Thursday, March 4, 2010
Action plan for dealing with snow
TheWashCycle Snowmaggedon After-Action Report outlines what can be done in the future to recover from a major snowfall. TheWashCycle thinks we should 1) have a plan, that includes having a prioritized list of bike facilities to be cleared, 2) communicate with users about the plan and provide them status of conditions on trails and bike lanes, and 3) ask for help. If a reason for not clearing a trail is lack of resources, ask cyclists and others to help.Even though roads have been cleared for a while, in Fairfax, some major trails are still blocked, mostly by snow dumped at intersections by VDOT. We just sent this message to VDOT using their Report a Road Problem page about the Fairfax County Parkway Trail:
VDOT has cleared passage for one mode of "transportation" (cars) while blocking a couple of other modes (biking and walking) along the Fairfax County Parkway trail at the Dulles Toll Rd. The trail is blocked by snow piled at the trail entrance to the bridge over the Toll Rd and along the trail between the Toll Rd and the W&OD Trail. It's one thing not to clear snow for bicyclists and pedestrians, it's another when a trail is actively blocked by plows to make way for cars. The snow is hard and will be blocking the trail for many more days. Please clear these areas.
The good news is that it was a beautiful day to be out on the bike and we're looking forward to warmer weather this weekend. FABB plans to meet with fellow advocates from Loudoun and Frederik County at the Village Winery in Waterford on Saturday and it looks like it will be a good day to ride.
Comments:
It is funny - I just noticed that same spot this morning on the way to work. At the rate things are going, it will still be a few weeks before this spot is passable.
But to be honest, a mile or two south on Fairfax County Parkway there is some sort of construction that appears to have both the shoulder and the bike path blocked. I haven't ridden since they started, so I don't know for sure what the story is there.
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But to be honest, a mile or two south on Fairfax County Parkway there is some sort of construction that appears to have both the shoulder and the bike path blocked. I haven't ridden since they started, so I don't know for sure what the story is there.
