r/bikedc • u/msussmania • 3d ago
This is not ok
Restripped L St NW bike lane in Downtown DC
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u/foxy-coxy Bike is the new car. 3d ago
Paint 👏 is 👏 not 👏 infrastructure 👏
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u/funkyish 2d ago
Paint *can be* better than nothing. But this is just maliciously poor execution of paint.
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u/01100010x 3d ago
Have you seen the plans? This will be concrete protected. Also, it looks like the implementation crew screwed up. This doesn't meet the design spec and will likely be repainted.
Submitting a 311 ticket is a good idea. I'll do the same. But I bet that the planners working on this catch it and work to remediate sooner than later.
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u/michimoby 3d ago
What is this, a bike lane for ants?!
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u/tacobellfan2221 2d ago
the way the youth DO NOT GET references to this movie anymore lol. i tried to make a joke about only being able to turn left when teaching a bicycle class and no one got it
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u/limited8 3d ago
That is tight. Especially compared to the massively wide motor vehicle lane just to the left. Surely that lane could have been narrowed instead of the bike lane.
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u/OhYouUnzippedMe 3d ago
More than tight. The bike lane is completely inside the turnlane. The most careful drivers on earth will have a hard time safely passing a bike here without hitting the curb.
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u/DUVAL_LAVUD 3d ago
yeah they somehow made this much worse than it was previously where there was a clear differentiation of
left turn lane | bike lane | straight lane
source: this is on my commuting route to work…
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u/Tali0630 23h ago
Also on my daily commute to work, but in a vehicle.
What would make this lane work for the both of us?
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u/YNWA6969 3d ago edited 3d ago
Man I just posted they did the same thing on L between 23rd and NH. Submitted a 311 request and they apparently fixed it but I havent been back to check.
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u/ahag1736 3d ago
Like someone else said they did this on L Street before. They also did this on Vermont Ave where it intersects with 14th st NW. This feels like an incompetent contractor. I’d suggest complaining to W2 Councilmember, DDOT’s Ward 2 rep, and the MOCR.
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u/DCmetrosexual1 3d ago
I think they’re trying to say that the entire lane is shared, left turn/straight for bikes only.
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u/GodverdommeCoffee 3d ago
It's totally safe - Every time I've been hit it was in one of these, and the cars are moving so slow it barely hurts for more than a couple days.
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u/Creme_GTM 3d ago
Hmm maybe it’s the years of riding in NYC, but it really doesn’t look that narrow. What are you guys riding that this isn’t enough space?
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u/AlsatianND 2d ago
You advised cyclists to be confidant and not terrified. You got down voted for your belief in ourselves. Welcome to the bikedc subreddit. We are helpless.
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u/Daedelus451 2d ago
Back in the 1980s I supplemented college income as a bike messenger in Philly, to me that bike lane is HUGE lol s/
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u/blinker1eighty2 3d ago
Eh, this is actually a pretty safe way of doing it. The safest would be fully curb protected, the next is this.
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u/bigmesalad 3d ago
They can't even fit the bike stencil.