Posts tagged Contraflow Lanes
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Breakfast links: Cry me a river, build a bridge
Ch-ch-ch-ch changes; Streets are for cars, dummies; A safer city; Too old to drive?; Distracted driver kills cyclist, pays $313; One road begins, another ends. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Parking and/or central Maryland
Check the foundation first please; Champlain Street lane open; Floating houses, underground parking; Don’t take a taxi to work; “Dundalk pays, Potomac plays”; Street-facing, and retail, but not street-facing retail; Dorsey-Oriented Tunnel. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Peds, bikes, trees and parks
Don’t walk in Florida; Bike lane posted; Fenty’s training rides break various laws; Park View or just Private Golf Course View?; Pepco’s lumber subsidiary; Parking Depot. Keep reading…
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DDOT to start 15th Street contraflow bike lane next week
DC will soon have its first protected bicycle lane. DDOT is ready to begin construction on a protected, contraflow lane for bicyclists to ride south on 15th Street NW between U Street and Massachusetts Avenue. By placing the lane adjacent to the sidewalk, buffered from high-speed traffic by parked cars, this will create a more comfortable environment for cyclists. According… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good news for our streets
DDOT plans contraflow lane on 15th: After numerous public meetings and much listening, DDOT has decided to implement “Alternative 5” on 15th Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire Avenues. (WashCycle) This alternative adds a standard northbound bicycle lane and a southbound contraflow lane between the parked cars and the sidewalk. Here’s… Keep reading…
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Champlain St under Marie Reed to reopen with contraflow bike lane
DDOT’s bicycle group is on a roll, adding useful bicycle facilities to DDOT projects throughout the city. Last night, DDOT engineers and planners presented a proposal to reconnect Champlain Street in Adams Morgan through and under the Marie Reed Community Learning Center. Currently, the street is blocked off through the site, reducing road connectivity in the area and forcing… Keep reading…
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Boxing Day links: bikes, buses and blogs
Ticket dismissed: One of the bicyclists ticketed for riding the wrong way on New Hampshire Avenue by U Street, Sam DuPont, successfully appealed his citation. DuPont argued that “going the wrong way on NH was the only safe way to navigate that part of the city, and that DDOT has recognized this fact in their plans to install contraflow bike lanes on that very block.”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Enhancements and losses
Bicycle safety enhanced: Among the many controversial items at Tuesday’s legislative session (like parking meters, bar hours, and handgun safety), the Bicycle Safety Enhancement Act sailed through the DC Council quickly and quietly. Once re-passed on second reading and once Congress gets its chance to meddle, motorists will have to pass cyclists with at least three feet… Keep reading…
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New Hampshire Avenue contraflow design
15th Street isn’t the only contraflow bike lane planned for DC. DDOT is working on designs for a contraflow lane on New Hampshire Avenue between T and U (where New Hampshire is one-way southbound) and U and V (where it is one-way northbound). This is a very popular, and perhaps the safest, route across U Street for cyclists, as New Hampshire is wide but low traffic. Keep reading…
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DDOT proposes new option with cycle track for 15th Street
When a group of residents on 15th Street asked DDOT to find ways to slow traffic on their “urban highway” of a street, DDOT planners created four alternatives. 15th street is much wider than necessary, with four northbound lanes that suddenly funnel into only one after New Hampshire Avenue. One neighborhood historian told me that this road was meant to connect to the east-west… Keep reading…