BicycleAdvisoryCouncilFacilitiesCommittee

February9,2015
Attendees:JeanieOsburn(FACCommitteeChair),MikeGoodno(DDOT),JeffJohnson,
JameelAlsalam(BACWard4ActingChair),UrsulaSandstrom(SupportServicesBAC)

LettertotheMayor
BowsernotanavidcyclistbutdoesgotoBiketoWorkDay,familiarwithbikeregulationasa
councilmembers
Issuestoaddress
Maintenance
Stovepiping(siloing)inDDOT
BreakingcarcentricviewofDDOT
Legislativeissuesnotasimportantbutshouldcoordinatewithlegislativecommitteeandthe
lettertheydrafted
Jeaniedraftingletter
Ursulawillsendherthedraftsthelegislativecommitteeputtogether

LeifDormsjo,DDOTdirector
Knownasastrongadministrator
Doeshehaveastrongstance,orishepronothing?
Hasworkedprimarilyontransitbefore
InvitetoDCBACmeeting,perhapsaspecialmeetinggotBACsohedoesnthavetosit
throughafullmeeting?
Dormsjomaynotknow:
Bikemasterplan
Saferoutestoschool
HasreceivedamemofromtheDDOTBikeTeamabouttheirissuessoshouldbe
somewhatfamiliarwithbroadissues
WouldWellsbeagoodpersontotalkwithDDOT?
NewlyappointedDDOEdirector

Infrastructure
Crashratesincreasingwithmorecyclistsusuallycitieshavelowercrashrates
Lotsofpeopleridingbikes,weneedmoreinfrastructurebeforethecurrent
infrastructuregetsoverwhelmed
Greenlanes
DCisfallingbehindoncycletracks
DDOTlackoffundingisnotanissueoverall
Ex:NoMABidwasgiven$43millionforparksbutisnotspendingit
Hasbeenalimitingfactorfortrails
MBTisthelatestbigtrailproject,anditsbeenabitsincethen

VisionZeroannounced

Slowmaintenance
Ex:MetropolitanBranchTrailfacebookpagehasagreatanecdoteabouthowmuch
effortisrequiredtonavigatethebureaucracytogetthingsfixed.Thepostisaboutthe
brokenbenchattheRhodeIslandPedestrianOverpass.
StickingpointsforDDOTconnectivity,stoppingbeforethehardprojects
FACshouldprioritizeforDDOTbasedonthespreadsheet
Dowehavespecifics?

Maintenance/FACPriorities
BasedonBACrides
Primaryconcernsare:Eastwestconnections,ECap,SousaBridge,SCapBridge,11thSt
Bridge,Minnesota,MLK,Benningto295,M,LNW,ThomasCircle(Imissedafewhere
basedonthespreadsheetinthismonthsmeetingmaterials)

Sidewalkwidthwhyisitthatstandardshavefallensothatwethink11thStbridgeisgood.
Theoldbridgesbuiltinthe1920(likeoverRockCreekPark)havewidersidewalks
thananyofthenewstuff.Thenew11thStbridgeisanimprovementincomparisonto
whatwastherebeforebutitpalesincomparisontotheoldbridgesforped
friendliness.Howisitthatourcrowningachievementinbridgedesignwasalmost100
yearsago?

Connectionsareimportant!!!!
Diagonalsaremajorthoroughfares
Mustbecompletestreets!Itisnotjustcarsthatshouldhavetherighttotakea
moredirectroute
Inothercities,havinganalternaterouteonaparallelroadtoamajorthoroughfare
totallyworksbutinDC,themajorthoroughfaredonthaveaquietstreetcounterpart
becausetheyarediagonals.theycannotbecaronly.

DDOTUpdates
Eastsidebikewaybetween4thand9thStNWhasacontractorhired
Bridgesnowclearingresponsibilities
SnowteamcomprisedofDPWandDDOT.primaryfolksfromDDOTarethestreet
andbridgemaintenancegroup
Alistofwhichagencywasresponsibleforwhichbridges(39intotalinDC)was
requestedatthelastBACgeneralmeeting
DPWandDDOTarejointlyresponsibleforallthebridges
Darrenreceivedthelistbutitfailedtoincludeanyofthebridgescrossingthe
AnacostiaorPotomac
TheyareworkingonfollowingupandgettingtheanswerforAnacostiaand
Potomacbridges

2yearplanfor15milesofbikelanesMoveDC2yearactionplan

Planforbikelanesthisyearisincludedinthemeetingmaterials

AlsoMikeisworkingonbikeroutesigns
Twolongroutescurrentlybeingplanned
NationalMalltoRockCreek
AddressestheconfusingconnectionbetweentheMallandGeorgetownHarbor
HStNE,includingtoArboretum
Mikehasbeenfocusingonlongroutes
Folkssuggestedthatitwouldalsobehelpfultofocusonsmalllittlesectionsthatare
confusing
Ex:JameelsuggestedgettingfromUnionStationthroughtheCapital
Couldbecrowdsourcedfromthebikecommunity
Massemail/blogposttothepublic:wheredoyougetthemostconfused?

Ifwehadtochooseonethingthatisimportant,whatwoulditbe?
ParticularlyfortalkingwiththeMayor/DDOTdirector,whatshouldbethepriority?
Hadaveryhardtimechoosing,eventuallyconversationcamearoundtobridge
maintenance
Encompassesanumberofdifferentissues
Couldweinvitesomeonefromthesnowremovalteamtopresentatameeting?
Aspartofthat,naildownwhoisresponsibleforwhatbridges?

QuestionsforDDOT
CouldwegetaBACpresentationonengineeringdesignstandardsortrafficsafety?
Itwasdecidedthatthemosteffectivepresentationcouldbetrafficsafetyastheyrelate
tocompletestreetsbythetrafficengineers
CompletestreetsisDDOTpolicy
Couldincludesamplesoffailingtoincludeallmodesintheconversation

Blogposts
Planforthisyear
Accomplishmentsandplangoingforward
DDOTsigns
Wheredoyougetconfused?

ActionItems:
SendJeaniedraftLegletterUrsula
Draftlettter.summaryofthingsforDDOT,hereareourprioritiesJeanie
SimilarlettertotheMayorfocusingonbigpicturemaintenance
SendcrashstatsMike
PrioritizefacilitieslistforDDOTDirector
Meetingw/DDOTdirectorfocusingonthebigpicture
Mikehasbikewaysplanmap,willsendtoUrsula