tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post2645438824119299480..comments2017-11-10T15:14:25.417-05:00Comments on A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel: Barriers to Entry, but Not to ExitRootchopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920848117942799222noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-49900505595310317182012-07-17T07:44:30.249-04:002012-07-17T07:44:30.249-04:00If you're drinking tea Friday, I'll unders...If you're drinking tea Friday, I'll understand. Personally, I move for the modern tea party to drink coffee in protest of nasty government obstructionist tactical Gaian phalanges.cephashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881712205613797594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-34848998363974238732012-07-13T09:57:47.236-04:002012-07-13T09:57:47.236-04:00I was coming from the direction of the river last ...I was coming from the direction of the river last night when I came to the bollards. A bike coming from So. Royal made the turn into the magnificent seven, couldn't make the tight turn and ended up on the wrong side of the bollards. She was lucky no one was coming the other way.Rootchopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920848117942799222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-27599791733850172562012-07-13T09:49:14.116-04:002012-07-13T09:49:14.116-04:00Thank you both for the explanation. There may be ...Thank you both for the explanation. There may be some collisions with the yellow bollards, so I hope they really are flexible. For example, if a cyclist takes too wide of turn coming from under the bridge (rounding the rock pile), he or she could hit the first 2 yellow bollards. In addition, given the lack of space to correct a too-wide turn, there could be collisions between cyclists going in opposite directions. This is definitely a take-it-slow area with those bollards there.Freewheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882672545710899282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-41083051954520200452012-07-12T12:52:45.579-04:002012-07-12T12:52:45.579-04:00Thanks, Jonathan.
Now that you mention it, the c...Thanks, Jonathan. <br /><br />Now that you mention it, the curb with the big rocks just out from the underside of the bridge in a way that seems utterly pointless. In fact, that goes double for the whole idea of the curb and the rocks under the bridge. I am sure the people who designed this meant well but the entire thing seems so hopelessly inept, particularly in light of the fact that the trail down to the river is so nice.Rootchopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920848117942799222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-76805247379108404052012-07-12T12:31:34.128-04:002012-07-12T12:31:34.128-04:00The yellow bollards were the direct result of the ...The yellow bollards were the direct result of the meeting between Alexandria BPAC, WABA, VDOT, Alexandria city staff and the TSA. The TSA recommended the many anti-evil doer obstructions and VDOT played along (they didn't have to). We (bicyclists) could not convince everyone else to remove the center bollard or any bollard from the trail. We argued that they were trading a hypothetical concern (evil doers) with a proven danger, but got nowhere.<br /><br />So, given that the bollard trio sits at the bottom of the hill, the big danger is assumed to be to northbound cyclists approaching at moderate to high speed. Specifically, the danger was perceived to be maximum when multiple people are in the area, when some of them are passing each other and when one or more is surprised by the presence of the bollards (it was assumed that a lone cyclist would have no trouble). The idea of the flexible yellow bollards is to force people to stop passing each other before they get to the slid black bollards. If we (Alexandria BPAC and WABA) conclude they are making things worse, we will ask for them to be removed.<br /><br />There is the additional danger that a northbound cyclist will ride to the left of the left-most bollard, hit the curb, and land on the sharp rocks (no kidding). VDOT promised to do something to discourage this.Jonathan Krallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907163706287662734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-88028876290332147012012-07-12T10:25:45.573-04:002012-07-12T10:25:45.573-04:00OW!!!
LOL.OW!!! <br /><br />LOL.Rootchopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920848117942799222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-91646947221156227142012-07-12T10:16:00.138-04:002012-07-12T10:16:00.138-04:00*headtableheadtable**headtableheadtable*ultrarunnergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509015436909032553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-54407088199577193082012-07-12T09:21:20.825-04:002012-07-12T09:21:20.825-04:00Freewheel,
The new yellow flexible bollards are m...Freewheel,<br /><br />The new yellow flexible bollards are meant to keep trail users from hitting the big black ones. The big black ones are supposed to stop evil doers.Rootchopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920848117942799222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-3133299240157697132012-07-12T08:52:45.930-04:002012-07-12T08:52:45.930-04:00"All of these bollards are intended to keep a..."All of these bollards are intended to keep a truck bomb from beneath the Woodrow Wilson Bridge...".<br /><br />I don't see how the 4 yellow, flexy bollards in your first picture could stop a truck. What is their purpose? It's almost like someone's messing with you!Freewheelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882672545710899282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-49519076824380564002012-07-11T22:16:08.120-04:002012-07-11T22:16:08.120-04:00At least Norfolk's within the same state. Now...At least Norfolk's within the same state. Now if only I could get around these pesky surprise deployments...Froggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843594625467349428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1309738920939458358.post-17425235487217903652012-07-11T21:31:40.296-04:002012-07-11T21:31:40.296-04:00Come to ride in SE Asia!Come to ride in SE Asia!Florenciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219334208656676900noreply@blogger.com