Arizona Ave new bike lane between Macarthur Blvd and Canal Road

[Anonymous]

I just walked along Arizona at rush hour Friday AM, did not see one bike using the new bike lanes over the 12 minutes i was on Arizona

Afternoon rush hour on that street is now a complete sh&tshow

All this for how many cyclists a day?

Who planned this lane and how was pushed through?

[Anonymous]

You need a new hobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just walked along Arizona at rush hour Friday AM, did not see one bike using the new bike lanes over the 12 minutes i was on Arizona

Afternoon rush hour on that street is now a complete sh&tshow

All this for how many cyclists a day?

Who planned this lane and how was pushed through?

Nobody cares if the bike lanes are used or not. The intent is to punish drivers, because cars are bad.

[Anonymous]

You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

OP doesn't see them because OP has this weird disconnect between their eyes and their brain, causing them to be incapable of seeing people when they are on a bike.

[Anonymous]

I am on this road twice a day and have seen a bike there ONCE. Ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

Where is a bike going down Arizona Ave/Canal Road?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on this road twice a day and have seen a bike there ONCE. Ever.

Probably because people felt unsafe biking on it. But now there are new bike lanes, as a connector to the Capital Crescent Trail.

https://trails-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com/pages/arizona-avenue-trail

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

Where is a bike going down Arizona Ave/Canal Road?

Nowhere. Bikes don't go anywhere, by themselves. People go places, on bikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on this road twice a day and have seen a bike there ONCE. Ever.

Probably because people felt unsafe biking on it. But now there are new bike lanes, as a connector to the Capital Crescent Trail.

https://trails-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com/pages/arizona-avenue-trail

Have not seen a biker all week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

Where is a bike going down Arizona Ave/Canal Road?

Nowhere. Bikes don't go anywhere, by themselves. People go places, on bikes.

Guns don’t kill people. People kill people, with guns 😎

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

Where is a bike going down Arizona Ave/Canal Road?

This is a good point. You can't connect to the Capitol Crescent Trail at Canal Road, even after the installation of this bike lane.

It's not clear to me why this bike lane even exists and I say that as some who loves to road cycle and appreciates all the new bike infrastructure in DC and the adjacent national park lands (ie, CCT).

A bike lane down Arizona between MacArthur and Canal is a bike lane to nowhere. There's no real shoulder on Canal for cycling and you'd never take a lane on Canal (biking on MacArthur is much safer and preferred routing). And you can't access the Capital Crescent Trail here. It's a bizarre bike lane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on this road twice a day and have seen a bike there ONCE. Ever.

Same as major commuting artery, Old Georgetown Rd, unless the Organized Bike Party schedules an event complete with videographer, elected reps, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t see them bc bikes are a way more efficient mode of short-distance transportation, compared to cars

Where is a bike going down Arizona Ave/Canal Road?

This is a good point. You can't connect to the Capitol Crescent Trail at Canal Road, even after the installation of this bike lane.

It's not clear to me why this bike lane even exists and I say that as some who loves to road cycle and appreciates all the new bike infrastructure in DC and the adjacent national park lands (ie, CCT).

A bike lane down Arizona between MacArthur and Canal is a bike lane to nowhere. There's no real shoulder on Canal for cycling and you'd never take a lane on Canal (biking on MacArthur is much safer and preferred routing). And you can't access the Capital Crescent Trail here. It's a bizarre bike lane.

"The Arizona Avenue Trail is a 0.10-mile proposed multi-use trail that will provide a pedestrian and bicycle connection to the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT). The Arizona Avenue Connection to the CCT was identified as an important trail connection in the Palisades Trolley Trail and Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Bridge Feasibility Study (2019). Currently, there is no safe, accessible, or direct access from the Palisades neighborhood to the CCT, an approximately 11-mile trail between Georgetown in Washington, DC, to Silver Spring, Maryland. DDOT, in partnership with the National Park Service, is currently in the process of completing the environmental investigations which are expected to be complete in 2023."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am on this road twice a day and have seen a bike there ONCE. Ever.

Same as major commuting artery, Old Georgetown Rd, unless the Organized Bike Party schedules an event complete with videographer, elected reps, etc.

That's funny, because I see lots of people on bikes on Old Georgetown Road. You should get your vision checked.