Monday Morning Commute - Already expecting a lot of "2020, it looks great" kind of promotions in 8 years

I think I failed to publish this this morning. If not I apologize for republishing.

• The Bethesda Trailhead of the Capital Crescent Trail has been restricted for some time and will continue to be so for weeks. "The crosswalk over Bethesda Avenue between Barnes & Noble and the trail has been closed due to utility work. Unfortunately, it will be around the end of July before this work is complete.  In the meantime, they have signed the temporary entrance to the trail and made room around their barricade for trail users coming from the Bethesda Avenue roadway to have direct access"
• Prince George's County officials voted last week to approve the rezoning of a site that will straddle the future extension of the College Park Trolley Trail through Riverdale (Should we start calling it the Prince George's County Trolley Trail?). "With the new mixed-use zoning designation, the Cafritz family can move forward with plans to develop the wooded site just north of East-West Highway, where it plans to build a Whole Foods." The trail now ends just north of the site and work is underway just south of it. The store is planned to open in 2015.
• Joel Gwadz writes about the recent fatal bike-ped crash on the Four Mile Run Trail and about suggestions for using trails safely. 
• The draft plan for the SW Ecodistrict is finished and available for comment through Sept 10. The pictures on this post are both from the plan. A meeting is also scheduled for July 19. The plan includes bike lanes, bike sharing, signage, parking, storage and repair facilities.
• Chicago's Transportation Commissioner, Gabe Klein, recently discussed that city's 2020 Bike Plan . [I guess that right now he's glad Gray didn't offer to keep him on] The plan calls for over 600 miles of bike facilities bu 2020. “Car sharing, ride sharing, bike sharing really are the ways you can make a difference in the way your city functions and how it connects with the neighborhoods,” he said.

Comments

[antibozo]

Yup, i was missing my morning WashCycle fix. :^)

[Kathy]

While it's great they show a bike lane in the above plan, why don't cyclists merit a safety barrier like that afforded to peds (and cars via the median)?