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@ShawnoftheDread 195181 wrote:

What’s to dispute? There’s a red right arrow with a Walk sign and a green right arrow with a Don’t Walk sign. Proceed accordingly.

Actually, there is no red right arrow there. Just a green one. So except when the light is yellow, the right turn from Lee Hwy to Oak St. is always “green”. Before, there was the presumption that right turning cars would follow the right-turn-on-red rules and stop before turning. With the green arrow, that presumption is gone. Proceed accordingly, indeed.

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On a recent afternoon commute, I noticed another stupid about this project. The right-turn slip lane from Lee Hwy to Oak Street is now open, and a right-turn arrow, which turns on when Oak Street has the green and Lee Hwy has red, has been added for traffic in that lane. This light can only be seen by west-bound trail users. Given how often there is no traffic coming out of Oak Street on its green light, many Custis users cross the empty Oak Street on the Lee Hwy red, and in the past drivers turning right on red would generally yield to crosswalk users. With the new green arrow, I’m sure some drivers will feel entitled not to yield, and if there is a crash, liability will be in dispute.

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@dasgeh 195054 wrote:

But my read on [the Columbia St.] detour was that it would be scary dangerous headed eastbound, because the intersection of 16th & Sycamore is pretty blind. Am I wrong there?

Actually, if you roll from Columbia/16th into the bike lane on Sycamore/Roosevelt (just like the cars do), you can see southbound traffic just fine. Also, there is a median at the intersection if you need to wait for northbound traffic to clear after crossing the southbound lanes.

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@wheels&wings 195013 wrote:

Hi all – how are people maneuvering around Banneker Park (near East Falls Church) now that the County’s contractor has put up fencing to keep us out (in addition to the barricades)?

Of course they had to put up a fence. It’s not as if the barricades were ever going to work.

Also, what Shawnofthedread and accordioneur said for the detour (16th becomes Columbia at the Arlington-Falls Church line, I assume).

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Interesting article on how to build support for bike infrastructure in low-income communities.

https://shelterforce.org/2019/12/09/how-do-we-truly-make-streets-safer-for-everyone/

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The brooms could also be used to assert your right to 3 feet of passing space by mounting them crosswise on the rear rack.

Although a rake or some other yard implement better suited to scratching the paint off the side of an SUV might be superior for that purpose.

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@chuxtr 194720 wrote:

I can understand you not being happy about not having your ride count last year. The clock for Freezing Saddles is based on DC time. Any rides out of the time zone need to take that into account.

Unless the programmers have fixed it, competitors in westerly time zones can record an extra riding day by riding between 12:00:01 am Jan. 1 DC time (e.g., 10:00:01 pm Dec. 31 Denver time) and 11:59:59 pm Dec. 31 local time. Ask @bobco85 (Seattle) for details.

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@dasgeh 194715 wrote:

This seems to work westbound, but I would STRONGLY recommend against it eastbound — the sightline at the intersection of Columbia/16th St & Sycamore/Roosevelt is VERY BAD.

Also, it’s December.

I’ve been going this route eastbound as well, and I don’t find it particularly troubling, but then I’m there well before 7am and do other crazy stuff like cross Shreve to the W&OD from Pinecastle.

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@josh 194709 wrote:

Once the leaderboard’s there it doesn’t matter, and I can probably find the segment IDs from the repo between now and then, but do you have segment IDs? Would prefer to look them up by ID rather than use Strava’s poor segment search/explore feature.

(will these be my coffee rides for 2020?)

Here you go.

Segment Name Segment Number
ArLoopCCW1 13943476
ArLoopCCW2 22382559
ArLoopCCW3 14143039
ArLoopCCW4 14149112
ArLoopCCW5 13943521
ArLoopCCW6 13943546
ArLoopCCW7 13943556
ArLoopCCW8 22395389
ArLoopCW1 22395425
ArLoopCW2 13943716
ArLoopCW3 13943733
ArLoopCW4 13943744
ArLoopCW5 13943752
ArLoopCW6 13943762
ArLoopCW7 22382566
ArLoopCW8 13943773

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@TwoWheelsDC 194707 wrote:

Seems a lot longer and more involved then just taking the path from the basketball court to Sycamore to 19th, no? Admittedly I refuse to take the signed bridge construction detour and just take the sidewalk on Fairfax Drive because I’m ultimately headed to Westmoreland, not the W&OD further west…so maybe that’s why your route makes less sense to me.

Yes, I’m going west on W&OD. Also, I don’t like riding on sidewalks, and the Columbia St. stoplight at Lee Hwy (Washington St/Route 29) is well behaved.

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@TwoWheelsDC 194689 wrote:

Yeah, looked like they did some survey work or utility marking yesterday…planning for a detour tonight.

For the detour (westbound), I recommend exiting the trail at the Roosevelt St. cul-de-sac, up to a left on Sycamore/Roosevelt (there is a median in which to take refuge if you have to wait for the southbound cars to clear) for the short hop to a right onto 16th/Columbia. Then either past Bikenetic or all the way out to Little Falls, and right back to the W&OD. See this ride.

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@BobCochran 194461 wrote:

How About a neon orange ankle band? A band that is long enough to go around ankles protected by winter boots and pants, and with generous amounts of velcro to ensure that the band will stay on the ankle rather than come off.

Thanks so much

Bob

Except for color, you’ve accurately described the 2019 ankle bands.

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@chuxtr 194355 wrote:

I think this is a good idea and assuming we try doing it this year, just remember that we’re not guaranteeing that everyone who wants to be on a “local” team will be able to be on one. A lot will depend on how many people are “clumped” in the right areas and how many teams we end up having. And where all the different volunteering team captains reside. But we’ll do our best!

Not sure how you would implement this, but beware of ZIP codes for federal offices since many of them map to the big postal sorting facility in Northeast DC rather than the actual location of the federal office building.

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@josh 194262 wrote:

Have no fear, you’re too early to sign up!

Your saddle may already have frozen these past 2 days, but Freezing Saddles does not officially begin until January 1.

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@Henry 194174 wrote:

FMR Trail through Benjamin Banneker Park will close for construction the week of Nov. 18, 2019 and remain closed through 3rd Quarter 2020.

Any idea to what “3rd Quarter 2020” is in reference? Calendar year? Fiscal year? And if fiscal year, when did (does) FY 2020 begin?

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