Projects to improve the Custis Trail and Lynn Street Esplanade in Rosslyn are now "substantially complete". Work began in late 2018 to widen sidewalks and add a new on-street bike lane along North Lynn Street, widen the Custis Trail to 16 feet from its current 10 feet and make a number of other crosswalk, intersection and streetlight upgrades to improve safety and accessibility. New Lynn Street, and the Intersection of Doom, is seen below.
This was the most recent photo of the Custis I could find, which shows that it's so nice that drivers think it's a road.
Although this photo could be more recent. Relatedly, the Rosslyn Bike-o-meter is up and running again. The trail has been open since August, but not sure about Lynn.
As with many bike lanes, the question becomes where do riders in the bike lane go when they reach the intersection?
For those who stay on the road, they'll have to then go all the way across the Key Bridge on road.
Those taking the sidewalk will have to make two 90-degree turns (right, then left).
This is a little bit esoteric, but I would love to see something of an "on ramp" from the road to the sidewalk for cyclists, where they can make a gentle merge after the intersectio.
Posted by: S Arlington Rider | April 13, 2020 at 12:19 PM