Originally Posted by
GovernorSilver
Tried that route through DCA airport roads again. Got stuck at the intersection of Abindgon and Aviation Circle. There's no sensor for a bicycle there - the cars on Abindgon on the other side of the intersection got the green light twice and my light stayed red all the time. There's always cars on Aviation Circle in both directions, so it wasn't a simple matter of waiting for the road to be clear on both sides. I finally got through by taking a guess when it would be safe to ride through the intersection - had to be when the cars on Abindgon were crossing it in the opposite direction, without turning left. That is one guessing game I don't care to play again.
Back to the mulch path for me.
I have a place like that coming home. Always cars coming from my left and right, and across from me, but going my way most cars turn either left or right in separate lanes. So my straight ahead lane often doesn't get a green light. What I've been doing is going across as soon as the cross street turns red and cars stop, a couple seconds before the oncoming left turn arrow comes on. Works pretty well.