[Mark Blacknell]

I think Rosslyn should be a top priority, as should a (single?) station at National. Both would provide a substantial improvement to the network, in terms of filling in gaps (DC – Rosslyn – Crystal City) and important connections (National – Crystal City).

[Mark Blacknell]

Glad to have you here, sorry to hear that your bike was stolen. It sucks suck sucks, as many of us here can attest. Pete, as usual, gave some great suggestions.

[Mark Blacknell]

Just a few blocks from my house, so swung by (planning to take it over to Phoenix Bikes) – looks like someone’s already grabbed it. Hope it’s put to good use.

(if that came out of the basement of that house, I bet it was quite something. I expect there’s/was all sorts of treasure down there.)

[Mark Blacknell]

1992 called . . .

[Mark Blacknell]

Great post and great graphic. If the sidewalks aren’t crowded (i.e., when it’s not summer), I’ll roll past the TJ Memorial until I can catch the road coming out of Hains Point and then take the lane from there all the way up Raoul Wallenberg Dr. then jumping onto Madison or Independence.

There’s plenty of room on Independence for a bike lane.

[Mark Blacknell]

I know encounter just that hazard pretty regularly, but I have to say that I’d much prefer that the police simply slow up and tell the pedestrian they were 1) being unsafe (for both themselves and others), and 2) it’s a ticketable offense. I’d not really want to see a ticket issued, though. Too many other priorities I’d put in front of that.

[Mark Blacknell]

Taking advantage of the reopened thread: does anyone have a better recommendation for a collapsible basket than these? My Axiom grocery bag has gone into the spokes too many times (under load), but I like the convenience of dropping a grocery bag straight in (cf. the unpack/repack I have to do with my other set of smaller panniers). All suggestions involving kitty litter containers will be politely ignored.

[Mark Blacknell]

The question of size has never occurred to me, so I suppose I think it’s fine as is. My primary – and perhaps unrealistic, given the challenges – complaint about area bike maps is that they’re separated into DC proper, Arlington, Alexandria, etc. Very few users of these maps ride solely within each jurisdiction. I’d *love* to see a joint DC metro-wide effort. Even if it couldn’t be printed, I’d love to see something electronic that tied all the various maps together. I’m not a great fan of relying on/handing all things over to Google, but it might be first accomplished as a layer on top of Google maps.

[Mark Blacknell]

This is in Falls Church, and their folks are clear on the issue now, it seems. I look forward to them soon replacing them outside of the crosswalk/travel lane.

[Mark Blacknell]

Leave the holster empty! I know this is Virginia, but . . .

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Couldn’t pay me enough to head out to Tyson’s (and why would you want to?), but I do believe that we’ve got video evidence of Tim making the trip. For those heading to the Ballston Mall, there’s covered parking available at the parking garage entrance on the Glebe Road side of things. The trick is to look to the left (and take the sidewalk in, not the path the cars take).

For produce, our house has three sources – the Clarendon farmer’s market on Wednesdays (picked up via bike), Great Country Farms farmshare (dropped off weekly at house during the summer/early fall), and local Giant for the remainder (via bike, despite poor bike parking).

Northside Social is okay (definitely bike friendly, tho’ I could do with less competition from staff mopeds at the usually full rack). But it’s a bit much as a casual stop, for me (I liked the old Common Grounds environment). Java Shack is super bike friendly (and sponsors a couple local teams, last I checked).

Speaking of WOD-proximate businesses/destinations – the Soundry, just a little past that Whole Foods, is definitely bike-friendly.

I don’t think you’re going to come across too many (any?) overtly bike-friendly businesses in Arlington, mostly because very few have been given reason to think about any benefits to being bike friendly. Here’s hope that Bike Arlington’s efforts – and our own individual efforts – can help change that.

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@StopMeansStop 824 wrote:

Since the driveway I exit is right near the light, I sure do. I’m still within the speed limit. Why should I yield my right-of-way to scofflaws?

Well, I suppose it helps that we now know that your brief convenience is more important to you than the lives of others.

[Mark Blacknell]

I can tell you that when pulling out of the garage and I see green I speed up to make the light so I’m not idling for several minutes.

So, despite the fact that you’ve known for years that this is an intersection in which you may encounter pedestrians and cyclists crossing the intersection, you speed up as you approach the intersection?

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I’m very ticked off at the County because I have requested that they address this about 3 years ago. How many people have been hurt in that time?

It’s a question of resource allocation, no? Everyone thinks that their corner is the most important. I’d be interested in hearing how many people actually have been hurt at that intersection. My guess is very few.

The County wastes so much money with traffic calming because it is the hip “progressive” thing to hate on cars.

Yeah, now I think you’re not really paying attention. Traffic calming comes to neighborhoods because the neighborhoods ask for it. The “hip “progressive”” thing (whatever that is) has nothing to do with it.

[Mark Blacknell]

They do. They did it at Hains Point last week, on the CCT this week, and in Arlington earlier this year, by accounts that I’ve heard. My question remains.

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