Thursday, October 3, 2013
Top ideas to make Fairfax County better for bicycling
- More road diets. Four lane roads encourage speeding and endanger lives.
- Remove 45mph speeds through dense urban regions (Westpark Dr)(Intx Dr)(Jones Branch Dr).
- Add safe bike/ped crossings over the beltway, specifically: Little River Tpke and Hwy 50.
- No more piecemeal dead end bike paths in unincorporated areas like Oak Hill. It forces bikers onto dangerous roads.
- Have more dedicated bike lanes that actually meets other bike lanes instead of terminating. Plus more bike lanes in Centreville.
- Street sweeping: wide right lanes are nice but if full of glass/debris then still not useful
- NOVA campus shud have been more than enuf justification to improve LRTpk bridge during recent reconst.
- Adding @bikeshare stations to the Metro/VRE stations and major destinations. (Tysons, Reston Town Center, GMU, etc).
- Please build a safe pedestrian route going east from West Ox Road to Fairfax via Rt 50.
- Stop the bogus "foot down at stop signs" traffic tickets.
Labels: @bikefairfax, @fairfaxcounty, #bikeffx, twitter
Comments:
Perhaps speed limit signs on some of the bigger downhills too. I'm routinely passed by people doing 50+ mph on Belle View Blvd (it's Beacon Hill Rd right before the hill begins). I know they're going that fast because I often hit 35-40mph myself and have to brake. The speed limit there, at least as posted going up the hill, is 25mph. The only enforcement I see is at the intersection with Ft. Hunt Rd where they look for people running the lights. I just can't figure out how drivers could even come remotely close to passing me given the fact that I'm even speeding there and subject to a ticket.
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: October 4, 2013 at 8:44 AM
: October 4, 2013 at 8:44 AM
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