Just want to throw this out there …
The concern of the City of Falls Church Police Department:
… the intention was to slow the cyclists because as you can imagine, commuters (in a car or bike) can hyper-focus on time and efficient of a crossing and not expect a community supporter and/or other cyclist to suddenly stop or walk out in front of them mistakenly.
Bike commuters’ concern:
… numerous trail users nearly ran over the cones, lost their balance, and had to stop in the street to navigate oncoming traffic in the middle of the unexpected obstruction.
Would a reasonable solution/compromise be locating all tents on one side of the crossing? That way people, many of whom are concerned with swag (that includes me!), don’t have to focus on tables on both sides of the trail as they approach the pit stop. The Bikenetic gang can still line up on the other side of the crossing …
I think there would be enough room to put the tents/tables near the curb on both sides of the street with a walkway down the middle. There would be no need for cones, because the number of people walking across the trail crossing would be very limited. Sound crazy?
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