Data from 2008-2010 ranks one M Street intersections in the top 10 for frequency of crashes.
Crash data from 2008-2010 released by the District Department of Transportation adds numerical support for what many DC area cyclists already know: biking in the city can be dangerous. Georgetown is no exception. Local blog The Wash Cycle recently shared the DDOT data online. Read that report here. While the increasingly popular 14th Street corridor boasts the lion's share of the top 10 most crash-prone intersections, Georgetown's M and 31st Streets intersection is in a four-way tie for ninth place. When you look at Georgetown's major transportation corridors, namely M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, the crash numbers are more stark. Get daily and breaking news alerts by signing up for our newsletter. During the data period the intersection …
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A cycletracks' flexible posts run the length of a bike lane to provide a physical barrier between bikers and traffic.
The M Street Cycletrack will be delayed for at least another year, but the L Street project is moving ahead in 2012. The District Department of Transportation recently shared that the agency intends to complete the L Street eastbound cycletrack in 2012. Originally the L and M Street improvements were to have been completed in the same year. The M Street cycletrack would create a flexible post barrier along a westbound bike lane that would run from 15th Street to 29th Street. But in an email to Patch, DDOT's Mike Goodno explained that the agency is now focusing solely on L Street. "This decision was a recognition of the complexity and amount of time to plan and execute these projects," he wrote. There was a fear that the projects would be …
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9:39 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I drive through Georgetown regularly, for years, and I can count on one hand the number of bikers I see follow the laws. In particular the lack of acknowledgment for the stop signs. They fly through, often right as I am stopping for them. Bikers, sorry, but you actually have laws you need to follow. I get infuriated at bikers more than I do car drivers now in Georgetown. That says something given… more ›