Best Bike Lane in DC

[Anonymous]

C St NE wins it hands down, I'd say:

Any other candidates?

[Anonymous]

The C St NW bike lane is incredible. Hopefully the city will use this a model for other bike lanes throughout the city.

[Anonymous]

I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

John Forester, posting from the grave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

C St bike lane looks wide enough to comfortably pass other cyclists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

C St bike lane looks wide enough to comfortably pass other cyclists.

A cyclist is supposed to be given 36” of space from all other traffic. That’s the law. The LAW. So it’s not really possible for one cyclist to pass another when there needs to be 72” distance between them, and the bike lane is only 60” wide.

This is why I ride in the street, even if there’s a bike lane right next to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

C St bike lane looks wide enough to comfortably pass other cyclists.

A cyclist is supposed to be given 36” of space from all other traffic. That’s the law. The LAW. So it’s not really possible for one cyclist to pass another when there needs to be 72” distance between them, and the bike lane is only 60” wide.

This is why I ride in the street, even if there’s a bike lane right next to me.

The LAW is "2202.10A person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance, but in no case less than 3 feet, when overtaking and passing a bicycle."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

C St bike lane looks wide enough to comfortably pass other cyclists.

A cyclist is supposed to be given 36” of space from all other traffic. That’s the law. The LAW. So it’s not really possible for one cyclist to pass another when there needs to be 72” distance between them, and the bike lane is only 60” wide.

This is why I ride in the street, even if there’s a bike lane right next to me.

The LAW is "2202.10A person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance, but in no case less than 3 feet, when overtaking and passing a bicycle."

^^^full citation

D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
Title 18. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 18-22. MOVING VIOLATIONS
Section 18-2202. OVERTAKING AND PASSING

2202.10 A person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance, but in no case less than 3 feet, when overtaking and passing a bicycle.

[Anonymous]

C St NE is amazing. Besides being great for bikes, it also visually transformed C st from a weird urban highway into a pleasant street that is much nicer to walk and live on.

[Anonymous]

I think my heart still is with 15th st NW. I think that was the first protected lanes and it’s what inspired me to start bike commuting in 2010-2011. Many fond memories.

[Anonymous]

I am not a cyclist but I am a pedestrian and I love protected bike lanes like this because they provide a true buffer between traffic and the sidewalk and also because they also keep me safer from both rogue cyclists and rogue drivers -- I can cross the bike lane separately from the road which allows me to separate the process of looking for a cyclist barreling down on me about to run a stop sign AND the process of allowing the extra 5-10 second needed to allow all the cars that are going to run the red or turn without signallng or whatever to go.

Painted bike lanes are the worst because they just add a lane of a different kind of traffic but don't actually force both drivers and cyclists to obey any traffic rules. So as a pedestrian they just become another tool people use to ignore and endanger you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

C St bike lane looks wide enough to comfortably pass other cyclists.

A cyclist is supposed to be given 36” of space from all other traffic. That’s the law. The LAW. So it’s not really possible for one cyclist to pass another when there needs to be 72” distance between them, and the bike lane is only 60” wide.

This is why I ride in the street, even if there’s a bike lane right next to me.

Hahahaha!

The LAW also says you’re supposed to stop and wait at red lights until they turn green, too. You say you hate bike lanes because you get stuck behind people “waiting for lights”.

I guess you only care about the laws that suit you. Which frankly makes you a perfectly ordinary cyclist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate bike lanes. I’m always running up behind someone going way too slow and then get stuck behind them without being able to pass, or I get stuck behind someone who will sit at a light. I will always ride in the street even if there is a bike lane.

C St bike lane looks wide enough to comfortably pass other cyclists.

A cyclist is supposed to be given 36” of space from all other traffic. That’s the law. The LAW. So it’s not really possible for one cyclist to pass another when there needs to be 72” distance between them, and the bike lane is only 60” wide.

This is why I ride in the street, even if there’s a bike lane right next to me.

Hahahaha!

The LAW also says you’re supposed to stop and wait at red lights until they turn green, too. You say you hate bike lanes because you get stuck behind people “waiting for lights”.

I guess you only care about the laws that suit you. Which frankly makes you a perfectly ordinary cyclist.

As the other poster pointed out, there is no law stipulating that cyclists have to give 36" of space for all other traffic. No idea what the "I ride in the street" cyclist is on about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:C St NE wins it hands down, I'd say:

Any other candidates?

As great as this bike lane is, it’s nonetheless a virtual oasis in the desert.

If I recall correctly, it ends abruptly at Lincoln Park and there are no protected bike lanes continuing west.

[Anonymous]

Pennsylvania Ave from the Capitol to the White House is nice too for biking from Capitol Hill.