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@Judd 190611 wrote:

Leo will have plenty to share.

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Wouldn’t that require snuggling in the orangey poofiness? NTTAWWT.

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@Judd 190586 wrote:

Please sign the WABA petition asking Alexandria to implement its Complete Streets policy on Seminary Road and implement a Road Diet. The Road Diet will improve walking on Seminary Road by providing shorter crossing distances and refuge spaces. It will also make biking better by installing a buffered bike lane. Seminary Road is plagued by excessive speeds which makes it unsafe for all road users.

It will take about 20 seconds of your time.

https://www.waba.org/blog/2019/05/driving-advocates-mount-petition-campaign-opposing-safer-streets-in-alexandria/?fbclid=IwAR0m4yZhglLRMzpdSginCjnuIMk4UpX8dImxRxhsASuR0hBvvrIAxXUmS8E

Did this and tried to rope in all my FB family & friends. One friend lives in the west end, has a bike and doesn’t ride it because there is no good, safe way to get to the east end of Alexandria. He signed the WABA petition and then emailed the mayor and city council with his concerns. I need to buy him a beer.

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@LeprosyStudyGroup 190481 wrote:

I am interested in doing this with ya, but I’m not 100% sure I can make it yet (and I have zilch for camping gear)

It’s at a lockhouse. You don’t need no steekin’ camping gear.

I was surprised at how well equipped the lockhouse was. You don’t need to bring any utensils or plates. I’d say a sleeping bag and food is all you need. I believe Komorebi always provides beer.

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@ChristoB50 190303 wrote:

Yes, I was specifically thinking the Starbucks across Rt 1 from Jack Taylor Toyota, since it has some outdoor seating (for nice weather) as well as a large common table inside.
(EDIT: Though it has no bike racks – I always end up locking up to one of the handicapped parking-space sign posts.)

Nector Coffee & Wine Bistro at Hume & Mt. Vernon & Commonwealth (it’s a fun intersection) is probably closer to your work than that Starbucks. Less corporate too. And they have bike racks, though there would be no reason to lock up.

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Never pass up an opportunity to add to your tool kit. My last chainring removal/reinstallation didn’t require it but it is there in the bottom of my toolbox the next time it does.

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@Judd 190288 wrote:

32s work great on the canal and is what I’ll be on. There’s a few bumps and potholes along the way.

And mud. Don’t forget the mud.

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Regrets for this year. And I was hoping to improve my performance of last in to the lockhouse. Yeah, no rain would be helpful. See what you can do about that.

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@Judd 190210 wrote:

I will be staffing the WABA tent at Crystal City again this year. Come on by and extend your membership with me.

As someone mentioned, you should never need to buy your own coffee or beer because of your advocacy. I offer to “buy” you coffee during CC Bike to Work Week in addition to extending my WABA membership.

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I’m volunteering at CCBTWW Tuesday and Friday (after I pick up my t-shirt at the Del Ray pit stop). Stop by and say hi.

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1. Yes there is a stop sign before you enter the traffic oval of John Carlyle Street. In fact there are TWO. Thanks for reacting to my frantic arm waving and shouting so you did not hit me.

2. That is a bike lane next to the curb on Jamieson Avenue, not a parking space. I am not sorry I startled you when I rapped on your window while you were tapping away on your phone. You knew exactly how wrong you were while going back to your phone and ignoring me. I’m getting tired of this $#!+ while people are dying. I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.

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Though the Seminary Road survey has closed, there is one more chance to be heard on the redesign. While nearly 500 survey respondents supported Alternative 3, 684 supported Alternative 1 with no bike lanes. That alternative should properly be labeled “Do Nothing.” It is important to let the Alexandria mayor and city council members know if you support the best solution for cyclists, pedestrians and yes, even drivers – Alternative 3. You can send a note using this Alexandria Call.Click.Connect link: http://bit.ly/MayorandCouncil which directs your comments to the mayor, vice mayor and city council members. A personal note is best (I noted I have been a cycling Alexandria resident for over 40 years) and the two paragraphs below may be included and modified as desired.

By adopting a Complete Streets Policy in 2011, the City of Alexandria directed transportation planners to design and operate the entire right of way to enable safe access for all users, regardless of age, ability, or mode of transportation. The section of Seminary Road east of Howard Street is ideally suited for the FHWA’s proven approach, a four-to-three road diet, since this section of roadway has excess capacity: motor vehicle traffic is already constrained to one lane in each direction at entrances to the project area, enabling installation of safety features such as center left-turn lanes, pedestrian refuge islands and buffer space/bike lanes without adding to congestion.

Transportation planners know that a properly engineered four-to-three road diet is the right solution for roads like this section of Seminary Road. It worked well on King Street and will work well on Seminary Road. Ask City Staff to select a solution with center left turn lanes, pedestrian refuge islands (so we only have to cross one lane at a time) and bike lanes. Please apply city policies and Federal Highway guidelines to make Seminary Road safe for everyone as soon as possible!

I submitted my comments today. Reach out this week if you want to be heard before the final decision is made.

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@CBGanimal 189630 wrote:

Yes…I didn’t think it had to be to the letter…

Officially changed: My bike next to a softball field!

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Wait. I was all set to ride to Sterling…someday.

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That’s not too far from Rustico. Is that the beer location?

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Beer? Ill be there.

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@rcannon100 189369 wrote:

Personally I think people who ride Warbirds are composed the rotting husks of old Indian Maize, fermented with wild New Mexican cactus buttons, smothered in bourbon and then reincarnated using chants from pages 59-62 of old Dept of Commerce report.

You had me at “smothered in bourbon.”

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