Who to contact about broken glass in an Arlington bike lane?

[tnelson]

One of the bike lanes on Army Navy Drive, south of the intersection with South Joyce Street, had lots of broken glass in it last week. (It still may, I was riding the opposite direction this morning and didn’t remember to check.) The glass covers the entire width of the bike lane, so when I ride through that section I usually take the lane to avoid a puncture. Is there a specific Arlington County department I should alert about the broken glass? This seems to happen a few times each year in the same general area.

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[annoyedindc]

Their portal to make requests works pretty well. I’ve had glass, debris, and potholes taken care of using it.

https://topics.arlingtonva.us/reportproblem/

The mobile app works pretty well too.

[bentbike33]

While you are at it, contact your county supervisor to see if they can ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in glass containers to get at the root cause of the problem.

[tnelson]

@annoyedindc 138451 wrote:

Their portal to make requests works pretty well. I’ve had glass, debris, and potholes taken care of using it.

https://topics.arlingtonva.us/reportproblem/

The mobile app works pretty well too.

Thanks! Just submitted.

bentbike33 wrote:

While you are at it, contact your county supervisor to see if they can ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in glass containers to get at the root cause of the problem.

My girlfriend likes wine too much and would never forgive me if I did! This seems more like auto glass anyway.

[annoyedindc]

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My girlfriend likes wine too much and would never forgive me if I did! This seems more like auto glass anyway.

The Franzia!

[Tim Kelley]

@annoyedindc 138506 wrote:

The Franzia!

Throw it in a blender if you need to aerate it!

[creadinger]

@bentbike33 138453 wrote:

While you are at it, contact your county supervisor to see if they can ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in glass containers to get at the root cause of the problem.

I got so tired of glass on the roads in DC, I started buying beer in cans just to “be the change I wanted to see”. Haha. Didn’t help. People suck. And the glass is still 0.5″ deep in parts of DC.

[tnelson]

A few weeks late but I figured I should provide an update: I reported the issue via the portal annoyedindc provided as a “Streets” issue, and it was cleaned up within 48 hours. Thanks everyone!

[baiskeli]

Beer in cans is superior anyway.

[huskerdont]

@baiskeli 139476 wrote:

Beer in cans is superior anyway.

Well, except for BPA, and whatever they’ll use next once BPA is gone.

I still tend to like cans for certain beers, but much prefer bottles for Belgians and the like.

Bicycles should never be made of aluminum or glass.

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