Montgomery County is almost done striping and marking the new Spring Street Cedar Street buffered/protected bike lane, which will connect the future Capital Crescent Trail to the future Silver Spring Green Trail (both of which will be completed as part of the Purple Line project, which you may have heard has just started).
The county has been striping Cedar Street.
And Spring Street which will place the bike lane between the sidewalk and parked cars.
They have a new pedestrian island
And cyclists are already out using the lane (even before the flexposts have been installed).
And then last night, they live-tweeting the installation of the green thermoplastic.
And for the bike box (can you spot the manager)
The bike lane runs along the north side of downtown.
When this is complete, they'll follow it with a protected bike lane on Wayne, from the left end of the pink line above to Georgia Avenue.
In ~5 years when the CCT is completed, it will connect to the Sarbanes Center as will the Metropolitan Branch Trail (which may be done by then??) and the Silver Spring Green Trail. Later the SSGT will be extended to the Sligo Creek Parkway and thus the Anacostia Tributary Trails. This separated bike lane would then serve as a northern alternative to the SSGT and would make a nice little downtown loop.
from Bethesda Beat
What's really needed after that is a direct east west connection between Sligo Creek and the WB&A Trail via College Park and Greenbelt. Then we'll have a real bicycle network north of DC.
Update: The bike lanes are to be finished by the end of the month and will include "flexible plastic bollards and signs to protect and help guide cyclists along the new bike lanes."
So do you have a suggested route (or idea for one) between Sligo Creek and Greenbelt? This is the route I use on occasional rides. Lots of hills and dicey intersections though. There is a better route from Greenbelt to the WB&A by way of BARC.
Posted by: Purple Eagle | September 15, 2017 at 08:37 PM
If I were bike god, I would build facilities along Piney Branch Road to tie together Sligo, Long and Northwest Branch trails farther North. Then build a trail from the NW Branch Trail along the small stream through Adelphi (Daniels Run?) to Adelphi Road with a connection to Metzerott Road. Then bike facilities along Metzerott/Greenebelt Rd/193 all the way to the WB&A (connecting to the Paint Branch, Trolley, and Indian Creek trails along the way.
Posted by: David Cranor | September 17, 2017 at 11:42 PM
Well, I will vote for making you the bike god, if that's how it works!
Posted by: Purple Eagle | September 19, 2017 at 01:12 PM