Posts tagged L And M Street Bike Lanes
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N Street NW has new bike lanes
If you’ve biked down N Street just north of Thomas Circle recently, your ride may have been more convenient than it used to be thanks to new contraflow lanes. Even though the lanes only stretch two blocks on either side of 14th street, they provide valuable new options for travelling east-west in this part of downtown. Keep reading…
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Going Dutch: Planners from the Netherlands make suggestions for bike lanes in DC
In late April, Dutch cycling experts met with DC area planners, engineers, and feds to look at cycling conditions in the West End neighborhood. They all teamed up to draft a plan that would build connections to trails and add new segments of on-street bikeways, all with the goal of creating a safe, easy-to-use cycling network. … Keep reading…
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Green means go (for bike lanes)
Washington is one of many cities going green, literally: green paint is becoming a go-to way to make bike lanes stand out so that using the street is safer for everyone. Keep reading…
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In DC’s West End, construction projects are endangering cyclists and pedestrians
In DC’s West End, portions of the bikeways on L and M Streets, along with the adjacent sidewalks, are closed because of construction projects. The detours are confusing, and the result is that people on both bikes and foot are sharing narrow, unsafe spaces. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Baffling bike blockages
L St bike lane blues; Arlington’s bike plan is ancient; Westbard’s way forward; Pepco-Exelon approved; The area grows; The history behind Reston; Gondola study gears up; Metro union impressed with Wiedefeld; Send in the drones; NYPD v. pedestrian; Behind BART’s twitter. Keep reading…
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15th Street’s protected bikeway is a sidewalk now
At 15th and L Street NW, where construction is underway to turn the now former Washington Post building into Fannie Mae’s new headquarters, the protected bikeway is also serving as a sidewalk. DC’s policies say this kind of situation should be avoided if at all possible, and in this particular case, it could be. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spin
Crisis “management”; Cracks slow construction; Safety drill not up to snuff; What to do about murders?; More bikes, less congestion; Free rides for kids; A fair housing fix; Transportation conundrum; And…. Keep reading…
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Cyclists got tickets for riding on a short one-way half-block. There’s a better way to design this street
Last month, police ticketed bicyclists riding the wrong way on M Street near the Convention Center, POPville reported. We asked our contributors and DDOT what they think is the right solution in this area. Keep reading…
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Drivers may not notice them, but utility hazards are a big danger for bicyclists
After utility companies rip up the streets, they’re supposed to restore them. But the low-quality way they often restore pavement under bike lanes and cycletracks makes them very dangerous for cyclists. Keep reading…
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DC’s most bike-friendly corner: 15th and L
Look at this beautiful photo. Two cycletracks meet at a street corner, bike boxes and green paint flow in every direction, and a bikeshare station sits in the background. It’s almost Dutch. Almost. Keep reading…