Saturday Afternoon Ride

So many links, so little time

• Ride the City proposes replacing the NYT automobiles section with a bicyles section - at least once a year. Which is significantly more serious than this post.
• A driver who chased down a cyclist after the cyclist flipped him the bird, and then punched him in the face was convicted of recklesly causing serious injury. This was in Australia.
• This proposed shopping center might be hard to get to by bike now, but with it's proximity to the future Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, and some improved cycling facilities elsewhere it needn't be. They should have ample bike parking and a CaBi station. Perhaps they can contribute to bike lanes on South Dakota Ave, V St NE and Fort Lincoln Drive. You can learn more about the project here.
• A bike being stripped of parts = dog bites man. In front of a police station = man bites dog.
• Separated bike lanes may help protect cyclists from more than cars. Like concentrations of ultrafine particles. "understanding roadway and traffic effects on exposure levels can help guide bicycle facility design and pinpoint locations in which mitigation of exposure levels by placement of facilities such as cycle tracks may be most important."
• In light of the likely GOP wave, bicycle friendly funding sources like Transportation Enhancement and TIGER grants may be on the chopping block in the next Transporation bill.
• Another bike friendly GGW endorsement: "We support Brittany Kademian in her challenge to Juan Lopez for 1B07...Kademian herself wants to raise the accessibility of the ANC in the area, tutors local students, bicycles and supports a bike lane on 14th north of U."
• A Post reader looks for advice on where to go in Arlington for an easy, safe bike ride with a meal on one end. Readers reply with the W&OD and Mt.Vernon trail. I would've recommended Ballston Metro to Bluemont Junction trail to W&OD to Shirlington.
• FABB will host a reception to celebrate their Bicycle Advocates Guide - The event will be held from 9 – 10:30 am at the Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Avenue, Vienna, VA 22180.
•  A second section of the Tobacco Heritage Trail has opened in Lawrenceville, VA. (thanks in part to the stimulus bill). When done, the trail network will have 160 miles of trail. 
• Yes, a four year old is being sued for racing her bike on the sidewalk in NYC and hitting and injuring a woman. Most Above the law readers blame the parents. But some kids are just bad.

Comments

[Purple Eagle]

RE: the shopping center near Ft. Lincoln - since the ART connection will be on the other side of the river, it's hard to see how cyclists could use the trail to get there. Unless those plans have changed to add a west-side connection? They could connect this area to Bladenburg and the existing trail w/o continuing south through the Arboretum, although making the through connection would be the best way to get bike traffic into the development.

[washcycle]

The older version of the ART map I have shows a connection across the NY Ave/US-50 bridge, though that is not in the one DDOT currently has. So that's what I was thinking of.

[Purple Eagle]

I have never seen that version of the map. Seems it would require a re-build of the bridge. . . there are some fairly wide shoulders, but with traffic speed and volume there a bike/ped route would probably need a physical barrier.