[peterw_diy]

1. How do you toggle the map to show open docks rather than available bikes? Kinda annoying to have to tap on a station to see the open dock count.
2. “Scan to ride” — tells me to “Enable Lyft’s camera access in the Settings.app”. A) That should read “CaBi”, not “Lyft”. “Settings.app” — “.app”? nerd alert!
3. Collecting my cell phone number — why? Dislike. They have my credit card # and can push notifications to me, isn’t that enough?

[peterw_diy]

@Dewey 198594 wrote:

The County budget for next year mentions Arlington PD hiring six traffic and enforcement control officers so this might be changing. Source page 9 of https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2020/02/Manager-Presentation-Proposed-FY-2021-Budget.pdf

That doesn’t sound like much. How many are there now?

Alexandria City fairly recently began to admit that traffic enforcement positions are basically budget neutral – they generally generate enough revenue from fines to cover their salary, benefits, etc. So if the goal is Safety First you’d think the county would hire as many as they could, up until they can’t write legitimate citations fast enough to pay for themselves. My guess is that the local jurisdictions could each use 3-5 times as many traffic enforcement officers as they have today and still generate the same average revenue per officer.

BTW Alexandria has also posted budget proposals online; after a quick skim I don’t see any proposed increase in traffic enforcement positions.
https://www.alexandriava.gov/budget/info/default.aspx?id=113700

[peterw_diy]

@lordofthemark 198189 wrote:

A reminder again about the poll – plus, as noted, T&ES will be presenting results to Council this Wednesday,

Tuesday, you mean. The 11th.

Also the City has a new service request system; here’s a more direct link: https://www.alexandriava.gov/request/CNC_GROUP

[peterw_diy]

@Hancockbs 197738 wrote:

“something similar” is a specific conclusion?.

Yes. You’re pretty clearly accusing the deceased of negligence. For all we know, a large animal sped toward the trail as he approached the bollard. Oh, but maybe you would blame him for not holding his line anyway. Lack of attention, right? Or something similar, surely.

Also your whole blame-the-moving-thing line of argument is ridiculous. “Don’t blame the bear trap (or the person who set it beside the public hiking trail) – it’s the dog’s fault for not looking where it stepped! The trap was just sitting there, perfectly still and therefore it, and the person who placed it, are blameless! What do you mean, it is designed to injure? So what? Without the animal’s movement there would have been no injury!”

[peterw_diy]

Sticky talks about more heavily weighting the early miles of “each ride”, not first miles each day. If I have two five mile rides on one day, is that 2×50 = 100 points, or just 10 mi / 65 points?

[peterw_diy]

“Officials are expected to know if the grant, submitted to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA), has been approved by June 2020. If it is, the County Board will review the project plans before giving an official vote on whether to begin construction.”

[peterw_diy]

When you say midnight on the 18th, you do mean one second after 11:59:59 pm on the 17th, right?

[peterw_diy]

Site update: fencing is still blocking both sides of the bridge. No ceremony, no access.

[peterw_diy]

@komorebi 194167 wrote:

Sadly, it looks like the opening ceremony has been postponed until further notice. https://www.alexandriava.gov/recreation/info/default.aspx?id=112204.

But is the bridge now accessible? A week ago or looked like both ends were blocked.

Side note: about half of the Wayne Anderson Bikeway now has fresh asphalt and no longer goes tha-dump, tha-dump.

[peterw_diy]

“thought leaders”
🙄

[peterw_diy]

Ah, John Townsend, the #1 reason I talked my spouse into allowing our AAA Mid-Atlantic membership lapse… they’ll have to wage their campaigns to induce demand and marginalize non-automotive uses without my money.

Bon courage, Josephine!

[peterw_diy]

For those who have not heard, Alexandria City Council today voted 4-3 to implement the “road diet” on Seminary Road East of Howard that was originally proposed by City transportation planners. Council approved this even after City staff abandoned the road diet in favor of a “compromise” plan that seemed to please no one.

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/battle-over-bike-lanes-alexandria-council-to-vote-saturday-on-seminary-road-plan/2019/09/13/e5382b8e-d56c-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html

[peterw_diy]

I was up this way today and saw no signs of trail closures (other than the fair weather section between Beauregard and Ripley). Maybe this means they’re done?

There are some seconds of the concrete portion with various loose, traction-decreasing debris, but the trail is open.

[peterw_diy]

Wow! Have your asked any of the public libraries if they would be interested in having them and making them available to customers?

[peterw_diy]

From this Call.Click.Connect request (follow the link for a photo) it sounds like Holmes Run trail has some problems even above the High Water detour: https://request.alexandriava.gov/CCC/?t=183625

Quote:

Holmes run trail north of 395

Damage from the floods:

The dirt at the end of the boardwalk has been washed quite a bit, and is now covered with deep ruts

The river rock transition from the dirt to the concrete is gone and is now a foot deep pit

There is also a tree down on the trail

Remaining portions of the trail have dirt swept over it, and it looks like the ground around the trail lost quite a bit of soil

Also there is a large tree stuck into the bridge at the crossing near the lower end of Dora Kelly, on the Holmes run trail

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