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Nicely done!

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@GovernorSilver 139993 wrote:

I picked up little bits of swag but somehow missed out on the jacket and socks. Oh well, it was a nice pit stop and lovely day to ride.

Indeed.

Thank you, Crystal City!

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@Emm 139975 wrote:

I appreciated the fact they let the slackers like me pick up the swag they missed today.

Really? Aw, dangit! I didn’t even check in there today because I didn’t see new swag and folks were only talking about T shirts, so I figured why slow others down. Blast it.

Next year I think I might make CC my official stop, as I got Zero swag at Old Town Alexandria. Didn’t even get the chance to turn down any cheap water bottles.

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@eminva 139923 wrote:

Though if you find yourself searching the interwebs for miniature clipless pedals, you might ask yourself if you’re going overboard.

You jest but apparently many tandem teams like clipless pedals for keeping kids’ feet in place (see http://www.precisiontandems.com/art16moolddiary.htm). We still have simple platforms on our tandem but one of the first protocols we had to develop was communicating when a kid foot comes off and coordinating getting back on the pedal.

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@GovernorSilver 139831 wrote:

Oh man, should have stopped by for the socks.

Yes, indeed. The Crystal City BID knows what it’s doing, handing out reasonably nice swag you’d actually use. (All too often around here I’ve seen jurisdictions hand out garbage like cheap cheap water bottles that make me doubt their understanding of their target audience.)

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Love that sign!

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Today: socks

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Today : folding tools, patch kit, CO2, bells, lights…

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@consularrider 139734 wrote:

Underseat wedge bag as well as blinkies, sunglasses, and bottle opener/key chain.

Thanks. Nice!

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Anybody want to report what the Monday swag was?

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Will they put crosswalks along Reed/Beauregard, crossing King? I especially dislike going south on Reed to Beauregard. Few locations better illustrate the general superiority of Arlington’s bike & pedestrian accommodations.

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@ShawnoftheDread 139643 wrote:

An extended flyover ramp is the last thing this interchange needs. It would just push the current problem at Taylor Run further west, where there’s even more pedestrian traffic.

I totally agree. Ryan’s in the hospital because the road designers optimized for motorist convenience rather than safety…

…which they’re still doing. My current favorite: the (what? two years old?) Potomac Yard trail by Potomac Ave that has some stretches where southbound trail users must dodge both signposts erected in the path itself, and the passenger doors of parked cars, because clearly it was more important to provide a pretty median than actual physical separation of the MUP and the motor vehicle space.

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8300068,-77.047917,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXeFgoQIB8j_-7RmZq2OfJg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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Yakima used to sell a nifty little clamshell device that would stick to your hood with a magnet and pop up an index-card sized warning sign when you slow down, as you’d normally do when entering a garage, drive-through restaurant line, etc.

http://www.cambriabike.com/Yakima-Load-Alert.asp

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Does anybody have a copy of the notes added to the “wikimap” that Alexandria set up in 2014 to solicit suggestions and concerns about biking & walking around town? Here are some comments added to it about this intersection:

“With the opening of the new soccer field, this intersection now has more pedestrian usage. It’s a disaster waiting to happen. Red light running is constant.”

“This intersection is rated an “F” by VDOT. The ramp to Telegraph Rd from Duke Street needs to go up and over West Taylor Run Pkwy. Pedestrians and bicycle riders would have a safer, shorter crossing if the on-ramp to Telegraph went up and over. Motorists on Duke heading south onto Telegraph Rd. would not have to wait at the light.”

“Cars take the ramps to & from Telegraph Road too fast, paying little attention to pedestrians & cyclists on the sidewalk. There’s no need for a full-speed interchange here since this is the end of Telegraph Rd. Install traffic signals to force cars to stop & yield to people on foot and bikes.”

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CaseyKane and lordofthemark, thank you both for continuing to post Alexandria news and meeting summaries!

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