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That sign is very confusing. Why not move “Rosslyn” to the bottom of the sign and show the distance, in the same font size as the other destinations?

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@thucydides 128329 wrote:

Gentrification is a genuine issue, I get that. But I don’t buy that the heat being directed against these bike lanes in these specific instances is really about gentrification. This is about MARYLAND residents wanting convenient parking.

Bingo. How much of a fight did they put up against Chipotle, Whole Foods, etc.?

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I agree: the Route 1 crossing is a poor design. There will be conflicts between eastbound cyclists using the road and westbound cyclists who choose the crosswalk. Also there will be conflicts with left-turning drivers (from Wilkes onto northbound 1) who might not expect to see westbound cyclists taking the diagonal.

How much more would it cost to do this correctly?

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@DrP 128274 wrote:

Couldn’t they restripe Glebe with one lane in each direction, a center turn lane and bikes lanes on either side for the traffic?

Since Glebe is a VDOT road, the guerrilla approach is our best bet:

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A road diet here would be nice. Of course, this is the only part of Van Dorn that is already very bikeable (25MPH speed limit and not much traffic), although sightlines aren’t great. Improvements are much more badly needed everywhere else on Van Dorn.

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@brookeewhite 127757 wrote:

I was happy with the routes I was previously taking (”Memorial bridge to Arlington cemetery to Iwo Jima” or “I-66 to Mount Vernon northbound”) until daylight savings ended and then Mount Vernon and the cemetery seemed too dark. Even though I have lights to see my path, I felt less safe and was looking for a more well lit route. The section of Custis from Rosslyn to Courthouse seems okay to me and I was thinking Georgetown/Key bridge might be a better lit way to get there.

It’s always great to be familiar with multiple route options, because factors like traffic, weather, time of day, fatigue, etc. can vary to make different choices become optimal under different circumstances. I don’t commute into DC but I do often go downtown in the evenings. M Street to upstream Key Bridge is my favorite route back to Arlington, but I might use a parallel street when Georgetown traffic is hectic. I use the Custis early in the evening, but I prefer to ride up Wilson Blvd all the way instead when it’s really late.

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@Steve O 127591 wrote:

Some cars will have to stop on Gallows anyway for the walk signal, so it’s totally arbitrary whether they are the ones right now or the ones a minute or two from now.

An immediate response might even reduce the number of cars that get stopped on Gallows. If I knew that the signal would respond immediately, I’d allow a wave of cars to proceed before pushing the button at the end of the wave.

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@PotomacCyclist 127563 wrote:

“Kids” or teenagers? There should be serious charges for something like this. They could easily break someone’s neck or back and kill that person.

http://road.cc/content/news/49079-cyclist-left-unconscious-bike-stolen-after-clothes-line-strung-across-bath
http://road.cc/content/news/98831-edinburgh-cyclist-injured-clothes-line-strung-across-cycle-path

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Have fun! I was considering doing something like this also, but you will beat me to it.

By the way, one of the presenters at the most recent CaBi hack night shared an animated visualization of his TSP heuristic for visiting all the existing CaBi stations. That might take more than a day, though!

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Missed Connection is my favorite thread on this forum. In addition to therapeutic and entertainment value, it is also educational to readers. By following it, I learn about the types of hazards others are encountering and where they are occurring, and I can use this to inform my decisions. It helps to make us all safer.

Perhaps this thread itself should be migrated to this sub-forum? I don’t think we want new threads for every such encounter (although some will warrant their own thread).

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@Terpfan 127282 wrote:

And then there was this guy on Washington St last night:
https://youtu.be/4Bq_CbzAJgI

Pulls out in front of me at a crawl and then speeds up at a whopping 1mph. I swear, some people just suck. This guy is one of those just suck people.

That vehicle is also half over the curb.

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@CaseyKane50 127224 wrote:

There have been no reported crashes in Falls Church this year.

Clearly more orange cones and stop-sign enforcement are needed on the trails elsewhere.

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The public transportation issue is a chicken-egg problem. If we got serious about lengthy license suspensions and/or revocations for negligent and aggressive driving, we’d have a lot of people ineligible to drive. People would demand improvements in both public transportation and taxicab services. Those who still drive would be more sympathetic to funding transit, sidewalks, and trails: they’d have friends and family who couldn’t drive and they’d realize they might end up in the same boat one day. In the long run, it would even help to fight sprawl.

Or maybe instead drivers would finally have sufficient incentive to put away their phones and drive responsibly. The current penalties are a joke, and that’s a huge negative externality for our society.

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@ginacico 127077 wrote:

ballpark $20k/year

IMO, this task would be a more productive expenditure than many other activities/projects that are presently funded by “bike dollars” (both in governments and outside advocacy organizations). Something else could be cut.

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@kwarkentien 126997 wrote:

Actually, Arlington is “ACPD” not “APD.” Arlington generally uses “AC” in its abbreviations with the notable exception of the public school system (“APS”). Alexandria simply uses “A” in its abbreviations except for its public schools (“ACPS”).

That’s bizarre. No wonder we’re all confused anytime one of these acronyms is used.

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