tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post683557562921617396..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: From First Street to M StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-57995771730856011682014-04-27T20:17:25.578-04:002014-04-27T20:17:25.578-04:00Ahh, my old neighborhood, so gloriously easy to bi...Ahh, my old neighborhood, so gloriously easy to bike around. Apologies to the world for salmoning down that awkward block of M street almost daily. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504815653657622797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-69035390636552489752014-04-24T22:40:31.762-04:002014-04-24T22:40:31.762-04:00You can cross N. Cap at G Street. Then take Mass A...You can cross N. Cap at G Street. Then take Mass Avenue to M. Or take 1st NW to K. washcyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02984851109484408276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-75701989581888103362014-04-24T15:44:47.759-04:002014-04-24T15:44:47.759-04:00Great post, Brian. My wife and I have tried biking...Great post, Brian. My wife and I have tried biking to H Street, NE a few times from Logan Circle and couldn't figure out a good way to get there on safe streets. I see now that there was no good option on surface streets, so we'll use the MBT from now on. Connectivity with the Met Branch needs a ton of work as well.Mike Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713543077972849619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-31689056023365433792014-04-24T15:04:49.053-04:002014-04-24T15:04:49.053-04:00This is a great analysis. I live off H Street and ...This is a great analysis. I live off H Street and work at Thomas Circle and deal with this every day. The bicycle master plan indicates that there will eventually be a bike lane under the bridge on K Street and a cycletrack on M starting at 6th St NE. i emailed DDOT to ask about it a few weeks ago and was told that to put lanes on K they would need to eliminate some parking which would require a great deal of study, public outreach, and environmental analysis, meaning it is going to be a while. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-73807003865969474002014-04-24T14:33:11.822-04:002014-04-24T14:33:11.822-04:00Mount Vernon Square is like a black pit of bad tra...Mount Vernon Square is like a black pit of bad traffic patterns, but I guess I've passed through it so many times without dying that I forget that fact sometimes. Essentially, though, the real issue is that between E St and Q/R St there is NO east-west bike route between near Northeast and the proximate parts of Northwest. I can't figure out how to leave a photo in my comment, but if you zoom in on the area between E St, Q St, 1st St NE, and 5th St NW on Google Maps' bicycling mode, you can observe the amazing lack of infrastructure. (Except for that Google Maps things that N St is somehow bike-friendly. Which may be true in isolated parts, but it's still useless for connectivity. You want me to do what at this intersection???? http://goo.gl/maps/WmcPu)<br /><br />Since I live on Cap Hill I usually just use E or K, but some of K can really be nasty. I feel like trying to get to M would be mostly hopeless. Maybe from Mt Vernon Square hop on NY Ave SW-bound (not bad at all, actually) and then swing onto I St until you can jump north to M?Ampersandnoreply@blogger.com