Adam Voiland points out that even though the candidates for Governor of Virginia are talking a lot about transportation, they aren't talking about cycling.
Neither Deeds nor McDonnell use the word bicycle -- not even once -- in their transportation proposals. Debates comes and go with no mention of bicycles as a viable part of the state's transportation mix. And Google searches of either of the candidates' names and "bicycle" come up with little that's relevant.
Silver Spring Trails wonders if Gallatin Street in DC, which serves as the interim MBT and allows for contraflow cycling, should have a contraflow bike lane like Cedar Street.
I’m still not a big fan of counterflow bike lanes. But there are situations, like at Gallatin Street, where we only need a short counterflow bike lane to close a difficult gap in a bike route.
Richard Layman discusses the K Street/Parking vs. Bikes & Transit issue
The reality is that urban customers are different from suburban customers. Accommodating urbanites helps urban businesses. And expecting your customers to be suburban in distinctly urban settings (such as on top of a subway station, in a dense part of northwest DC, for stores in high demand and not otherwise located close by), such as with the big box stores and the underutilized 1,000 space parking garage in Columbia Heights (see "At NW Mall, So Many Spaces, So Little Need DC Losing Millions On Empty Garage" from the Post) often backfires, as the city becomes denser and more amenities become available as a result. That means more walking, more bicycling, and more transit use, and less car usage.
MSNBC DC covers the Google Map upgrade and trail view story.
The Anacostia Riverwalk Trail's... er, path to completion is a long one to say the least. Since many of the pieces are built in conjunction with other projects, those parts are at the whim of the construction downturn. In this case it's at Florida Rock, which has the piece of the trail between the Douglas Bridge and the nearly complete Diamond Teague Park. Florida Rock Properties asked for a two year extension on their permit application for the property south of the ballpark and the ANC has voted to support it. Via JDLand
Richard Layman also writes about the K Street Transitway and how the 300 on-street spaces, in a downtown with 15,000 parking spaces in garages is a small price to pay for a complete street.
Adam Voiland interviews a bike courier.
On-street bike parking on Water street in Georgetown? Maybe in November.
4th Street NW between L and Mass Avenue changing to two-way.
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