tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post387675166461941552..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: Traffic Sign Funds Going to Bicycle Signs - MarkingsArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-53955317906682667072010-08-24T17:25:33.443-04:002010-08-24T17:25:33.443-04:00I am a biker and support biking, but realistically...I am a biker and support biking, but realistically autos are the primary means of transport in Arlington. <br /><br />I don't understand why the county took out parking spots on N. Quincy Street near Central Library and put in a bike lane. It is actually safer for a biker to have a lane of parked vehicles.<br /><br />Also, the county is too aggressively enforcing parking fines--$35 for over staying a meter.<br /><br />I do not see why parking meters on Saturdays should be enforced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-74403086363499267852010-08-21T19:29:32.165-04:002010-08-21T19:29:32.165-04:00A few years ago the County gave "Keep Kids Al...A few years ago the County gave "Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25" signs to neighborhoods. They worked. So the County's transportation bureaucracy felt threatened and stopped passing out $10 signs and began constructing $10,000 speed tables.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-60836474187419175282010-08-18T10:04:05.446-04:002010-08-18T10:04:05.446-04:00The people behind "neighborhood traffic calmi...The people behind "neighborhood traffic calming" in Arlington are racists and elitists. My neighborhood placed "Keep Kids Alive - Drive 25" signs around the neighborhood a few years ago. That slowed down traffic. But slowing down traffic is not what "neighborhood traffic calming" is about. It's about keeping non-residents out of upscale neighborhoods.North Arlingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-3432692073278605902010-08-13T19:50:39.971-04:002010-08-13T19:50:39.971-04:00Yeah, I yelled at a skateboarder the other day. To...Yeah, I yelled at a skateboarder the other day. Told him he was going to be an organ transplant donor if he didn't stop skateboarding down the street after dark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-27019606249438606252010-08-13T19:48:07.098-04:002010-08-13T19:48:07.098-04:00Worst, by far, are the skateboarders. Dressed in b...Worst, by far, are the skateboarders. Dressed in black clothing and reckless behavior is the norm. Like skateboarding down a hill on a poorly-lighted residential street at 10 PM.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-70259343194032213042010-08-13T17:14:41.169-04:002010-08-13T17:14:41.169-04:00As was mentioned before, Post is a profit center f...As was mentioned before, Post is a profit center for Berkshire-Hathaway. Sun Gazette is a profit center for GE. Nick Moran Benton is busy boosting his pet special interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-39815780108598999132010-08-13T16:53:37.145-04:002010-08-13T16:53:37.145-04:00Why don't the Nanny Editors do something that&...Why don't the Nanny Editors do something that's useful - like start a comprehensive bicycle, pedestrian, motor vehicle safety program? I, for one, am tired of the newspapers always telling us we have to do this and do that. Editors like McCaffrey and Benton are bad enough. The Post is terrible with it's 'Gotcha' journalism. Post is paranoid about guns, guns. guns. Well guns aren't getting 140 pedestrians and cyclists hurt on Arlington's streets every year.<br /><br />When I was a kid growing up near Philadelphia the newspapers sponsored all sort of community activities. All the journalists and columnists want to do now is tell us how we should live our lives.Lyon Villagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-22064184574775109992010-08-13T14:10:19.725-04:002010-08-13T14:10:19.725-04:00If Fisette, Zimmerman, etc., like Portland Oregon ...If Fisette, Zimmerman, etc., like Portland Oregon so much they should move there. They should be prepared for - high unemployment, increasing crime, traffic that's almost as bad as here, mediocre schools, high prices, terrible weather.Grew Up Therenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-28547636814146646152010-08-13T08:52:35.876-04:002010-08-13T08:52:35.876-04:00Yes, when pigs fly.Yes, when pigs fly.L O Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-73765015317242875542010-08-13T08:51:29.682-04:002010-08-13T08:51:29.682-04:00Can you imagine Nanny Nancy riding down Walter Ree...Can you imagine Nanny Nancy riding down Walter Reed Drive (where she lives) on a bicycle?fairgrrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-3547207855911523252010-08-13T08:49:31.709-04:002010-08-13T08:49:31.709-04:00Nanny Nancy was a big booster of the County Board&...Nanny Nancy was a big booster of the County Board's no bid give-away bicycle franchise to Charlie Denney at the last CB meeting.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-37782998383836441982010-08-13T08:43:30.344-04:002010-08-13T08:43:30.344-04:00The developers do not want to construct 1.5 parkin...The developers do not want to construct 1.5 parking spaces per residential unit under a 200 unit luxury condo building.. The County Board requires them to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-60645925657793159322010-08-13T08:37:53.402-04:002010-08-13T08:37:53.402-04:00Did you know that there are approximately 140 repo...Did you know that there are approximately 140 reported bicycle and pedestrian injuries in Arlington every year? Buried in the County's annual budget. Does not count injuries where someone hits a pothole and falls off the bike and later drives himself to the hospital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-54879291566443756062010-08-13T08:33:35.237-04:002010-08-13T08:33:35.237-04:00You will almost never see a Lance Armstrong Wannab...You will almost never see a Lance Armstrong Wannabee wearing a lime green shirt or vest or bright colored bicycle clothing while riding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-62527061786060336742010-08-13T08:23:59.170-04:002010-08-13T08:23:59.170-04:00Next step, of course, is to remove dangerous motor...Next step, of course, is to remove dangerous motor vehicles from streets and roads, starting with major arterials like Walter Reed Drive. Same Walter Reed Drive that is becoming choked with traffic because of the massive parking garages that Fisette, Zimmerman, and Nanny Nancy Hunt had constructed in Shirlington Village.Susan - 22206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-23649484417662460652010-08-12T22:37:04.887-04:002010-08-12T22:37:04.887-04:00The "sharrows" embolden bike riders to a...The "sharrows" embolden bike riders to act like they are cars. God speed and prayers to the injured cyclist.Let's Be Freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-29319867508717926142010-08-12T20:47:18.252-04:002010-08-12T20:47:18.252-04:00Jay and Chris will send a sympathy card....Jay and Chris will send a sympathy card....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-77659832796423598342010-08-12T20:30:28.179-04:002010-08-12T20:30:28.179-04:00I heard that too. Hope the person wasn't serio...I heard that too. Hope the person wasn't seriously hurt.Tom J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-2233307420206822682010-08-12T20:26:27.323-04:002010-08-12T20:26:27.323-04:00Just heard on my scanner that a bicyclist was stru...Just heard on my scanner that a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle on Walter Reed Drive. It's 8:20 PM and almost dark, has been raining for an hour. What are people doing riding bicycles at night on major arterials in this weather?R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-86778192543030903182010-08-12T20:19:53.706-04:002010-08-12T20:19:53.706-04:00Even the backpackers and grandparents visiting the...Even the backpackers and grandparents visiting their kids are taking taxis to Arlington from Union Station.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-3498206316994275062010-08-12T16:19:13.160-04:002010-08-12T16:19:13.160-04:00Re Bicycle traffic law enforcement - Arlington Po...Re Bicycle traffic law enforcement - Arlington Police Department is on strike and has been for several years. Will only respond to 911 and non-emergency complaints called in to 558-2222. And attend community events they're ordered to attend, like the County Fair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-19826592475230208592010-08-12T16:07:24.370-04:002010-08-12T16:07:24.370-04:00County Board Members' neighborhoods are protec...County Board Members' neighborhoods are protected against Ninja Bikers by extensive networks of speed tables. Check out Zimmy's neighborhood.Barcrofternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-67951404944620678922010-08-12T16:05:29.873-04:002010-08-12T16:05:29.873-04:00Secret Zimmerman/FiSSette plan is to close down Co...Secret Zimmerman/FiSSette plan is to close down Columbia Pike to cars, open to trolley folly and bikes only, announcement to come after state turns over control of the Pike to Arlington County. <br /><br />Another storm coming, Lances and Lancettes will be huddling under overpasses tonight just like this morning. Without cars there'd be no underpasses where they could hide.Let's Be Freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-24197032261006532922010-08-12T15:56:57.991-04:002010-08-12T15:56:57.991-04:00Notice there are no alternative transportation opt...Notice there are no alternative transportation options mentioned by the County's PR propaganda team except for trolleys, bicycles, and Metro?<br /><br />Did you know it costs $12 and takes 20 minutes to ride a cab to Arlington from Union Station weekends and non-rush hours? No one who bills by the hour rides Metro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-7499673373036476902010-08-12T15:51:27.595-04:002010-08-12T15:51:27.595-04:00Meanwhile, the County has no comprehensive bicycle...Meanwhile, the County has no comprehensive bicycle safety program and no one enforces traffic laws when bicyclists drive recklessly, DWI, DUI, etc.Larry - 22205noreply@blogger.com