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As I had suspected, this isn’t quite over. Residents of King Street and the surrounding neighborhoods intend to argue their point to city council with the goal being to have the council override Baier’s decision on January 25, 2014.

Saturday, 25 January, 2014 9:30 AM
City Council Chambers
Alexandria City Hall

I hope to see some people there advocating for these bike lanes. Thanks.

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I’ll be there.

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A friend of mine bought a Vaya from Spokes, Etc. They have them listed in their online catalogue as well.

Bikenetic in Falls Church can get them too.

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http://delray.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/letter-to-the-editor-meehan-on-king-street-trafficcalming-plan

There have been a good number of angry letters sent to city council from opponents of the plan. One such letter, addressed to Rich Baier is above. It makes some lovely unsubstantiated claims such as:

The proposal would be encouraging all cyclists, including Capital Bikeshare users/riders who are generally inexperienced riders, usually not wearing helmets and not always familiar with bike safety regulations, to use a bike lane that would just terminate. I guess the end of the bike lane would have them merge into traffic where the street becomes its narrowest, has a turn lane, a cut-in from the drive in front of the Masonic Temple and overall is a dangerous area and intersection

The VDOT regulations that are quoted are accurate from what I can tell however I highly doubt that these people will propose widening the road to adhere to those recommendations. Would it even be possible to ban certain sized vehicles from the road?

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@KLizotte 72446 wrote:

We’re a cult. We use the happy hours to recruit new members. Freezing Saddles is an initiation ritual.

You have been warned.

I like cults. Especially ones that are bicycle related.

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To the guy who traded pulls with me last night on the MVT heading south. Damn you’re fast. Sorry I couldn’t keep that pace up any longer. I need to meditate on Rule #5.

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I signed up for this year’s competition. Being at a new job much closer to home and easier to access via bike, I can contribute. The happy hour, I should be able to attend as well. See you on the roads.

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I ran into dirt yesterday while making my way back from Leesburg just before I crossed the beltway on the W&OD.

I yelled, “Pete!”.

He replied, “Yo!”

We then continued on our merry old ways.

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For those who are interested in weighing in on the plan for the King St bike lanes, there will be a public meeting to discuss next Wednesday. Details are below. Alexandria residents and those who work here are strongly encouraged to attend.

When: Wednesday, September 18. 7:00 pm
Where: Maury Elementary Cafeteria, 600 Russell Road

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They will be actual lanes.

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To the lady at 15th and L, straddling the cycletrack while in the turn lane, moving your van with both hands and eyes on your phone….umm yeah. That is all that needs to be said.

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Is there a site for DC? I have a couple of solid contributions.

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Goals:

1) Ride 4000km by the end of the year.
– I am at 2200 now so I am on track to hit the goal.

2) Do a century ride
– Longest ride so far this year has been 85km so I am working on it.

3) Ride the full MocoEpic
– Once I get my new mtb, this will happen

So far so good!

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Nice. Alexandria BPAC and the Holmes Run Park Committee have been working on this for some time. I’ll have to check it out this weekend.

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Me: Commuting from Fairfax to Alexandria.

You: The roadie training for the race on Saturday who hung out on my back wheel.

You were the first person who has thanked me for a pull. You’re very welcome. Good luck at the race.

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