Best Bike Lane in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There’s never been traction for installing actual bike lanes around Lincoln Park. The park itself has room for it but it’s really hard to work with the park service. So you ride through the park or just take your chances in traffic. Or you can take C St past Lincoln Park then continue down East Cap - not protected but very calm. Then Penn Ave downtown.

[Anonymous]

The bike lane along I St SW/SE - from The Wharf to VA St SE - was upgraded recently and is really nice. Not as nice as C St NE, but longer and more useful.

[Anonymous]

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

Any other candidates?

15th street is wonderful for obvious reasons, but also man the cross town e/w path on the old highway interchange of Irving into Kenyon is <chef's kiss>

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There’s never been traction for installing actual bike lanes around Lincoln Park. The park itself has room for it but it’s really hard to work with the park service. So you ride through the park or just take your chances in traffic. Or you can take C St past Lincoln Park then continue down East Cap - not protected but very calm. Then Penn Ave downtown.

I bike around Lincoln Park in both directions every few weeks. It’s not a lot of fun. I wish there were a better route that avoids it entirely.

[Anonymous]

Come to Alexandria for the best bike lanes. They are completely empty at all times. The only negative is the back up of cars next to the bike lanes because they took away a car lane to create the bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

Best bike path is probably the Anacostia trail, but as a "bike lane", that one looks amazing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come to Alexandria for the best bike lanes. They are completely empty at all times. The only negative is the back up of cars next to the bike lanes because they took away a car lane to create the bike lanes.

It doesn’t sound like you take advantage of the bike lanes there. Why is this? Is it due to a disability, a lack of cycling ability, or do you just not enjoy using a bicycle for getting around?

[Anonymous]

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

Any other candidates?

I feel like the C St PBL is probably the only bike lane in the city that someone from a city that actually values the lives of vulnerable road users wouldn’t be completely horrified by.

[Anonymous]

The Connecticut Corridor bike lane. The Promenade is incomplete without it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Any other candidates?

15th street is wonderful for obvious reasons, but also man the cross town e/w path on the old highway interchange of Irving into Kenyon is <chef's kiss>

Oh I haven’t ridden that yet! Is that the one that crosses Michigan Ave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

This is my favorite bike lane too

[Anonymous]

The lane in front of The Wharf is good too, bar the clueless folk who think it’s a good place to stop and hold a conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The lane in front of The Wharf is good too, bar the clueless folk who think it’s a good place to stop and hold a conversation.

does it connect to Navy Yard yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The lane in front of The Wharf is good too, bar the clueless folk who think it’s a good place to stop and hold a conversation.

does it connect to Navy Yard yet?

Yes!!! There is a new protected lane along 7th St SW and I St SW/SE that runs through Navy Yard and on to Barrack’s Row.

It seems that the city is finally making some progress in connecting the lanes together to form something approaching a network.

It’s still a tiny network, to be fair, but it’s fantastic if the lanes align with where you want to go.

Happiness in DC is a well-designed protected bike lane!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The lane in front of The Wharf is good too, bar the clueless folk who think it’s a good place to stop and hold a conversation.

does it connect to Navy Yard yet?

Yes!!! There is a new protected lane along 7th St SW and I St SW/SE that runs through Navy Yard and on to Barrack’s Row.

It seems that the city is finally making some progress in connecting the lanes together to form something approaching a network.

It’s still a tiny network, to be fair, but it’s fantastic if the lanes align with where you want to go.

Happiness in DC is a well-designed protected bike lane!

thanks!!

I don’t actually think the network is tiny at all, at least not for W6/7.