Airport Bridges

[Dalton, George W.]

I wonder why they made us go up and down instead of the cars.  If the cars
went over us
the bridges wouldn't have to be so high.  For one of the bridges the cars
are going up
hill anyway and it is less effort for a car driver to push the accelerator
to rise 10 ft
than it is for me to lug my bike and stuff up 25 ft.  Yes, I do appreciate
that the new crossings are safer than the old way, but they could've been
safer and cheaper.  We could've been doing a shallow dip and they could've
gone up a bit.  Imagine if the same person had designed the 4 mile run trail
crossings of the parkway, the metro line, the rail road, and US 1- we would
be doing 4 massive humps instead of the one little down and one little up.
A lot of car drivers probably don't even know we're pedaling under them.  

On the other hand there is a view from the bridges if you care to stop and
block traffic, and
those tight turns going down to the 4 mile run trail are dangerous, some nut
crashed into me
and broke my headlight there.  I'm not trying to be negative but after
hanging out at BSC meetings I've become suspicious that pavement projects
aren't run by the sharpest knives in the drawer. 
George


-----Original Message-----
From: Levy.Dave at epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Levy.Dave at epamail.epa.gov]
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:06 PM
To: DSchaffer at comdt.uscg.mil
Cc: bsc at Bicycle.Alexandria.VA.US; waba at waba.org
Subject: Re: Airport Bridges




I have ridden the bridges.  I just wonder why they put the curves in them;
makes
sight lines a little less safe.



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