Georgia Avenue Bus/Bike Lane now out for bid

As soon as next week, DDOT will award a contract to create Dedicated Bus/Bike lanes for a couple of blocks on Georgia Avenue between Florida Avenue and Barry Place. Like the old bus/bike lanes downtown these will be on the outside lanes and will not be physically separated from the other lanes, but this time it appears that the lanes will be wider and painted a different color. 

The drawing notes say that all the parking meters will be removed, but they don't say whether any new bike parking will be added to make up for that. 

There will be improvements made to the sidewalks, bus shelters and other street furniture too.

The contract will be award this month, with work to start in February and finish next December.

Comments

[ontarioroader]

Without physical separation or automated enforcement cameras and fines these will be completely useless just like the ones on 9th Street downtown.

[Greenbelt]

I think DC should experiment with lanes behind the curb on streets with heavy bus traffic. That way buses could pull to the curb platforms to pick up passengers without blocking the bike access, and bikes wouldn't have to swing out to the left around the buses when they're stopped for long periods. Bikes would have to yield to bus riders getting from the sidewalk to the bus platform, sort of like we yield to peds getting from the sidewalk to parked cars along 15th or R street sections where the bike lane is between the curb and the parking lane.

[T]

I would like to ditto Greenbelt's comment.