DaveK
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I had a fun time there last week myself although riding of a different kind
https://www.strava.com/activities/381437415
Do you happen to drive a white Mazda? I saw one with an Arlington parking sticker on Cadillac Mountain on August 28…
@dbb 120460 wrote:
My commute at Jefferson.
The single point where cyclists could come off the sidewalk at the east driveway (the ones with the Jersey barriers) was blocked by a USPP cruiser. The officer indicated that he had specifically parked there to prevent cyclists coming off the bridge from salmoning up East Basin Drive and getting up on the sidewalk at that point. I attempted (and failed) to help him understand that cyclists heading toward the bridge transitioned from the sidewalk around the Tidal Basin to the roadway at that point and he had blocked the only gap in the 13 (!) cones. He seemed unfazed.
June 25
July 20 – yesterday
July 21 – this morning
Letters to the NPS are in my future.
Someone was hit there this morning. I hope it wasn’t related…
@Sunyata 119397 wrote:
Yeah, I will go out and ride bits of the course several times over the next two months. Luckily, I am super familiar with all of the trails (I went to JMU, which is where I learned to ride a mountain bike and go back 4-5 times a year and ride). Lynn and I have a hate/hate relationship on the best day… But, I know it is coming and can plan accordingly – the soul crushing hike-a-bike is more of a mental drain than a physical one. Hopefully I will be with a group of good spirited folks that will appreciate my odd sense of humour on that section.
I knew the course well before I raced it but I always just figured that I can hike, why would I need to train that? The Hankey climb was trouble for me after that because my legs just weren’t used to it in the middle of a ride. I recovered for Death Climb but I was cramping at the top of Hankey and considered bailing.
@DismalScientist 118899 wrote:
Putting segregated facilities on both sides of the underpass has the effect of narrowing the lanes under the underpass, potentially to the point where cars can no longer make safe passes of cyclists in the road.
Segregated facilities may suggest to drivers that cyclists do not rightfully belong in the road. If I am going southbound on BC through to Long Bridge road, I don’t want the expectation that I should take the path on the right side under the bridge as this will force me to cross the ramps to 395 at two crosswalks. I would rather stay in the street, which is certainly safer for me and, frankly, I think safer for a novice cyclist as well (particularly if the street is wider).
As I have stated before, a lot of the segregated infrastructure looks an awful lot like sidewalks, with all the attendant dangers at intersections. “Protected” bike lanes generally involve impaired visibility of cyclists by drivers, including misperception of speed at intersections. I dread riding in the new Hayes Street PBLs and I certainly hate turning across them (while driving) into Virginia Highlands park.
To encourage more cycling, I would emphasize parallel quiet residential streets rather than protected bike lanes if possible.
