ANC 6B asks DDOT to study bike lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue SE

Back in November, Mike Goodno of DDOT went to the ANC6B transportation committee to discuss the possibility of bike lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue SE.

Mr. Mike Goodno, DDOT Bicycle Program Specialist, told the Committee that adding bike lanes to Pennsylvania Avenue SE has been under consideration by DDOT since 2005 and was included in moveDC (the District’s multimodal longterm transportation plan) in 2014. Since the report was completed, Mr. Goodno said that DDOT has been working on the Tier 1 projects identified by moveDC and is now beginning to consider Tier 2 items, of which the PA bike lane
is one.

Mr. Goodno provided the Committee with a review of existing conditions along the Avenue and  an overview of 4 possible options: buffered bike lanes, protected curbside lanes, protected median side lanes, and median lanes. All options result in advantages and disadvantages for the various users, including vehicle flows and parking, bicyclists, and pedestrians. the Committee voted 8-0 to recommend that the ANC send a letter to DDOT requesting the agency to conduct a comprehensive study of the options for bike lanes along the length of Pennsylvania Avenue SE from the Capitol to the
Sousa Bridge.

And they have since then sent a letter (page 11) to that effect and testified in favor of them at the DDOT Performance & Budget Oversight Hearings. Below are a couple of the options presented.

Comments

[Uptowner]

Looks like DDOT is still very confused about bus boarding islands. DDOT is in the process on installing bus islands on 14th St NW, for a project that does not have a protected bike lanes, but DDOT doesn't even seem to be considering them for this Penn Ave SE project, which specifically is about protected bike lanes. On M St NW, they built one, but smashed it into the space of a the bike lane buffer, to make sure that buses would never slow down any of the 3 lanes of moving traffic there.
https://goo.gl/maps/YUhgfxwQDdm

Sometimes I can't tell if the folks at DDOT are just hapless or purposely bad.

[DCCyclist365]

Do we have any updates on this study? I live on Pennsylvania Ave SE in Hill East and a neighbor mentioned DC might be putting up no parking signs today. I love the idea of bicycle lanes on Penn Ave SE but only if they are separated from traffic as much as possible - otherwise. without enforcement, you'll have commuters cutting through the lanes to bypass traffic.