Clarendon Cycles
Clarendon Cycles: Getting the Right-of-Way Right
Arlington cycling traffic greatly outnumbers automobile traffic at some intersections — and it's time the streets and signals reflect that.
One of the basic principles of road design and traffic management is that — at intersections, at least — bigger roads trump smaller roads. Streets with higher traffic get priority over less-travelled roads. This is why, for example, the lights on Glebe Road are generally set to accommodate the traffic travelling the length of Glebe and not the traffic trying to cross it. The idea is that priority is given to what benefits the most people. It’s just common sense, some would say. Perhaps, then, we should consider applying that principle to the Custis Trail in Arlington. Thanks to Arlington County’s trail counters, we know that thousands of people a day use the Custis to commute. Unfortunately, we also know that several of the intersections …
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Mark Blacknell
7:16 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Good ideas, Rob. Might run out of paper making a list of authorities from whom cooperation would be required, though . . . Yoeun - I'm tired of inconsiderate cyclists, too. What I'm trying to do here is actually reduce conflict/injury, instead of just ineffectively wagging my finger at those who blow the intersection. Geof, cyclists on Lee Highway have the ROW, of course. But even if you were … more ›