Bike Corridors Mapping Workshop - Monday, June 16th -- please RSVP

[Cynthia Palmer]

Hi BAC and friends,

Mike Hanna, Eliot, Elwyn, and I are hosting a mapping workshop on Monday June 16th at 7 pm to identify priority bike corridors for the Master Transportation Plan.

The meeting will take place in person at the Bozman Government Center building, 2100 Clarendon Blvd, in the Birch room on the first floor by the 15th St N entrance side.

Please RSVP if you would like to participate -- we may need to move things to a bigger room depending on the level of interest.

Thanks all. 

Cynthia

[Gillian Burgess]

I unfortunately will be out of town, but both SusMo and SSAFETY have u taken similar efforts in the past few years with similar results. 

I hope that the new MTP will opt for a blanket rule that streets need to serve all modes safely unless a an alternative route exists with minimal detour. Otherwise we end up with, e.g. Glebe, where the County tries to identify alt parallel routes that fizzle at streams/major streets/etc.  Also, baking in certain routes makes it harder to adapt as conditions change -- e.g. in the plans for at grade Route 1, VDOT balked at first at including bike infrastructure because it wasn't in the Bike Element of the MTP - which of course it wasn't because that was written before anyone was talking about bringing Route 1 down to grade.

Best

Gillian

Bike safe, have fun,

Gillian

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[Cynthia Palmer]

Hi Gillian,

I'm sorry you can't make it on the 16th.  I appreciate these thoughts!

And I like the idea that all streets need to serve all modes safely unless there is a minimal-detour alternative route.

That said, the current state of Arlington's Transportation Future (with the Planning and Transportation Commissions gutting even the most tepid traffic reduction language) leaves me less than hopeful about the ATF.

I wonder if it would make sense to combine the mapping questions with a design and process discussion. Specifically, I'm thinking about what it means to "serve all modes safely" and whether we might identify and advocate for some bare minimum design standards and planning processes that are needed by bicycle riders and pedestrians on all streets. 

These might be expanded for certain priority routes.

Just brainstorming here, but I'm thinking about things like

--DES transparency on the front end of the planning and design process 

--a more conscientious effort to avoid bike lanes that stop short 

--ensuring that all signals recognize bicycles 

--dedicated crossing times for walkers and bikers at critical intersections 

--lighting under bridges

--a working Report a Problem system or equivalent mechanism

--increased use of automated enforcement 

--more vertical treatments such as raised intersections (with sufficiently steep incline) including on "arterial" roads

--protected bike lanes that are truly protected

--lowered speed limits

--prioritizing funding toward bridges and underpasses

I'm avoiding the suggestion of specific road treatments and intersection technologies, as we can predict pushback on the need to allow for change and evolution. But it seems like we might be able to suggest some bare minimum design standards and process expectations that would be the default. Perhaps we could combine this with the routes discussion and come up with critical design and process features for priority routes and for all routes. 

Thoughts?

Thanks!

ALL: please keep sending me your RSVPs for the in-person meeting on 16 June at 7 pm. 

Warmly,

c.

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