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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'>To help visualize how an advisory bike line works or looks like, see these videos:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zdDIvKXMxY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zdDIvKXMxY</a> (animated)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabFhdPSmsc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabFhdPSmsc</a> (animated)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzFPl94pXy0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzFPl94pXy0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'>Or go to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=advisory+bike+lanes">YouTube</a> and search for “advisory bike lanes”. You will find some videos pro and con, in addition to explanations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#142805'>--Peter--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#142805'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> John Hirschmann <uygp-hs47@DoofusCorp.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 01, 2020 10:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info<br><b>Cc:</b> Will Handsfield <will.handsfield@dc.gov><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lincolnparkdc] Fwd: Observations on Advisory Bike Lanes.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gina<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is very critical point you have chosen to ignore. It was done on E Street by my personal observation WITHOUT REMOVING ANY PARKING SPACES I could observe. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In contrast the proposal for Kentucky Avenue involves removing approximately 12 parking spaces. That is a primary reason so many people are speaking up. You chose to ignore the increased risk to personal safety that creates. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also except for just the 1200 block of E street, which is on the side of Watkins ES and its playground, it’s out side the historic district. That includes the Safeway location you mention. In contrast Kentucky Avenue north of South Carolina is within the historic district and the rules of a historic district apply. That includes the intersection with Independence. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>John<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John F <span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Hirschmann </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com">hirschj154@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Nov 1, 2020, at 09:42, <a href="mailto:citymom92@gmail.com">citymom92@gmail.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is a graphic I sent around early on in this thread. As I mentioned at that time, it’s a design of mostly paint with flexposts at the corners to protect sight lines for pedestrians and bicyclists. You can see it as installed on E Street SE by the safeway. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Here's an image that helps explain advisory bike lanes more clearly:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><image.png><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gina A. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Nov 1, 2020, at 9:25 AM, Lucia DiVenere <<a href="mailto:lucia.divenere@gmail.com">lucia.divenere@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Very interesting, John, thanks for sharing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Are you able to also share a way for us to see the non traditional bike lanes under consideration? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lucia<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 9:12 AM John Hirschmann <<a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com">hirschj154@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Since we‘re in the spirit of sharing and I‘m very appreciative of the work Lucia shared yesterday, here is another contribution. What is below is what I wrote up regarding how Advisory Bike Lanes were being implemented on E Street SE. I never got a response to my query. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That is what is now being proposed for Kentucky Avenue, not traditional bike lanes. I’m now also hearing it is also being proposed for at least the 100 block of Tenneessee and now 12th Street SE, presumably from East Cap to Pennsylvania. At least for Kentucky Ave. it appears to be part of a study being supported by US DOT, so that may be impact DC DDOT‘s flexibility to modify the plans in response to community input. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I sent this note on October 7, which was a week before DC DDOT revealed its detailed plans for Kentucky Avenue pljust before th ANC met the evening of October 13. It asked questions about how it was recently implemented on E Street SE. It’s noteworthy it was done there WITHOUT REMOVING PARKING SPACES. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John F <span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Hirschmann </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com" target="_blank">hirschj154@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> John Hirschmann <<a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com" target="_blank">hirschj154@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> October 7, 2020 at 11:31:06 EDT<br><b>To:</b> Will Handsfield <<a href="mailto:will.handsfield@dc.gov" target="_blank">will.handsfield@dc.gov</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: Observations on Advisory Bike Lanes.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Also sent this message. <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John F <span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Hirschmann </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com" target="_blank">hirschj154@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> John Hirschmann <<a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com" target="_blank">hirschj154@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> October 7, 2020 at 10:59:02 EDT<br><b>To:</b> Kirsten Oldenburg <<a href="mailto:6b04@anc.dc.gov" target="_blank">6b04@anc.dc.gov</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Will Hansfield <<a href="mailto:will.hansfield@dc.gov" target="_blank">will.hansfield@dc.gov</a>>, Chander Jayaraman <<a href="mailto:6b08@anc.dc.gov" target="_blank">6b08@anc.dc.gov</a>>, Steve Holtzman <<a href="mailto:6B05@anc.dc.gov" target="_blank">6B05@anc.dc.gov</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Observations on Advisory Bike Lanes.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As a result of request for comments on adding Advisory Bike Lanes to Kentucky Avenue SE, I realized I needed to educate myself. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> I’m shareing with just you some reactions with you after googling to see what is an Advisory Bike I’m going to write up something separately on adding Advisory Bike Lanes to Kentucky Avenue, but first I thought I’d share with just you some reactions with you after googling to see what is an Advisory Bike Lanes. I had not realized until the exchange of emails last Thursday that it was different than traditional bike lanes. Clearly a whole lot education of drivers should happen since most people have no idea how to behave, where to go, who yields to whom, etc. In fact does any relevant legislation been enacted. Presumably relevant if tickets should be written, insurance companies need to sort out liability, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I also learned that it is a fairly new phenomenon throughout the country and E Street SE, is one of few, if any, other places it has been done in DC. Also, most if not all other places it has been done are not nearly as developed as the E Street from 12th to 14th SE. So I’m really surprised that DC and US DOT agreed to put it in those two blocks. I’m also very surprised there has been no or very little education to explain to people how it works. See <a href="http://altaplaaning.com" target="_blank">altaplaaning.com</a> as to how other places have handled it. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Those two blocks are anything but residential. Starting at 12th Street SE you have a CVS on the SE corner with metered parking on E Street that had heavy use pre COVID. On the other side is Watkins ES and it would have school buses lined up every afternoon. Across the street is a church that creates<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>a huge overflow of parking on Sundays as it appears most of its congregation does not live on the hill. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Behind Watkins, you have an improved sports complex which has many competitions on it that draw both competitors and spectators from afar who need a place to park. It sees competition on it almost every day. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>On the 1300 block, the new Safeway just opened which is drawing more traffic to those blocks. The 325 units above it just started leasing. The entrance to its parking garage is from an alley behind it which you access via E Street. It is also how the 53 foot trailers that serve the Safeway get to the loading dock. Shortly after it opened, I saw three of them there at one time. The way the loading docks are designed, they have to approach from E and exit on D. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Across the street, two other large apartment/town house complexes have either just opened or are opening. Again the access to their parking is from an alley you access off E Street. So even more traffic is coming. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Was this really a good place to do an experiment?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John F <span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Hirschmann </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:hirschj154@gmail.com" target="_blank">hirschj154@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>LincolnParkDC mailing list<br><br>To post to the list address your message to: <a href="mailto:LincolnParkDC@lincolnparkdc.info" target="_blank">LincolnParkDC@lincolnparkdc.info</a><br>When replying, please consider whether to reply to the sender only, or to the list, which is the default.<br>Not all replies are appropriate for the entire list.<br><br>Please do not send administrative requests to the list. 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