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which is why people in DC are stupid and only use the main roads.

To be fair, much of this has to do with our traffic patterns that heavily encourage this model in certain parts of town.

There are many places where it's virtually impossible *not* to be funneled onto Florida Ave, New York Ave, North Captiol Street, or that inexplicable tangle of freeway-esque roads around Washington Hospital Center. We can blame this on the interstate plan that was never fully constructed (with particular blame lying on the Center Leg freeway stub). Mount Vernon Square is also a bit of a cluster%*#$ that funnels more traffic onto NY Ave than it should.

Veering back on topic, these traffic patterns also occasionally suck for cyclists too, since they get funneled onto the same main roads. Crossing NY or FLA Ave remains one of the biggest obstacles to cyclists along those two corridors, given that there are no good options for cycling parallel to these two roads. If you're further north, the aforementioned roads around the hospital also make the bicycle ride from NE to NW very treacherous.

by andrew on Apr 29, 2011 11:26 am • link • report

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