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Serious question - are you a biker, and have you biked in a city, and with kids?  This isn't something you can really understand that well if you haven't spend hours and hours navigating DC and analyzing the ways to stay crash-free.  To begin with -- there is a HUGE difference between that particular crosswalk, and a signalized crosswalk in say a residential neighborhood, or even downtown where car traffic knows to look out for pedestrians and bikes.  And second, there's a HUGE difference between being right next to your kid (walking or on a bike) and being on the sidewalk while they are in the middle of the intersection.

I'm being annoyingly persistent on this thread because I think it's incumbent on every single biker to understand how to perceive hazards on the road and avoid them.  ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS.  [/quote]

You're basically saying that it's not safe for a kid to cross at that trail crossing.

Well, now MD SHA agrees with you. And they've put in a temporary solution, until the bridge gets built. Good for them. Even better would be if they'd done it right in the first place. Maybe next time they will.[/quote]

Yep, concluding that a certain intersection is not safe for kids (walking or biking) is certainly one thing you can do.  When I bike commuted, I carefully mapped out routes to avoid intersections and stretches of road I felt were too dangerous.

Look, I'd like this to be Amsterdam as much as anyone, but it's not. So if you want to enjoy biking yourself and with your kids NOW, and not in some imagined utopia, you have to take safety precautions, which includes not only a helmet, but also being aware of your environment and the "theory" of safe biking, so you can identify & avoid hazards.  [/quote]

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