Comments on: Bike Lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue (updated)

By: Pamula Gaukel

Pamula Gaukel — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:55:33 +0000

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By: Eartha Bundage

Eartha Bundage — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:24:24 +0000

Im thankful for the post.Really thank you! Really Great.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:06:09 +0000

@ Molinari,

I think the question you should be asking yourself is, why do you need to drive at all if it’s such a short commute? Not quite sure the distance since Constitution run perpendicular to 14th, but it can’t be more than a couple miles? Unless you are required to drive for your job, maybe you should get a bike yourself.

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.

By: Richard C. Moeur

Richard C. Moeur — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:15:37 +0000

If you try to follow the links above to AAA’s website, you will be directed to your local club’s site. So, those of us outside the Mid-Atlantic region can’t see the content.

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Mon, 10 May 2010 16:56:26 +0000

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By: Michael Molinari

Michael Molinari — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:25:46 +0000

The AAA was right, since making the lane changes on Pennsylvania Ave the traffic is horrible. I drive down Penn twice a day from Constitution
Ave to 14th Street, and a trip that used to take 3-5 minutes now takes 20+. I love my bike and i love dedicated bike lanes, but i’m not sure why each east and west bike lane needs about 8′ of width plus a 15′ wide median between. Friday’s traffic in the city was pretty light, except on Penn where gridlock ensued.
There is probably no hope of getting the drive lanes back, but i wish for them. oh, on friday while sitting the new gridlock, one cyclist went by me. a tourist that paused several times to take photos of the capital.
Thanks for adding 20 minutes to my commute.

By: Kati

Kati — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:14:20 +0000

Just wanted to follow up with a comment. I work in Social Media at AAA Mid-Atlantic and so, since this is an issue that is important to me, I wrote a blog on it (complete with our official position). http://ht.ly/1Ij81

Thanks!

By: Kati

Kati — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:35:08 +0000

I work for AAA Mid-Atlantic and, when I heard about this, I emailed our Public and Gov’t affairs group (Lon Anderson, in specific) about this. I ride my bike, my boyfriend’s only mode of transport is a bike and all my friends ride, too! So I was clearly a little upset.

In truth, AAA Mid-Atlantic is not against the bike lanes themselves but are concerned that there was no procedure in place for public review, survey, etc. If they were putting another car lane in, we would be equally as alarmed. People are reacting to the anti-bike lane issue as anti-bike when, really, we are just anti-lack-of-formal-review-process.

What we (AAA Mid-Atlantic) did wrong was write a confusing press release and not respond to the community earlier to clarify that we are definitely not anti-cyclist. In fact, we are sponsors of Ride Your Bike to Work Day and offer community programs on Bike Safety (http://www.aaamidatlantic.com/Foundation/CommunityPrograms/BicycleSafety)

I’m working on a blog post on our community site now to clarify the whole mix up (I’m in social media). But I welcome any questions or comments on the issue at kdriscoll@aaamidatlantic.com.

Hope that clears things up a little! Ride on!

By: Eric Landon

Eric Landon — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:51:26 +0000

Better World Club is a green alternative to AAA. Based in Portland Oregon (one of the nations top bike friendly cities) Better World Club has been lobbying for bicycle lanes and providing nationwide roadside bike service for years. I interned for Better World Club so I am not completely unbiased but I also know they are a good company.

By: ga73

ga73 — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:43:11 +0000

In my opinion, AAA in general, not just this one branch of AAA has been responsible for a lot of the car traffic congestion problems that this country is facing, so they should own up to that even though they might not have been directly responsible for this criticism of the Pennsylvania Ave bike lane.