Reject King Street Option 2

If it isn't too late I would like to add my name. To make that section of King St even narrower and suggest that it would increase the safety of the bicyclists is absurd.

The lanes are hazardous. Also, it's uphill or downhill, and that is dangerous; in fact, I usually dismount and walk the bike up the sidewalk anyways.

This is an expensive and poorly thought out option, that will further cripple the flow of regular traffic

Proposed bike lanes will create congestion on King Street. Safety will be compromised.

The street is to narrow for 2 buses, a bike lane and safety to walk on a side walk. I am concerned about my safety to walk on the street walking to and from the stores and restaurants.

I feel this is very unsafe for King Street. The road is already too narrow for vehicles, and the alternative routes in the adjacent neighborhoods would benefit bikers, drivers, an pedestrians. Please consider all sides of the issue; bike lanes on King Street are an accident waiting to happen.

Bike lanes are important, but excellent, convenient and safer alternatives to King Street exist.

That section of King St. is too narrow and the grade too much to safely install bike lanes.

It's far too dangerous. Someone will be killed. Don't wait until after an incident to realize this is a terrible idea.

King St. in this area is far too narrow for bike lanes, and this plan is an accident waiting to happen. I hope Alexandria will seek other options for alternative transportation.

PLEASE do not put bike lanes on this very narrow stretch of King Street.

Not a good idea to encourage bicyclists on that particular stretch of King Street. Too narrow, too hilly.

Please reconsider proposed bike lanes along king st corridor.

My mother lives on King St. and has for about 50 years. She knows all too well about the congestion and safety issues. Please reject the bike lanes proposal.

As a Rosemont neighbor that carpools frequently with residents of King Street between Cedar and Highland Place, I find the proposal for the removal of parking spaces/addition of bike lanes on King Street incredibly frustrating. Clearly those that wrote the proposal have not considered the serious safety issues it will generate. Imagine at 5:00pm, a car having to back out of a driveway onto King Street's westbound traffic AND bicycle traffic. Parking spaces in front of these homes is a necessity. In addition, they provide a natural buffer to what would surely result in faster moving traffic.

I'm always amazed that bad ideas are tough to kill, but good ones often die on the vine.

bad idea dangerous

The King Street hill poses unusual issues which might, taken as a whole, constitute an exception to the "text book prescriptions" T&ES seems to favor. All the Traffic & Parking Bd wants is more time to see if some real compromise can be worked out, rather than a win-lose scenario. City council should just defer consideration for a few months to spare all concerned a marathon hearing and allow a compromise to be pursued.

Whatever benefits there are from bike lanes are offset by the reality that our roads were not designed to safely accommodate them. I saw a school bus have to swerve onto oncoming traffic on Janneys just this morning because of inadequate width.

Bike lanes are not needed. Let bicyclists obey vehicle rules as is done on other streets. King Street is narrow as is for cars. Alos parked cars do previde buffer from sidewalk. Our city does not need to spend money unnecessarily.