Washington Blvd bike lanes

[DismalScientist]

While I am a hopeless vehicular cyclist and, as such, I really don’t care, however, why have the bike lane markings on Washington Blvd been obliterated between Patrick Henry and Harrison streets?

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[Tim Kelley]

I got asked about this yesterday over twitter, so I know the answer:

Don’t worry, they’ll get put back! VDOT is doing latex pavement resurfacing and has to remove all the pavement markings before that happens. I don’t have any timeline details though.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@DismalScientist 57591 wrote:

While I am a hopeless vehicular cyclist and, as such, I really don’t care, however, why have the bike lane markings on Washington Blvd been obliterated between Patrick Henry and Harrison streets?

Whoah, I didn’t even notice it on my AM commute….gives you some idea of how poorly my brain functions in the morning.

[consularrider]

Been gone for a couple of weeks to a month, about the same time it looks like some cracks were tarred.

[mstone]

@Tim Kelley 57592 wrote:

VDOT is doing latex pavement resurfacing

Do we even want to know?

[Tim Kelley]

@mstone 57610 wrote:

Do we even want to know?

Go ahead, Google it. Only the NSA is watching…

[TwoWheelsDC]

So uh…still no bike lanes. Also, is the pavement they put down temporary? Freaking terrible if that’s the final product.

[Tim Kelley]

@TwoWheelsDC 67231 wrote:

So uh…still no bike lanes. Also, is the pavement they put down temporary? Freaking terrible if that’s the final product.

Double checking…

[consularrider]

@TwoWheelsDC 67231 wrote:

So uh…still no bike lanes. Also, is the pavement they put down temporary? Freaking terrible if that’s the final product.

The wonder that is slurry.

[Tim Kelley]

Here’s what I heard:

VDOT has told us that the bike lanes will be replaced before the end of the season. The pavement seems different because resurfacing was done with a latex paving process. It’s designed to extend the life of a street before a more extensive milling and paving. Washington Blvd is VDOT’s but Arlington does use the same process, you can read more about it here – http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/EnvironmentalServices/dot/StreetSlurry.aspx

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Tim Kelley 67257 wrote:

Here’s what I heard:

Aha! Thanks for the info.

[Toonces]

Looks like preliminary work is going on to prep for re-painting the bike lanes. White dots to mark the permanent lanes have been put down.

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