A cyclist was hit by a taxicab making a U-turn on Pennsylvania Avenue this morning in front of the Wilson Building.
At long last, the District Department of Transportation has installed more wheel stops along Pennsylvania Avenue NW in downtown D.C. What does this mean? Well, for the Bike D.C. community, it means no more of this (hopefully).
During Downtown BID’s Bike to Work Day festivities at Freedom Plaza this morning, Sam Zimbabwe, Associate Director of the Policy, Planning & Sustainability Administration at DDOT, announced that they’re adding “wheel stops on the rest of Pennsylvania Avenue” today to help protect cyclists from illegal U-turn making drivers.
Wheel stop installations in Pennsylvania Avenue today. pic.twitter.com/M8a6FbMPQ3
— DDOT DC (@DDOTDC) May 15, 2015
The cycling community, as you can imagine, was stoked.
AMEN!!! RT @MartinDiCaro: Finally. #bikedc https://t.co/Q163rHvEo4
— Mauricio Hernandez (@mehernandez81) May 15, 2015
!!!!!!!! #BikeDC https://t.co/MAIMM9BJDY
— Greg Billing (@gregbilling) May 15, 2015
@DDOTDC @samzimbabwe great news!
— J. Spenser (@GasTiresOil) May 15, 2015
At long, long, long last. Will they span the entire Penn cycletrack? @DDOTDC #bikedc https://t.co/anhY5sh0uh
— Jacques Arsenault (@Jarsenault) May 15, 2015
Finally. #bikedc https://t.co/2V2tkJKON9
— Martin Di Caro (@MartinDiCaro) May 15, 2015
#StopUTurnsOnPenn #bikeDC pic.twitter.com/jEJ2R53dYV
— jwetz (@jwetz) May 15, 2015
THIS IS AWESOME! Thank you @DDOTDC! #bikedc #biketoworkday2015 https://t.co/BWHUAyaZTl
— Erin Meter (@ErinMeter) May 15, 2015
And yet, they still didn’t stop this from happening. Happy Bike to Work Day, everyone:
Four cars still parked in the cycle track 300 block of Penn. please ticket and tow, very dangerous! @DCDPW #bikeDC pic.twitter.com/tNNNA3GYQR
— jwetz (@jwetz) May 15, 2015
Happy Bike to Work Day!
*parks police car in bike lane*
#bikedc https://t.co/kmRbCYTfd9
— Peter Krupa (@peterkrupa) May 15, 2015
@DDOTDC parking in Penn Ave bike lane #bikeDC pic.twitter.com/pgTboM1RJN
— Kate Ahern Loveric (@PirateQueenKate) May 15, 2015
