I've seen so many more runners and cyclists on the triangle between the Anacostia, M Street SE and 11th Street SE or (TriBeM) since the Wetlands Bridge was finished. I'm actually kind of surprised.
- Wrong-way teen cyclist hit by police cruiser in MoCo.
- How VDOT decides when to use sharrows and when to use BMUFL signs.
- CaBi's Reverse Rider Rewards program last year may have worked a little, but not enough that anyone would have noticed. What we really need are more stations and more bikes - but CaBi has already adjusted things by changing the bike-to-dock ratio.
- "As part of its counter-offer to the Senate in conference committee negotiations over the transportation bill, the House appears to be proposing the elimination of the Cardin-Cochran amendment, which would allow local jurisdictions to control funds for bike/ped projects. The House proposal, sent to the Senate yesterday, would effectively block access to bike/ped funding for many towns, cities, and regions located in states where the department of transportation places a low priority on street safety."
- The Walter Reed property will open up a little for cyclists trying to get across, but not as much as possible. It's not possible to continue 13th across the site without knocking down the historic main building, but there's no reason why 12th couldn't have been made to go straight across the site. And Main Drive could be straightened out as well.
Maybe the reverse rewards program is insufficiently rewarding to motivate. Glad that they tried it, tho.
Posted by: SJE | June 08, 2012 at 04:12 PM
It's seriously time for a cycletrack on M St. SE. It would really help bring together the disjointed bike infrastructure in SE WOTR and provide a much needed link to the SW Waterfront, which I think would help bring a lot more non-business-hours/weekend traffic to businesses in the area.
Posted by: MM | June 08, 2012 at 04:13 PM
Lawyers have heart 10K is on tomorrow morning, and there will be a lot of runners on CCT between G'town and the reservoir between 730 and 830. Walkers 3K between G'town and Lincoln memorial.
Posted by: SJE | June 08, 2012 at 04:15 PM
Re: wrong-way cyclist hit: The article says, "The bicyclist, a 16-year-old girl, was going against the right of way and was struck by the marked police vehicle." That's kind of an oddly-worded sentence, and I'm not sure it means wrong-way riding. It could just mean that the cyclist did not have the right-of-way.
Posted by: NeilB | June 08, 2012 at 04:20 PM
Good point NeilB, I still think they're referring to wrong-way cycling, but I'm not 100% confident of that.
Posted by: washcycle | June 08, 2012 at 04:33 PM
I luv the cops, but they spend too much time looking down at their computers while driving.
Posted by: Greenbelt | June 08, 2012 at 04:41 PM
Route 29 is an awful road (very high speed, many collisions even at signalized intersections), and there is not good connectivity between the neighborhoods off 29 to local amenities such as the Briggs Chaney shopping center. I have seen people walking and biking on the shoulders of 29 because there are no roads parallel to 29 (on the east side, at least) to get to the shopping center. Typical bass-ackwards suburban cul-de-sac nightmare.
Posted by: Nancy | June 08, 2012 at 10:28 PM
when? when will ANY of this happen?
when?
when?
will there be ANY uses where cars are not privileged in Walter Reed?
you know the answers. america is a low level culture composed of morons and thjere can be little good that will happen until this changes...
the public hates bikes...
Posted by: earl p. | June 08, 2012 at 10:52 PM