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CaptainSpeedbird1974 t1_ixg4fc7 wrote

I think I’ve found a good part of the problem. In many protected bike lane projects around the world, the bike lanes are placed at sidewalk level, with the curb placed at edge of the on-street parking. DC however, places it’s bike lanes at street level, with the curb between the bike lane and the sidewalk this means that it’s nigh impossible for someone in a wheelchair to get between a vehicle and the sidewalk because the curb is in the way and cannot be reached by a wheelchair lift as it normally would. If DC were to raise its bike lanes to sidewalk level, I think most instances of this problem would be solved, and the bike lanes would be much harder to violate with illegal parking.

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the_bagel_warmonger t1_ixhpwld wrote

Sidewalk level bike lanes are straight up fantastic. The ones on Virginia Avenue are some of my favorite in the city. The ones at the wharf are also very good other than the pedestrians walking in them all the time (not their fault, sidewalk should be bigger).

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CaptainSpeedbird1974 t1_ixhqbwf wrote

Where on Virginia Ave. are the bike lanes at sidewalk level? Near Foggy Bottom they’re in the median, the worst place for a bike lane.

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tayloline29 t1_ixhu4f2 wrote

Thank you. I couldn't figure out what was the issue because it's really rather rare that disabled people would fight bike lanes because when they are designed to be access. They make getting around as wheelchair user so much easier.

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