see opponents focusing on the modest speed declines and modest total number of cyclists.

[PotomacCyclist]

I’d point out that it might be better to use the word “crash” or “collision” instead of “accident,” because the use of that word confirms the common belief among many that all of these traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities are somehow inevitable and “accidental,” when they aren’t. If the words “crash” and “collision” are used more frequently, maybe that might wake up more people to the fact that road and neighborhood design, and transportation infrastructure decisions, can have a significant effect on the number of such incidents and deaths, not just in Alexandria but across the region and the country. (And in other countries too.)

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