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@Lance:
There's nothing wrong with contraflow lanes in general, nor in this case.

The problem is that the signal timing isn't quite right and that the bike detector is either broken or needs to be calibrated.

If cyclists had, say, 20 seconds to get into position on 16th Street (which should be fine, given that pedestrians crossing 16th have the walk for much longer than that), the intersection would work fine. And it wouldn't require taking signal cycle time away from vehicles, either. It might require a "left turn on arrow only" treatment for U Street, though.

by Matt Johnson on Jul 11, 2011 11:15 am • link • report

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