Originally Posted by
greaterbrown
Is this the lower Falls stretch, heading to BBW?
That section of road is going to start a bike/car war one of these days. Cars are flying through there now and with all the development up stream it's gonna get worse.
I would love to see Falls dead-ended at the bike switchbacks. All cars north of there must escape via Falls rd. north or Chestnut. Then the only traffic along the lower stretch would be Potts and SHA trucks. No cut through traffic would be great.
Another option would be to make that stretch of Falls one way only.
I'd bet my 401k that we won't be seeing any changes down there anytime soon.
Right, I was heading south across from the Streetcar Museum. What made it worse was that there are renovations going on at the mill buildings across from Chestnut. They had flag men directing one way traffic there. They didn't know what to do when they saw a bicycle. Anyway, traffic has been slowed for that construction and I guess Mr. Mercedes got impatient. By the time we reached the Streetcar Museum and the road straightened out, he made his point. I don't like riding on the path adjacent to Falls Road for two reasons. 1. The trucks from P&C can't see you on the sidewalk which crosses their building on the west side of the road. This is right at the end of the hill heading south from the switchbacks. It's better to be in the street and in their line of sight when your doing 20+. 2. I don't like dodging dogwalkers, runners or people out for a stroll.
@Charlie: I'm not sure about the pajama party, because I may have to work late. But with a nickname like "PJ" I almost feel compelled to attend.