Good morning
- The Maryland Avenue Pedestrian Safety project could include bike lanes on Maryland Avenue NE - if Alternative B (Road Diet) is selected. It is the current preferred public design.
- "A Capital Bikeshare station at the corner of Ohio Drive and West Basin Drive — near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial — will be open in time for the [Cherry Blossom] festival."
- Dupont circle trafic lights will be off today starting at 10am
On a map, it looks to me like the intersection of West Basin Dr and Ohio Dr is by the FDR memorial, not the Vietnam.
Posted by: Purple Eagle | February 28, 2012 at 08:49 AM
The Washington Times writer is mistaken. The corner of Ohio Drive and West Basin Drive is near the FDR and MLK memorials. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is over half a mile away from that location.
I think I know why she made that mistake. Google Maps mistakenly shows that the "Vietnam Memorial" is located where the FDR Memorial is. Hovering the mouse cursor over that listing displays a pop-up that reads the "Korean War Veterans Memorial". That memorial is also located several hundred feet away from the Ohio Drive spot.
I would have though that the first of the Mall stations would be the Jefferson Memorial location. That's right in the middle of the major cherry blossom areas. I think the Post implied in a recent article that the first of the new Mall stations would be installed at the Jefferson Memorial. Perhaps both stations will be ready before the Cherry Blossom Festival.
Posted by: Michael H. | February 28, 2012 at 08:55 AM
Given the volume of people, having cabi be a viable transit method for the Cherry Blossom is a pipe dream. You'd be able to transport something like 1% of the daily vistors is very bike is being used (and a massive corral station).
For visibility -- yes. I'd like to see something like a mass cabi ride. But what we really need is closing off the entire area for vehicles during that time.
Posted by: charlie | February 28, 2012 at 09:46 AM