DDOT is holding another meeting on the 16th Street NW Bus Lane Project tomorrow night and this may be a project cyclists want to follow. The design visuals of the 16th Street corridor were promised this past spring, but I haven't seen them yet. Perhaps they'll be presented tomorrow.
The design plans include bus lanes running from Arkansas Avenue NW to H Street NW (Which is Piney Branch to Lafayette Square) open to buses only for limited hours. It would be very useful to cyclists if they were bus/bike lanes and of course there is precedent for that on Georgia Ave.
In December 2016 the District Department of Transportation kicked off the first 6- month phase of design of the 16th Street Bus Lanes Project. During this phase of the project, DDOT will use the recommendations from the 16th Street NW Transit Priority Planning Study as a guide in developing preliminary 30% design plans. The design plans will include peak period bus lanes, ADA accessible bus stops, enhanced passenger bus stop passenger amenities (off-board fare payment kiosks, bus shelters, etc.), signage, and pedestrian improvements.
It can't hurt to show up at tomorrow night's meeting and ask about bicycle access.
Including bike infrastructure would be nice to have. However, since there are decent bike lanes in this stretch along 15th/14th, my priority would be building the best bus infrastructure.
Posted by: Roo_Beav | July 26, 2017 at 08:43 PM
I want the best bus infrastructure too, but the two aren't mutually exclusive. Furthermore, the 15th St facility doesn't go as far north, 14th doesn't go as far south (and has an ~11 block gap in it), 15th is crowded and people are asking how to widen it and I've heard Jim Sebastian say he'd put a bike facility on every street from 24th to North Cap if he could.
Posted by: washcycle | July 26, 2017 at 09:55 PM