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? |
You need a new hobby. |
Nobody cares if the bike lanes are used or not. The intent is to punish drivers, because cars are bad. |
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. |
I am on this road twice a day and have seen a bike there ONCE. Ever. |
Where is a bike going down Arizona Ave/Canal Road? |
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 |
Nowhere. Bikes don't go anywhere, by themselves. People go places, on bikes. |
Have not seen a biker all week. |
Guns don’t kill people. People kill people, with guns 😎 |
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. |
Same as major commuting artery, Old Georgetown Rd, unless the Organized Bike Party schedules an event complete with videographer, elected reps, etc. |
"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." |
That's funny, because I see lots of people on bikes on Old Georgetown Road. You should get your vision checked. |