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In that event, it appears that the curb you pointed out is actually the curb for the two-way cycle track.

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There must be a clear prohibition of right-on-red from eastbound Wilson onto southbound Wash Blvd, in order to avoid RTOR conflicts between vehicles and cyclists in the bike box.

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Realize things slow down this time of year due to weather and holidays, but any insights or tips about stuff going on, particularly in Alexandria or Arlington? I can say that the long-delayed King/Beauregard project, which will eventually give a sidepath on King between 28th St and Walter Reed/Beauregard is finally under way.

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There are times when I yell at them “Get a real bike”.

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I damn near asked him if he had a motorized elliptical machine at home to use when it snows.

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How can people be so lazy?

Maybe OP should mind his own damn business and stop being so concerned over the decisions made by other people. Moreoever, what gives you the right to make judgements over people’s riding styles?

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@DismalScientist 145731 wrote:

Well that means that there never can be right on red if there are insufficient sight-lines at the stop line to execute such a turn.

I would welcome this greatly.

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Workers have filled in the slip lane that used to lead from westbound on Braddock Road to northbound Van Dorn Street. You can see the concrete foundation that has been laid for a bicycle-only slip lane that will lead from the outside lane on Braddock to the new bike lane on northbound Van Dorn.

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We don’t know what speed the cyclist was going at, and it’s not fair to him to speculate one way or another. In any regard, I know of no law or regulation concerned speeds on sidewalks.

One thing we do know, however, is the the motorist rolled through a red light without stopping. Had the motorist stopped, like the law requires, the cyclist almost certainly wouldn’t have been hit, or would have been hit at a much slower speed.

Stop blaming the cyclist. We’re talking about a school-age minor (could be 18 I guess). And we have all of these experienced cyclists saying he should have taken the lane, as if that’s something we can reasonably expect of someone of that age…No wonder people take much of the cycling community to be out of touch. Maybe the cyclist had a very simple and sensible reason for riding on the sidewalk, in that it made him/her feel safe. The fact is that the motorist broke a law which is designed to prevent the very thing that wound up happening.

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Here come the VCers blaming the kid for not being a confident VCer and taking the lane on Washington Blvd during rush hour. Nevermind the fact that it was the driver and the driver alone for hitting the kid. VCers have never found a situation that wasn’t fixed by blaming the cyclist for taking the lane.

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@KLizotte 145486 wrote:

My recollection is that the driver who hit Ryan was not charged (!).

Too busy writing tickets down at Union and King to satisfy Hal Hardaway.

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At a minimum, I hope the Brown family can collect a substantial payment from the driver. No justice.

Good luck with Virginia’s AAA-approved contributory negligence law. Sadly he probably won’t get a dime.

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a station wagon headed south on George Mason Dr. rolled to the intersection and proceeded to make the turn to head west on Washington Blvd.

Per google maps, the driver was making a right, and it sounds like the light would have been red for the driver.

Hence, it was a “rolling” right-on-red (i.e. driver didn’t come to a complete stop), and then obviously didn’t yield to a pedestrian in the intersection.

We’ll see if the driver gets anything at all. I don’t have much hope.

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Good report. I’ve never taken that stretch to be particularly dangerous. It is near a steep drop-off to Four Mile Run, but that’s not what it sounds like happened. I know that I often find myself staring off into the pond because there’s a turtle that camps out there…maybe was distracted? Don’t want to speculate too much though.

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Drove through the corridor today. Bike lanes are done, it appears, for the extent of the project area (from Janney’s Lane to Kenwood). Other elements of the Complete Streets project (such as pedestrian refuge islands) are still under work. Other motorists seems to be handling the bike lane fine, and I even saw a biker heading eastbound (towards Old Town) near TC Williams HS, and he was using the bike lane. 😎

I will perhaps take some photos over the long weekend, but it’s now a great way to get from the West End to Old Town and the rest of the Alexandria bike network. Well done Alexandria.

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http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2016/aug/17/alexandria-letter-ticket-cyclists/

Perennial election loser Van Fleet must be happy by this development.

Just more proof that the City would rather ticket cyclists to placate a few noisy complainers rather than charge drivers who kill people with their trucks (http://patch.com/virginia/delray/no-charges-fatal-hit-run-alexandria-report)

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Our good friend Hal Hardaway must have been burning up the phone lines at City Hall again…

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I got hit a couple years ago and the City PD call center couldn’t care less either. Perhaps go straight to TES/Local Motion to at least let them know your incident; perhaps they can incorporate it into their analysis for future planning.

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