New bike lane on Old Georgetown Rd in Bethesda

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

It’s pretty sad IMHO and in the meantime there are people saying racist crap all over this website. Honestly pathetic. Deleting true posts exposing b.s. about bike lanes and having no problem with racism says a lot about who runs this website and it’s not positive. Brookings was right.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

Drivers would also take Fernwood. The only catch is that you cannot continue straight on Democracy. But if you are dropping your kid off or walking, there is a HAWK signal on Democracy and there is a gate that you can enter from that side from the athletic fields. Taking Old Georgetown Rd over Fernwood makes little sense for most people in that neighborhood because it’s hard to turn left. You can only make a left turn at Beech. These are things that people that live in Bethesda know. Since you don’t live in Bethesda you obviously don’t know.

No, I don't live in Bethesda, which is why I am asking. I am confused why there are a few posters who say that Fernwood is the only route that makes sense for bikes and that bikes don't need OG if people driving the same route would sometimes take OG over Fernwood. To me it makes sense that if a driver might want to use OG over Fernwood (for whatever reason, again, I don't live in Bethesda) then a cyclist might as well.

I live in DC but sometimes go to Bethesda for work so I follow threads on bike lanes as I would love a safe way to cycle to work events. I assure you that people do not need to live in Bethesda to have a stake in traveling through it.

The next time you are cycling from DC to Bethesda you should check out the Capital Crescent Trail. It’s one of the nicest urban trails I’ve been on.

It looks like it would take longer to cycle to that trail from my house than from my house to Bethesda. And it appears to not go north of downtown Bethesda. A great example of why there needs to be more than one safe path for cyclists (just as drivers have multiple roads they can use).

Going north of downtown Bethesda is not convenient or comfortable for anyone, including motorists. If you’re traveling in the OGR corridor, the neighborhood streets may be a better option for you than they are for motorists because you don’t have to stop at the stop signs.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

Drivers would also take Fernwood. The only catch is that you cannot continue straight on Democracy. But if you are dropping your kid off or walking, there is a HAWK signal on Democracy and there is a gate that you can enter from that side from the athletic fields. Taking Old Georgetown Rd over Fernwood makes little sense for most people in that neighborhood because it’s hard to turn left. You can only make a left turn at Beech. These are things that people that live in Bethesda know. Since you don’t live in Bethesda you obviously don’t know.

No, I don't live in Bethesda, which is why I am asking. I am confused why there are a few posters who say that Fernwood is the only route that makes sense for bikes and that bikes don't need OG if people driving the same route would sometimes take OG over Fernwood. To me it makes sense that if a driver might want to use OG over Fernwood (for whatever reason, again, I don't live in Bethesda) then a cyclist might as well.

I live in DC but sometimes go to Bethesda for work so I follow threads on bike lanes as I would love a safe way to cycle to work events. I assure you that people do not need to live in Bethesda to have a stake in traveling through it.

The next time you are cycling from DC to Bethesda you should check out the Capital Crescent Trail. It’s one of the nicest urban trails I’ve been on.

It looks like it would take longer to cycle to that trail from my house than from my house to Bethesda. And it appears to not go north of downtown Bethesda. A great example of why there needs to be more than one safe path for cyclists (just as drivers have multiple roads they can use).

Going north of downtown Bethesda is not convenient or comfortable for anyone, including motorists. If you’re traveling in the OGR corridor, the neighborhood streets may be a better option for you than they are for motorists because you don’t have to stop at the stop signs.

1. You absolutely are required to stop at stop signs in MD.

2. The Trolley Trail starts in downtown Bethesda (Woodmont Triangle), so yes it is the most convenient way to travel north via bicycle.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

Drivers would also take Fernwood. The only catch is that you cannot continue straight on Democracy. But if you are dropping your kid off or walking, there is a HAWK signal on Democracy and there is a gate that you can enter from that side from the athletic fields. Taking Old Georgetown Rd over Fernwood makes little sense for most people in that neighborhood because it’s hard to turn left. You can only make a left turn at Beech. These are things that people that live in Bethesda know. Since you don’t live in Bethesda you obviously don’t know.

No, I don't live in Bethesda, which is why I am asking. I am confused why there are a few posters who say that Fernwood is the only route that makes sense for bikes and that bikes don't need OG if people driving the same route would sometimes take OG over Fernwood. To me it makes sense that if a driver might want to use OG over Fernwood (for whatever reason, again, I don't live in Bethesda) then a cyclist might as well.

I live in DC but sometimes go to Bethesda for work so I follow threads on bike lanes as I would love a safe way to cycle to work events. I assure you that people do not need to live in Bethesda to have a stake in traveling through it.

The next time you are cycling from DC to Bethesda you should check out the Capital Crescent Trail. It’s one of the nicest urban trails I’ve been on.

It looks like it would take longer to cycle to that trail from my house than from my house to Bethesda. And it appears to not go north of downtown Bethesda. A great example of why there needs to be more than one safe path for cyclists (just as drivers have multiple roads they can use).

If you want to cycle from your house to downtown Bethesda, your most pressing issue is bike lanes in DC not MD. On Wisconsin Ave north from Friendship Heights, the eastern sidewalk is uninterrupted and effectively a bike path all the way to downtown Bethesda.

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1. You absolutely are required to stop at stop signs in MD.

2. The Trolley Trail starts in downtown Bethesda (Woodmont Triangle), so yes it is the most convenient way to travel north via bicycle.

Old Georgetown Road also starts in downtown Bethesda, and yet there are multiple routes for traveling north from downtown Bethesda via car. Funny how that works. Why are all those people driving on Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike? Shouldn't everyone be driving on Old Georgetown Road?

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

"Why do drivers need Old Georgetown when they have a better alternative, Fernwood, that's nearby?" is a question people might ask to respond to the whole "Why do bicyclists need Old Georgetown when they have a better alternative, the Bethesda Trolley Trail, that's nearby?" line of thought.

Fernwood terminates at Greentree, that’s why. The question was whether someone would take Old Georgetown from Wyngate and the answer is no, they would not. Everyone who lives in Bethesda knows this. It’s extremely unclear to me why people that obviously don’t live in Bethesda are so opinionated about what happens in Bethesda. Go focus on your own community.
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Both boys killed on Old Georgetown lived in Wyngate/Bethesda, and the woman killed on Old Georgetown worked as a nanny in Bethesda. Do you want Old Georgetown to be a local street, only used by people who live in Wyngate? A lot of things would be different, if that were so.

This is nonsense. Both kids “killed” did not live in the Wyngate neighborhood. This is in fact a lie. And the woman who was killed was hit by a bus crossing the street at Battery Lane, which is outside the area where they installed the bike lanes and has nothing to do with anything except that the Ride On buses are badly designed and have poor visibility for pedestrians.

You either know the truth and are lying or you’re just making things up because you you don’t care about the truth. Either option makes you look bad.

Why are you putting "killed" in scare quotes? They didn't just up and suddenly die out of nowhere. They were killed in car crashes on Old Georgetown Road. And yes, they actually did live in the Wyngate neighborhood. Their families still live there.

As for "the woman who was killed" - she was Dona Cicy H. Amarasekara, she was 74 years old, and she was killed on Old Georgetown Road on November 29, 2018, while she was crossing at Kingswood Road to catch a bus to go home from work: https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=31354

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

Drivers would also take Fernwood. The only catch is that you cannot continue straight on Democracy. But if you are dropping your kid off or walking, there is a HAWK signal on Democracy and there is a gate that you can enter from that side from the athletic fields. Taking Old Georgetown Rd over Fernwood makes little sense for most people in that neighborhood because it’s hard to turn left. You can only make a left turn at Beech. These are things that people that live in Bethesda know. Since you don’t live in Bethesda you obviously don’t know.

No, I don't live in Bethesda, which is why I am asking. I am confused why there are a few posters who say that Fernwood is the only route that makes sense for bikes and that bikes don't need OG if people driving the same route would sometimes take OG over Fernwood. To me it makes sense that if a driver might want to use OG over Fernwood (for whatever reason, again, I don't live in Bethesda) then a cyclist might as well.

I live in DC but sometimes go to Bethesda for work so I follow threads on bike lanes as I would love a safe way to cycle to work events. I assure you that people do not need to live in Bethesda to have a stake in traveling through it.

The next time you are cycling from DC to Bethesda you should check out the Capital Crescent Trail. It’s one of the nicest urban trails I’ve been on.

It looks like it would take longer to cycle to that trail from my house than from my house to Bethesda. And it appears to not go north of downtown Bethesda. A great example of why there needs to be more than one safe path for cyclists (just as drivers have multiple roads they can use).

If you want to cycle from your house to downtown Bethesda, your most pressing issue is bike lanes in DC not MD. On Wisconsin Ave north from Friendship Heights, the eastern sidewalk is uninterrupted and effectively a bike path all the way to downtown Bethesda.

It would be great if the future Connecticut Avenue bike lanes in DC extended all the way to the Purple Line station at Chevy Chase Lake.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

Drivers would also take Fernwood. The only catch is that you cannot continue straight on Democracy. But if you are dropping your kid off or walking, there is a HAWK signal on Democracy and there is a gate that you can enter from that side from the athletic fields. Taking Old Georgetown Rd over Fernwood makes little sense for most people in that neighborhood because it’s hard to turn left. You can only make a left turn at Beech. These are things that people that live in Bethesda know. Since you don’t live in Bethesda you obviously don’t know.

No, I don't live in Bethesda, which is why I am asking. I am confused why there are a few posters who say that Fernwood is the only route that makes sense for bikes and that bikes don't need OG if people driving the same route would sometimes take OG over Fernwood. To me it makes sense that if a driver might want to use OG over Fernwood (for whatever reason, again, I don't live in Bethesda) then a cyclist might as well.

I live in DC but sometimes go to Bethesda for work so I follow threads on bike lanes as I would love a safe way to cycle to work events. I assure you that people do not need to live in Bethesda to have a stake in traveling through it.

The next time you are cycling from DC to Bethesda you should check out the Capital Crescent Trail. It’s one of the nicest urban trails I’ve been on.

It looks like it would take longer to cycle to that trail from my house than from my house to Bethesda. And it appears to not go north of downtown Bethesda. A great example of why there needs to be more than one safe path for cyclists (just as drivers have multiple roads they can use).

If you want to cycle from your house to downtown Bethesda, your most pressing issue is bike lanes in DC not MD. On Wisconsin Ave north from Friendship Heights, the eastern sidewalk is uninterrupted and effectively a bike path all the way to downtown Bethesda.

I live two blocks from the MD/DC border, so am more concerned with infrastructure in MD for these types of trips. I am fine to use residential roads but if a larger road like E/W or Wisconsin or OG is a straighter shot with fewer stops then there is not reason for a cyclist, like a driver, to prefer residential roads over arterials.

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I just saw two cyclists in the new bike lane. They did not look safe to me! Inviting cyclists to this heavily congested route is a recipe for disaster. Cars trying to merge onto OGR from 270 were all backed up on the ramp and the sharp turn is causing more congestion and danger of accidents. The cyclists I saw had to stop at that intersection where the cars were backed up because the bike lane was totally blocked! This will 100% have to be addressed and I believe eliminating the lanes altogether would be the best solution at this stage.

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Helpful reminder that we need roads like OGR running through our neighborhoods because for all the talk of smart growth, whatever a developer wants to build is deemed smart. Planners have made no effort to hold developers to the transit or safety goals in the master plans, which are supposed to guide development review. As a result, even so-called transit oriented development adds a lot of cars to roads. It’s hard to have streets that are safe for everyone when every new development makes our streets even more dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:So, I get bike lanes for commuting and yes, there are people who work in downtown Bethesda, but not that many. I think these will not be widely used.

If you were to ask me why I don't or wouldn't use the bike lanes, it's because when I go to downtown Bethesda, it's for errands or to eat at night, neither of which would be conducive to biking home. I don't foresee any situation in which it would make sense to bike into Bethesda and then home.

80% of Bethesda cycling is recreational and the rest are CCT commuters.

Ok, so wouldn’t a recreational cyclist prefer the Trolley Trail or the CCT over biking alongside traffic?

The Trolley Trail and the CCT won't get a WJ kid to school. You know how there are multiple routes you can take when you're driving, depending on where you're going? People need that when they're going places on a bike, too.

Since you clearly don’t even know the WJ boundary I do wonder wtf you think you’re doing.

Please explain how you would ride from Wyngate to Walter Johnson via the CCT.

You certainly don’t need to take Old Georgetown Road and in fact it would make zero sense to do so. So again I’m asking you wtf you think you’re doing? Don’t even know the area. Honestly pretty sad.

The shortest route between the Wyngate neighborhood and Walter Johnson is along Old Georgetown Road.

I really do appreciate that you are moderating this thread to remove posts so that it flatters you. As I stated and was deleted, from Wyngate ES to WJ HS the fastest and most direct route that anyone that’s not using Google Maps would take is Fernwood. Only someone who doesn’t know the area would say Old Georgetown Road.

This whole thing is honestly so bizarre it’s hard to understand. Lying about simple things, deleting posts and for what?

Do drivers routinely take Fernwood then? Or do they sometimes take OG?

Drivers would also take Fernwood. The only catch is that you cannot continue straight on Democracy. But if you are dropping your kid off or walking, there is a HAWK signal on Democracy and there is a gate that you can enter from that side from the athletic fields. Taking Old Georgetown Rd over Fernwood makes little sense for most people in that neighborhood because it’s hard to turn left. You can only make a left turn at Beech. These are things that people that live in Bethesda know. Since you don’t live in Bethesda you obviously don’t know.

No, I don't live in Bethesda, which is why I am asking. I am confused why there are a few posters who say that Fernwood is the only route that makes sense for bikes and that bikes don't need OG if people driving the same route would sometimes take OG over Fernwood. To me it makes sense that if a driver might want to use OG over Fernwood (for whatever reason, again, I don't live in Bethesda) then a cyclist might as well.

I live in DC but sometimes go to Bethesda for work so I follow threads on bike lanes as I would love a safe way to cycle to work events. I assure you that people do not need to live in Bethesda to have a stake in traveling through it.

The next time you are cycling from DC to Bethesda you should check out the Capital Crescent Trail. It’s one of the nicest urban trails I’ve been on.

It looks like it would take longer to cycle to that trail from my house than from my house to Bethesda. And it appears to not go north of downtown Bethesda. A great example of why there needs to be more than one safe path for cyclists (just as drivers have multiple roads they can use).

If you want to cycle from your house to downtown Bethesda, your most pressing issue is bike lanes in DC not MD. On Wisconsin Ave north from Friendship Heights, the eastern sidewalk is uninterrupted and effectively a bike path all the way to downtown Bethesda.

I live two blocks from the MD/DC border, so am more concerned with infrastructure in MD for these types of trips. I am fine to use residential roads but if a larger road like E/W or Wisconsin or OG is a straighter shot with fewer stops then there is not reason for a cyclist, like a driver, to prefer residential roads over arterials.

Where are you trying to go exactly? That’s the question. If you don’t say where you live and where you are trying to go then everything is theoretical. For someone that lives so close to MD it’s bizarre that you are so unfamiliar.

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So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

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That poster who keeps insisting no one would use OGR to get from Wyngate to WJ is so weird. I live in the Wyngate neighborhood right off OGR and we definitely use OGR most times. Fernwood is pretty far from us. I don’t think this really has much bearing on the bike lane question—my kids won’t take their bikes to HS because it’s easier to just take the J2 which runs every 8-10 minutes and goes right to WJ. But that person who keeps insisting that anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows you only take fernwood is so weird! I’m really curious which of my neighbors it is!
The bikes lanes are convenient for my kids going to the library or chipotle though. I’m not sure of the wisdom of bringing them up north of democracy and past the I-270 spur. That’s a less residential area and the interface with the highway is not great. I guess it’s for the pike and rose residents?

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Anonymous wrote:That poster who keeps insisting no one would use OGR to get from Wyngate to WJ is so weird. I live in the Wyngate neighborhood right off OGR and we definitely use OGR most times. Fernwood is pretty far from us. I don’t think this really has much bearing on the bike lane question—my kids won’t take their bikes to HS because it’s easier to just take the J2 which runs every 8-10 minutes and goes right to WJ. But that person who keeps insisting that anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows you only take fernwood is so weird! I’m really curious which of my neighbors it is!
The bikes lanes are convenient for my kids going to the library or chipotle though. I’m not sure of the wisdom of bringing them up north of democracy and past the I-270 spur. That’s a less residential area and the interface with the highway is not great. I guess it’s for the pike and rose residents?

Your kids take the J2 instead of the school bus like everyone else? Clearly you live in DC. In Montgomery County we have school buses. The constant posters lying is getting really obnoxious.

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Anonymous wrote:That poster who keeps insisting no one would use OGR to get from Wyngate to WJ is so weird. I live in the Wyngate neighborhood right off OGR and we definitely use OGR most times. Fernwood is pretty far from us. I don’t think this really has much bearing on the bike lane question—my kids won’t take their bikes to HS because it’s easier to just take the J2 which runs every 8-10 minutes and goes right to WJ. But that person who keeps insisting that anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows you only take fernwood is so weird! I’m really curious which of my neighbors it is!
The bikes lanes are convenient for my kids going to the library or chipotle though. I’m not sure of the wisdom of bringing them up north of democracy and past the I-270 spur. That’s a less residential area and the interface with the highway is not great. I guess it’s for the pike and rose residents?

Your kids take the J2 instead of the school bus like everyone else? Clearly you live in DC. In Montgomery County we have school buses. The constant posters lying is getting really obnoxious.

??? Lots of kids in Montgomery County take RideOn buses and Metrobuses. They're often faster than the school bus, they provide flexibility that the school buses don't, and kids ride free: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Transit/KidsRideFree/index.html