Walter Reed at King

[bobco85]

I commute through there (eastbound on Beauregard across King in the morning; westbound on Walter Reed across King in the afternoon) at least once per day (my afternoon commute options are more varied as I have more time for it). I rarely ride on the Lucky Run Trail adjacent to Walter Reed Dr, usually choosing to ride the sharrows from Arlington Mill Rd. When I approach the intersection, I stay in the right-most straight lane and leave space in front of me so that I can build up some momentum since it sits on a slope and drivers have only so much patience for a cyclist trying to accelerate uphill from a stopped position. Once I’m in the intersection, the road is much flatter so I can take the lane and use the sharrows.

Work has started on improvements to the intersection which will include adding the 4th crossing (yay), but I don’t know when they will actually finish. Here’s a thread discussing a lot of the recent developments around this intersection: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?10441-Has-Alexandria-Screwed-Us-Over-Again-(King-Beauregard-this-time)

[lordofthemark]

I ride there regularly up the hill on my commute home. On the trail, though last night I passed two riders taking the lane, so I probably need to reconsider taking the lane. Since I then head south on King ( in the lane occasionally, but more often on the sidewalk ) I cross Walter Reed in the crosswalk, then dismount to cross King (the curb there is not ADA compliant). I have followed the plans to redo the intersection, and attended one community meeting. IIRC it will be at least 2 years before the project is complete.

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