[Lincolnparkdc] bike lanes on Kentucky Ave?

[regina arlotto]

Hi All -This is what I sent yesterday to Steve and asked that he share it
with his list. I hadn't seen it come out yet, but when I saw Tom's email,
thought I should send it around to you all asap. Please read on for more
info

For a little more context, this project is for an "advisory" bike lane
which basically gives bicycles a little more room in the striping design of
the street. Kentucky Avenue already gets a lot of bike traffic, as many of
us on this street can attest. The paint markings will make the street seem
narrower; If two cars are approaching from opposite directions, the two
cars will drive slowly until they can move more into the middle of the
street before getting around each other. The idea is for the middle section
to seem narrower, so that cars will drive more slowly through our
neighborhood. Wide roads make car drivers think they can go faster than
they should. A simple paint scheme can be a very effective tool to slow
traffic without physically narrowing the street.

DDOT has gotten approval to install advisory bike lanes on a few streets
around town as a trial period to test the concept and see how it works.
There have been several requests for speed humps on Kentucky, and advisory
bike lanes are a way to slow speeds on low volume roads without having to
install speed humps.

There shouldn't be much, if any, space for parking lost. Where the signs
are already too close to alleys or intersections, they'll just have to be
moved back a bit. I don't think this is an issue on many blocks. Oh and we
might also be able to get a few flexiposts at the corner of East Cap and
Kentucky to tighten the angle to slow down right turning vehicles, which
has long been a problem.

One advisory bike lane has already been striped on E street SE between
Potomac and 12th.

Here's an image that helps explain advisory bike lanes and how to operate
your car in them more clearly:

[image: image.png]

And here's what they look like on E Street
[image: E Street ABL.jpg]

As a long time resident on this block who is famous (infamous?) for yelling
"SLOW DOWN" at drivers on my street, I welcome this change and look forward
to seeing if it works to slow cars on our street. And full disclosure, I do
work for DDOT, but this is not one of my projects.

Gina Arlotto
123 Kentucky Ave SE


On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 1:57 PM Tom Woteki <drwo at woteki.com> wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> Has anyone seen or heard about  this notice of intent to install “advisory
> bike lanes” on Ky Ave between E Capitol and 15th SE? It’s not exactly clear
> from the notice what this involves, but it could affect parking as well as
> right-of-way.
>
>
> https://wiki.ddot.dc.gov/display/NOI/20-80-PSD+-+Kentucky+Ave+SE+Advisory+Bike+Lanes
>
> Steve Holtzman, our ANC6B05 rep, is on this list. Perhaps he can comment.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
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