Well really, it isn’t madness at all. The already existing fifteenth street bike lane has been extended from one-lane to two-lanes. One goes north, the other south. The construction has done away with many parking spaces which have been amply replaced on other parts of 15th Street. In fact, while it is not too terribly pertinent to GW students who rarely drive, there will be, when construction is finished, a net gain of 7.5 parking spaces according to the District Department of Transportation.
District Department of Transportation, has gone on to say that this will lead to a 40% increase of bicycle traffic on 15th Street. The new two-way lane has settled the nerves of bikers, half of whom said they felt unsafe on the previously shared 15th Street bike lane.
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