Bikes lanes poorly designed - unsafe for drivers and bikers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poorly designed bike infrastructure? Is there any other kind?

The Washington Post had a story the other day on how the city spent $4 million to build an entire building at union station for cyclists to lock their bikes (a pole wouldn’t suffice?). Now that absurd building has been padlocked because no one uses it.

Good thing DC doesn’t have any poor people and we can afford to blow $4 million on such silly ideas

Kudos for the thoroughness of your recitation of alternative facts.

Don't you have anything better to do on a Friday night than complain about bicycles anonymously on an internet message board?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poorly designed bike infrastructure? Is there any other kind?

The Washington Post had a story the other day on how the city spent $4 million to build an entire building at union station for cyclists to lock their bikes (a pole wouldn’t suffice?). Now that absurd building has been padlocked because no one uses it.

Good thing DC doesn’t have any poor people and we can afford to blow $4 million on such silly ideas

We have the worst government

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe get off you posterior, get a bike, and get on with life. Biking is awesome. There are all kinds of different outfits you can buy. It's like being in a motorcycle gang - but without polluting the environment.

I don’t have any DUIs, so I can just drive.

I'm not fat so I don't have to drive to go 2 mile

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes lanes in NWDC on New Mexico Avenue and all of the islands for pedestrians are already causing issues. Islands not lit up properly so at night at least 2 cars have driven over the islands (not drunk) and gutted out the entire bottom of their cars and had to be towed.

FWIW, I have also seen cars do this during the day on islands where there are no bike lanes at all (like along River Road near GDS). Not sure this is specifically a bike-lane-related problem.

Bad drivers are bad drivers. Better they run over a median than a person, on a bike or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poorly designed bike infrastructure? Is there any other kind?

The Washington Post had a story the other day on how the city spent $4 million to build an entire building at union station for cyclists to lock their bikes (a pole wouldn’t suffice?). Now that absurd building has been padlocked because no one uses it.

Good thing DC doesn’t have any poor people and we can afford to blow $4 million on such silly ideas

They built this 15 years ago. I’m sure they thought bicycling would get really popular and they’d get a lot of use out of it. 15 years later, it’s been abandoned

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poorly designed bike infrastructure? Is there any other kind?

The Washington Post had a story the other day on how the city spent $4 million to build an entire building at union station for cyclists to lock their bikes (a pole wouldn’t suffice?). Now that absurd building has been padlocked because no one uses it.

Good thing DC doesn’t have any poor people and we can afford to blow $4 million on such silly ideas

Why does it cost $4 million to give cyclists a place to tie up their bikes?

[Anonymous]

Anybody who hits these islands while driving needs to give up their license and stop driving.
https://twitter.com/Mason_Transport/status/1700462405099139563

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes lanes in NWDC on New Mexico Avenue and all of the islands for pedestrians are already causing issues. Islands not lit up properly so at night at least 2 cars have driven over the islands (not drunk) and gutted out the entire bottom of their cars and had to be towed.

Took away parking in front of Wagshals and all along on side of the street so people with less expensive housing like apartments that don't have garages are now without parking.

The bikers using the bike lanes don't even live in the city and not in the neighborhood.

Nowhere to put trash cans except on the nice green grass which will kill the grass (that is very environmentally friendly killing grass)

turning left into Foxhall Square off of New Mexico when cars go around you they go into the bike lane - dangerous for bikers but cars have no choice as there is no where else to go to get around cars

How do you know this part? And does it matter? A lot of the people who drive on the roads in D.C. don’t live here, either.

Because we live in an expensive neighborhood and pay more taxes so we are essentially paying for your bicycle ride while many of us with children and elderly to care for who need parking near their homes are now inconvenience. I think it is sexist since most people I see riding bikes in the lanes are men. Any mother toting her kids and their school bags and sporting equipment to and from school is not using a bike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes lanes in NWDC on New Mexico Avenue and all of the islands for pedestrians are already causing issues. Islands not lit up properly so at night at least 2 cars have driven over the islands (not drunk) and gutted out the entire bottom of their cars and had to be towed.

Took away parking in front of Wagshals and all along on side of the street so people with less expensive housing like apartments that don't have garages are now without parking.

The bikers using the bike lanes don't even live in the city and not in the neighborhood.

Nowhere to put trash cans except on the nice green grass which will kill the grass (that is very environmentally friendly killing grass)

turning left into Foxhall Square off of New Mexico when cars go around you they go into the bike lane - dangerous for bikers but cars have no choice as there is no where else to go to get around cars

LOL. Where is there "less expensive housing" in that neighborhood??

apartments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bikes lanes in NWDC on New Mexico Avenue and all of the islands for pedestrians are already causing issues. Islands not lit up properly so at night at least 2 cars have driven over the islands (not drunk) and gutted out the entire bottom of their cars and had to be towed.

Took away parking in front of Wagshals and all along on side of the street so people with less expensive housing like apartments that don't have garages are now without parking.

The bikers using the bike lanes don't even live in the city and not in the neighborhood.

Nowhere to put trash cans except on the nice green grass which will kill the grass (that is very environmentally friendly killing grass)

turning left into Foxhall Square off of New Mexico when cars go around you they go into the bike lane - dangerous for bikers but cars have no choice as there is no where else to go to get around cars

The bike lanes and unattractive poles are now installed and I still saw 3 people on bikes yesterday riding in the road anyways what a waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poorly designed bike infrastructure? Is there any other kind?

The Washington Post had a story the other day on how the city spent $4 million to build an entire building at union station for cyclists to lock their bikes (a pole wouldn’t suffice?). Now that absurd building has been padlocked because no one uses it.

Good thing DC doesn’t have any poor people and we can afford to blow $4 million on such silly ideas

They built this 15 years ago. I’m sure they thought bicycling would get really popular and they’d get a lot of use out of it. 15 years later, it’s been abandoned

they built it before there was good bike infrastructure in DC. also before bikeshare/scooters were a thing. now people who want to bike from Union Station to downtown are more likely to hop on a CaBi than keep a bike locked up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ride on these streets a couple times a week and I live in DC. They literally are not finished with the lanes (painting lines today and still have a section to put up barriers). They are fantastic and offer a necessary connection from glover park to tenley.

Now, the way they’ve proceeded has been imperfect. Leaving things half done for months was not good.

Are these protected lanes with concrete dividers? It took DDOT forever to finish those on PA Ave but they turned out great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes lanes in NWDC on New Mexico Avenue and all of the islands for pedestrians are already causing issues. Islands not lit up properly so at night at least 2 cars have driven over the islands (not drunk) and gutted out the entire bottom of their cars and had to be towed.

Took away parking in front of Wagshals and all along on side of the street so people with less expensive housing like apartments that don't have garages are now without parking.

The bikers using the bike lanes don't even live in the city and not in the neighborhood.

Nowhere to put trash cans except on the nice green grass which will kill the grass (that is very environmentally friendly killing grass)

turning left into Foxhall Square off of New Mexico when cars go around you they go into the bike lane - dangerous for bikers but cars have no choice as there is no where else to go to get around cars

How do you know this part? And does it matter? A lot of the people who drive on the roads in D.C. don’t live here, either.

Because we live in an expensive neighborhood and pay more taxes so we are essentially paying for your bicycle ride while many of us with children and elderly to care for who need parking near their homes are now inconvenience. I think it is sexist since most people I see riding bikes in the lanes are men. Any mother toting her kids and their school bags and sporting equipment to and from school is not using a bike.

Hey, wouldn't it be great if there were safe bicycle infrastructure, so that people transporting kids and equipment wouldn't be forced to do so in a car? In fact, what if the kids could transport themselves to school by bike? That would be even better! And just imagine how much money the city would save on road maintenance if fewer people transported themselves by car and more people transported themselves by bike! That sounds like a win-win-win to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes lanes in NWDC on New Mexico Avenue and all of the islands for pedestrians are already causing issues. Islands not lit up properly so at night at least 2 cars have driven over the islands (not drunk) and gutted out the entire bottom of their cars and had to be towed.

Took away parking in front of Wagshals and all along on side of the street so people with less expensive housing like apartments that don't have garages are now without parking.

The bikers using the bike lanes don't even live in the city and not in the neighborhood.

Nowhere to put trash cans except on the nice green grass which will kill the grass (that is very environmentally friendly killing grass)

turning left into Foxhall Square off of New Mexico when cars go around you they go into the bike lane - dangerous for bikers but cars have no choice as there is no where else to go to get around cars

The bike lanes and unattractive poles are now installed and I still saw 3 people on bikes yesterday riding in the road anyways what a waste.

I agree, the "unattractive poles" should be replaced by attractive concrete barriers as soon as feasible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The islands are problematic - they make turns to/from New Mexico very difficult. Larger SUVs and trucks can't make the turn. Garbage and delivery trucks must drive over the islands.

Not sure why the city didn't just do a two-way protected cycle track against the eastern curb and then allow cars to park between the cycle track and the flow of traffic (similar to 16th Street NW).

-37th Street Resident

Well those service vehicles should be converted to bikes. Better for the environment.