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District of Columbia Bicycle
Advisory Council
DC Bicycle Advisory Council Facilities Committee (BAC
FAC)February 10, 2014Te Bier Baron!"# $ %"#
Attendees:&eanie 'sburn BAC FAC cair
&ameel Alsalam ard 4 BAC re*teve *eeli+ ard resident#i-e
.oodno District Deartment of Transortation (DD'T)Daniel Clar-
District Deartment of Transortation (DD'T)/andal #yers Atar+e
(Catania) BAC reresentative
Andrea Adleman BAC *afety Committee Cairri- 3u+ler Atar+e
(.rosso) BAC reresentative
Action Items:#i-e .oodno Contact 3risten olben re+ardin+ rus our
access to #etrorail forbicycles
&eanie 'sburn *end a follo5u letter to #ayor .ray and DD'T
re+ardin+ on+oin+issues 5it maintenance of bicycle and side5al-
infrastructure6 A letter 5as reviouslytransmitted last year,
o5ever, tere 5as no formal resonse6
*teve *eeli+ Contact oter bicyclin+ or+ani7ations to suort
allo5in+ bi-es on#etrorail at rus our8 5rite u otential ilot
ro+rams6
All ncoura+e bicyclists to reort bi-e facilities maintenance
issues to te #ayor9s*ervice /e:uest Center 'nlineor by one (11) and
te District9s Deartment of"ublic or-s, 5ic as been more resonsive
on social media li-e T5itter (;DCD")
Agenda:1) #aintenance of bi-e facilities< articularly removal
of sno5, sand=+rit and eriodic
reairs2) 201 scorecard (bi-e lanes, connections, ne5 ro>ects,
ro+ress on e?istin+
ro>ects)) DD'T9s lans for 2014 (bi-e lanes and oter
ro>ects)4) "otential rides for 20146
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@) /evie5 #oveDC Transortation lan!) Access for bicycles at rus
our on #etrorail
1) Tere is still some confusion as to 5at a+ency is resonsible
for te maintenanceof bi-e facilities6 BAC FAC 5rote to #ayor .ray
last year to re:uest tat e clarify
te resonsible a+encies so tat residence can reort roblems6 As of
tis meetin+,te #ayor did not resond to tat letter6 Te BAC FAC cair
5ill 5rite a follo5ure:uest for a resonse6
#ean5ile, #i-e tou+t tat D" 5as resonsible for removin+ sno5
ands5eein+ detritus off bi-e facilities, and tat DD'T is resonsible
for trimmin+ bac-over+ro5t and ma-in+ reairs6 #i-e indicated tat D"
stru++les 5it sno5removal from travel lanes, too6 D" may be
comlaintdriven so te conclusion istat bicyclists sould eiter
contact te #ayor9s call line (11) or use D"9s t5itterfeed, ;DCD" to
comlain about needed maintenance6
2) For te 201 scorecard, te +rou revie5ed te BAC FAC rides done
since record-eein+ be+an in 200!6 'verall te ran-in+ 5as rou+ly a
C6 Tere are some verybri+t sots ( *treet) tat are met 5it
counterbalancin+ ne+ative scores (*outCaitol *treet trail,
#etroolitan Branc Trail (#BT), east=5est connectivity acrosste
Anacostia /iver )6 #ore recent rides ave ad less time for action,
and tat5ei+s in to te scorin+6
Belo5 are te rides revie5edects6
#i-e rovided us recommendations from te DC Bicycle #aster "lan
(200@) andDD'T +oals as 5ell as a ro+ress reort from Eelson
Ey+aard6 Te 2011 +oal of100 miles of bi-e routes is no5 at %4 miles
comlete6 DD'T as e?ceeded te @0mile +oal of bi-e lanes by 10 miles6
ile DD'T as more tan doubled tenumber of bi-e rac-s installed over
teir +oal (1000 +oal=2@0 installed), te needfor bi-e rac-s far
outstris DD'Ts +oals and aarent ability to install6
Te District as included a bi-e ar-in+ re:uirement for ne5
buildin+s6 Brid+eaccommodation for bicyclists is still lac-in+
and=or dan+erous on most brid+es andstill need imrovements6 BAC FAC
believes tat te current 5or-load for te currentbicycle ro+ram staff
is too i+ if it lans to ma-e si+nificant ro+ress on bicycle
imrovements6 n terms of lannin+ and olicy, it still aears tat te
Bi-e="edoffice is left out of te lannin+ loo in many critical
ro>ects at DD'T6 Constantvi+ilance is needed to ma-e bicycle
lannin+ art of DD'T9s overall rocess6
) DDOTs planned bikeways. #i-e brou+t a list of bi-e lanes DD'T
as lannedfor 20146 Tere are about ! miles of bi-e lanes=sarro5s tat
are ready to +o(a5aitin+ 5eater) and nearly miles in desi+n6 'ver 4
miles of bi-elanes=sarro5s need outreac, and about 2 miles of
nei+borood bi-e5ays areready to +o6 f all te bi-e
lanes=sarro5s=bi-e5ays=cycletrac-s on te list 5ere tobe comleted in
2014, tat 5ould add almost 1 miles of bicycle accommodation
in20146
Te +rou added 11t*treet bet5een Hermont and Florida to te list6
e alsodiscussed sarro5 mar-in+s bein+ too far to te ri+t in some
laces, articularly11t*t6 suc tat motorists may mista-enly +et te
idea tat bicyclists are notallo5ed to be in te lane, but rater must
ride far to te ri+t6
4) MoveDC Map6 oo-in+ at te #oveDC ma, otential rides for 2014
include
