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@Steve O 225756 wrote:

The Bicycle Advisory Committee liaison wrote me the following email on Monday

wait, so first they paint, then they cover up the paint?

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@consularrider 225746 wrote:

The Eads St connection to the 4MRT between the power substation and the water treatment plant has been modified with paint. I’m not sure what they are trying to accomplish with the sidewalk markings, no one one rides their bikes in that direction. Maybe that’s to steer someone away from the curb drop-off? The curb cut wasn’t widened, but not now bears a bright yellow coat of pain.

I wonder why they’re so stubbornly resistant to adding a cold patch ramp. Instinctive reaction to the idea of taking “car lane” space? (I can get why they don’t want to add a cut, that would probably cost a couple hundred thousand dollars.)

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@shipwreckedsailor 225431 wrote:

Thank you so much for all of this information. I am going to share the link for the recording on the BikeArlington socials.

If you could create an e-bike incentive program from scratch, what would it look like? Just wondering since you have so much background information. I am loving the emphasis on battery safety in the comments above. I wonder if parking/locking up is an issue for people with e-bike? Would love to hear your thoughts.

By law, cars need to be stored in an area that’s firewalled from residential space. Large li-ion batteries combust in a similarly catastrophic manner, and probably should be stored in a similar fashion. Scattering what are effectively bottles of gasoline throughout a multi-tenant residence just seems insane to me.

Put another way: there’s a heck of a lot of international regulation concerning the shipping of li-ion batteries, but nothing about keeping a stack of them in your bedroom.

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@Starduster 225348 wrote:

No room for error on this ramp.

per buck v bell, the state has a vested interest in weeding out the gene pool

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@Starduster 225184 wrote:

OK fellow lumberjacks: What do we do now?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Quikrete-50-lb-Asphalt-Cold-Patch-170158/202092202

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@jrenaut 225156 wrote:

She doesn’t wear glasses except to read, so needs something on the helmet.

I always attached the take a look to the helmet visor. I do need glasses, so I was never brave enough to attach a mirror to them. (I don’t really care if the mirror goes flying off, but if I screw up the glasses someone’s going to have to come get me.)

edit to add: that does mean I never used the mirror on the fast bike with the fast helmet (visors suck when you’re low enough that you can’t see past them)

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@dbb 225163 wrote:

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At the Dominion site on Glebe, it seems that the cone and barrel that had provided some warning that a curb face was in your future have been removed.

I mean, it isn’t safe to have a cone in the middle of the trail, right?

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I used the take a look for a few years with mostly positive results. I did manage to knock it off a couple of times. There is a lot of adjustment possible (don’t be afraid to bend it around until it’s right). Being so close to my face meant that focusing on the image took some effort (it wasn’t a constant awareness type thing). Age and vision probably matter for this. When focused on it, the image was sufficient to understand what was behind me. I’ve mostly stopped using it because my riding tends to be in lighter/no traffic and in those conditions the garmin varia is a much lower stress tool. (It just tells me when something’s coming up and I don’t need to constantly check behind.) For heavier traffic the mirror is probably still better as a radar will just tell you that there are a lot of cars all the time. Mirror is probably also better for crowded trails and keeping track of stealth drafters.

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yes, was originally a reservoir. it’s been dredged before, more than once, but dredging is a lot more expensive and there’s nowhere left to put the dirt. basic problem is too much sediment coming in, because of bad land management practices going back decades which won’t be fixed. (it’s expensive, and there’s no incentive to do so as the costs are fully externalized.) remember the “rain tax” that was got so much ridicule a few years back? this is some of what happens when there isn’t one.

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In hindsight seems like a waste of money since you’ll be able to just bike across once the lake is gone.

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just because you’re required to do something doesn’t mean you have to do more than pretend that you’ve done it

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@elbows 223468 wrote:

several school zones

parents dropping kids at school are the absolute worst drivers in my experience

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@bikesnick 222120 wrote:

Old Court House Rd NE in Vienna, VA, was repaved and a bike lane added.
Unfortunately the bike lane is only going west – on the downhill side. Also, it is around a blind curve.

I thought this was strange when I saw it.

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@Serdar 221254 wrote:

Before buying Trek Commuter Light, I used to cover my light with my hand. The new light’s Kindbeam technology keeps light on the trail and out of oncoming riders’ eyes.

Yes–the right answer is a headlight with a cut-off beam, not faffing around with your light while passing. I’m glad these are getting more readily available in the US.

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