CaseyKane50
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August 23, 2013 at 8:38 pm in reply to: New traffic pattern on Crystal Drive, as of Sat., June 15 #979218
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Participant@CaseyKane50 61319 wrote:
Update: I sent an email to Katherine Youngbluth (Street Improvements – Crystal City) and David Goodman (Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements) asking them if there were any plans to add sharrows to the northbound lane and suggesting they should adjust the bike lane sign.
Based on the response I got, it appears the project is still not complete. There is however, a good explanation for the double white lines.
Here is the response from Katherine Youngbluth.
Hello Casey,
Thank you for your email and I apologize for the delayed response; I just got back from vacation on Monday and have been trying to catch-up and keep up with my emails.
The Crystal Drive Two-Way Conversion Phase 1 project (which you have attached photos of below) has not yet been accepted by the County from the construction contractor, which means that there are still signage and other aspects of the project that need to be worked on. We are continuously working with the construction contractor to resolve a number of issues.
The Crystal City Multi-Modal Transportation Study and Crystal City Sector Plans called for a bicycle couplet for Crystal Drive and South Clark Street with Crystal Drive having the southbound bicycle lane and South Clark Street having the northbound bicycle facility. The concept for the northbound bicycle lane on South Clark Street between 15th Street South and 12th Street South is currently being developed is anticipated to be a cycle track. We expect to be in construction on the South Clark Street cycle track next year. The double white lines below will be a future transit lane, which will remove the on-street parking in the area. In the long term, the streetcar will run in this lane and travel northbound before turning westbound on 12th Street and travel onto Pentagon City.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Katherine D. Youngbluth, AICP
Capital Project Management Coordinator
Division of Transportation
Arlington County Government
2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Ste 900
Arlington, VA 22201ParticipantYes, the problem showed up yesterday for me. I tried uploading multiple times from both IE and Firefox. I ended up uploading directly from the file. It was almost as easy as uploading directly from the Garmin. I have a Garmin 810.
ParticipantI rode the “detour” this afternoon. It was 1/2 mile from the top of the construction site, north on Potomac Avenue, left onto Clark Street, left onto Route 1 and then a right down the ramp and around to where the desire path entered onto the Four Mile Run Trail. Total time – 2 minutes and 45 seconds, which included waiting at the traffic light at Clark and Route 1.
I agree that what is really lacking at this site (and nearly every other site involving bike and pedestrian infrastructure) are appropriate signs directing users to the detour route. I even think signs should have been posted alerting users of the upcoming project before the fencing was erected. There also should be a sign somewhere at the construction site providing contact information.
One of the big issues I had with the desire path was not that folks wanted and created it, but what it did along the Four Mile Run Trail – the dirt and rocks from the new path made the FMRT dangerous and added to the work the county had to do to maintain the trail.
August 17, 2013 at 7:43 pm in reply to: New traffic pattern on Crystal Drive, as of Sat., June 15 #978632ParticipantIt appears as if the markings are finished on this section of Crystal Drive. A bike lane is in place for south bound riders, but the double solid white lines are definitely not marking off a bike lane in the northbound direction. You can ride to the right of the double solid white lines, but you will be in the door zone of any parked car. A biker will probably be safest taking the lane.
The county might need to adjust the sign just past 15th Street to indicate that the bike lane has ended.
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Update: I sent an email to Katherine Youngbluth (Street Improvements – Crystal City) and David Goodman (Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements) asking them if there were any plans to add sharrows to the northbound lane and suggesting they should adjust the bike lane sign.
Participant@ShawnoftheDread 59949 wrote:
Are Oxon Hill or Holmes Run rideable on road bikes?
Parts of Holmes Run are a bit tricky, but certainly rideable.
1) Crossing Holmes Run at North Ripley Street can sometimes be layered with sand or underwater.
2) The tunnel underneath 395 has lots of stones on the trail (washed up from the creek) and the concrete in places is badly cracked
3). West of North Beauregard, the trail crosses Holmes Run again. This crossing is almost always underwater and some of the trail leading up to the crossing is badly crackedEast from North Ripley the trail is in pretty good shape and you have an easy connection to the Eisenhower Bike Trail.
ParticipantYes, my one and only. Maybe, I should have posted the picture here😎
ParticipantFortunately, nobody was around to give me odd looks or to comment. Probably would have skipped the photo opportunity if there had been someone around.
Participant@CaseyKane50 59186 wrote:
The other day at Jones Point, I saw someone take their bike right into the bathroom.
Plenty of room for the bike and changing the baby”s diapers.
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Participant@rcannon100 60851 wrote:
Yeah, I dont understand that. It says he has 55 miles in the last 7 days. I have no idea how Endomondo is coming up with that. This page shows that in the past 7 days he has 210 miles. I am not sure what the prob is.
For this leader board, it seems Endomondo is only reporting transportation mileage.
Participant@dbb 60726 wrote:
The stop signs probably dated from the time the ramp was active, with motorists coming off a 45 mph roadway.
Yes, it was quite a challenge dealing with the traffic coming on and off the GW Parkway in those days. At one time, there were four at-grade crossings of ramps coming into and out of the airport. It was really a huge improvement when they upgraded this area of the trail and added the bridges that did away with two of the crossings and blocked off the ramp pictured above.
ParticipantWe took a drive up to Annapolis today to ride the Baltimore Annapolis Rail Trail.
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Heading south on the trailParticipantLooking down from Potomac Avenue to the construction site
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ParticipantYes, a new connection to Potomac Avenue. See discussion
http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?5346-Issue-on-4-Mille-Run-trail-just-before-Mount-Vernon&p=60451#post60451ParticipantHe described it as a z pattern. It might be similar to the Clermont Connector, but without as many switchbacks.
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ParticipantThis morning the contractor was finishing up installing a taller fence. I stopped to take a couple of pictures and got a chance to speak to one of the crew. Work will start either later today or Monday to install the bike path and staircase He thought that the work would take 4 weeks to complete. The bike path will zigzag up the hill and the staircase will come down along the Potomac Avenue bridge.
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