15th Street: City Poobahs Speak, Cut Ribbon, Ride Bikes

Updated 4 months ago

Source: http://borderstan.com/

Here is one more story about the 15th Street bike lane. This one started with a flurry of activity outside our house this morning: numerous trucks, mini street sweepers and DDoT workers were cleaning 15th Street. (The sweeping is nice since the city has already stopped with regular sweeping for the winter.)

Then, around 11:15 came [...]

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4 months ago by 15th Street: City Poobahs Speak, Cut Ribbon, Ride Bikes « Borderstan Blue Sport on Wordpress

Where was the letter writers and 2 commenters a year or two ago when there were several plans to be considered, including making the street two way?

4 months ago by Mony on Wordpress

Making 15th St two way would be awesome! It’s always reminded me of a drag racing death strip.

I’m intrigued to know that the bike lane is year-long, pilot program (up for review or scrapping at the end of the year).

4 months ago by Avi on Wordpress

I disagree with making the new 15th Street bike lane a two-way thoroughfare. Such a setup would place riders at a very high approach speed, within very tight quarters. It would greatly reduce the efficacy of the lane for commuters, which would be a shame.

The best possible situation is what they built: counterflow going southbound, with flexpoles and parked cars as a buffer, and regular lane ... See all content

4 months ago by Rudi on Wordpress

absolutely, the street needs to be made two-way. there’s absolutely no reason that it shouldn’t function like any other normal urban street.

i’d be all for one lane of parking each way, one bike lane each way, and one regular travel lane each way.

the rest of the right-of way could then be given over to homeowners, as larger front-yards. shrink the road, move the ... See all content

4 months ago by IMGoph on Wordpress

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4 months ago by Twitted by eniedowski on Wordpress

More Jack Evans on bike, courtesy of @borderstan http://bit.ly/3f8i9I

4 months ago by mikedebonis on Twitter

Oh no! Fenty and Evans are riding two abreast. That’s against the holy script of traffic laws of the District of Columbia. WTOP clearly needs to do another exposé!

4 months ago by E-Rich on Wordpress

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