There is not enough room for two opposing traffic lanes and bike lanes especially with all the large commercial and buses using King St
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Merle Castle
12 years ago
Bike lanes are too dangerous
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Dara and Derrick Surratt
12 years ago
There is not enough room for a bike lane on King Street. It's unsafe. There will be accidents, it's just a matter of when.
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Brian Murphy
12 years ago
It is not fair to take away the parking places for the homes on King Street
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Douglas Craig
12 years ago
Masonic trail upgrade and sharrows on King St work for me.
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tracey moorhead
12 years ago
it seems the city really wants traffic calming on king street. there are other options. the bike lane proposal is unsafe and not widely supported.
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Priestley Toulmin
12 years ago
Although I live several blocks from the affected stretch of King Street, I drive along it regularly. The street is narrow enough now for the heavy load of vehicular traffic it carries as a major route into and out of the downtown area. Adding bike lanes woul clearly creat more hazardous conditions, greatly inconvenience residents of adjacent properties, and would be trotally out of proportion for the tiny number of cyclists who use this route.
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Jen Lukawski
12 years ago
We live right off King Street near Janney's Lane. As someone who drives up and down this stretch of road on a daily basis, the proposal to add bike lanes is dangerous. The street is way too narrow and heavily traveled by cars and trucks to add increased bike traffic to the mix. The city is also considering a proposal to develop the land next to Woodbine which, if approved, will further worsen the traffic on this stretch of King. If aggressive driving on King Street is an issue, then police officers should enforce the law and ticket violators. Adding bike lanes makes no sense. Also, while I support the right of people to travel by bike, many flagrantly ignore stop signs and red lights around town. My family strongly opposes this proposal because of the negative impact on our neighborhood.
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Rita Jupe
12 years ago
Darlene Johnson's letter in the Alexandria newspaper this weekend was reasonable, equitable to the cyclists and motorists alike. She was spot on with her main idea that a better way to handle the situation would be to educate everyone that bicycles are vehicles too and riders have the same privileges and responsibilities as drivers under law. People who don't live on King St but drive on it every day know the city's proposal is not a safe one. Thank you.
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John Augustine
12 years ago
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Subjecting an average of 13,000 rush hour motorists to the safety risks, congestion, delays, and overall deterioration of our quality of life to accomodate the 7 bikers who use King Street during rush hour makes absolutely NO sense. Please reconsider this ill-conceived idea.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Bike lanes in this area will increase the danger to cars and pedestrians.
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Mary D. Carroll
12 years ago
Please do not subject King Street residents to bike lanes. Mistake.
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Kristen Jones
12 years ago
I have never encountered one, respectful, traffic law abiding biker in this city!! Go on the GW trail where cars and bikers interact much less! Bikers are rude in our city!
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Stan Protigal
12 years ago
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The people who live there do not want this. I am a bicycle commuter and think bike paths should be placed where useful, functional (as bike paths) and not dangerous. Narrowing the lanes of King Street just does not make sense at all. This is "wrong in so many ways."
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Philippe Bruno
12 years ago
Do NOT approve this!!!
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ann bruno
12 years ago
This is a ridiculous proposal...can you please side with the homeowners here for once???
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Amy Johnson
12 years ago
King St is too narrow, too congested and the cuurent proposed courses of action are not safe.
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Elizabeth Good
12 years ago
King St is too narrow, too congested. Additional dangers would arise from residents becoming pedestrians if parking were eliminated. Safety would be compromised for all.
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Christine Vick
12 years ago
I oppose this proposal because I am for safety first. This proposal is not safe for residents; pedestrians; drivers and importantly bicyclists
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Sunny Yoder
12 years ago
I oppose this proposal without accompanying law requiring bicyclists to be licensed as automobile drivers are
There is not enough room for two opposing traffic lanes and bike lanes especially with all the large commercial and buses using King St
Bike lanes are too dangerous
There is not enough room for a bike lane on King Street. It's unsafe. There will be accidents, it's just a matter of when.
It is not fair to take away the parking places for the homes on King Street
Masonic trail upgrade and sharrows on King St work for me.
it seems the city really wants traffic calming on king street. there are other options. the bike lane proposal is unsafe and not widely supported.
Although I live several blocks from the affected stretch of King Street, I drive along it regularly. The street is narrow enough now for the heavy load of vehicular traffic it carries as a major route into and out of the downtown area. Adding bike lanes woul clearly creat more hazardous conditions, greatly inconvenience residents of adjacent properties, and would be trotally out of proportion for the tiny number of cyclists who use this route.
We live right off King Street near Janney's Lane. As someone who drives up and down this stretch of road on a daily basis, the proposal to add bike lanes is dangerous. The street is way too narrow and heavily traveled by cars and trucks to add increased bike traffic to the mix. The city is also considering a proposal to develop the land next to Woodbine which, if approved, will further worsen the traffic on this stretch of King. If aggressive driving on King Street is an issue, then police officers should enforce the law and ticket violators. Adding bike lanes makes no sense. Also, while I support the right of people to travel by bike, many flagrantly ignore stop signs and red lights around town. My family strongly opposes this proposal because of the negative impact on our neighborhood.
Darlene Johnson's letter in the Alexandria newspaper this weekend was reasonable, equitable to the cyclists and motorists alike. She was spot on with her main idea that a better way to handle the situation would be to educate everyone that bicycles are vehicles too and riders have the same privileges and responsibilities as drivers under law. People who don't live on King St but drive on it every day know the city's proposal is not a safe one. Thank you.
Subjecting an average of 13,000 rush hour motorists to the safety risks, congestion, delays, and overall deterioration of our quality of life to accomodate the 7 bikers who use King Street during rush hour makes absolutely NO sense. Please reconsider this ill-conceived idea.
Bike lanes in this area will increase the danger to cars and pedestrians.
Please do not subject King Street residents to bike lanes. Mistake.
I have never encountered one, respectful, traffic law abiding biker in this city!! Go on the GW trail where cars and bikers interact much less! Bikers are rude in our city!
The people who live there do not want this. I am a bicycle commuter and think bike paths should be placed where useful, functional (as bike paths) and not dangerous. Narrowing the lanes of King Street just does not make sense at all. This is "wrong in so many ways."
Do NOT approve this!!!
This is a ridiculous proposal...can you please side with the homeowners here for once???
King St is too narrow, too congested and the cuurent proposed courses of action are not safe.
King St is too narrow, too congested. Additional dangers would arise from residents becoming pedestrians if parking were eliminated. Safety would be compromised for all.
I oppose this proposal because I am for safety first. This proposal is not safe for residents; pedestrians; drivers and importantly bicyclists
I oppose this proposal without accompanying law requiring bicyclists to be licensed as automobile drivers are