Comment by zs
A more cost effective solution would be to remove one of the travel lanes on the Key Bridge and then use the space to put protected bike lanes in each direction. While there are three travel lanes in...
View ArticleComment by xtr657
I feel like on the Virginia side, it would have to pick up near the Arlington Gateway Park over I-66 which is a few blocks and about a fifth of a mile from the Metro entrance. On the DC side, the...
View ArticleComment by kob
If someone were to propose a gigantic merry-go-round as a means to get across the Potomac to the fabulous hot spot, entertainment emporium and architectural marvel we know as Rosslyn, I'd be all for...
View ArticleComment by Paul M.
@ dcwalks and @ what a silly idea +1 Arguing that we should do it because it would be "cool" or "Portland has it so we should too" are pretty bad reasons to do anything.Besides this is a Metrorail...
View ArticleComment by Jasper
@xtr657:I don't see it being a benefit to anyone other that Georgetown students which won't justify the cost.Yeah, let's ignore the thousands of employees that make Georgetown U run smoothly. They can...
View ArticleComment by drumz
No one in favor of the gondola has said that we should do it because it's cool. And the reason they bring up Portland is because the situation in Portland is similar where you've got a destination that...
View ArticleComment by Paul M.
@drumz I have not heard a single justification for it. It won't mitigate traffic on the Key Bridge nor is it meant to. It cant be expanded either to GU Hospital or GWU, nor is it meant to be. It won't...
View ArticleComment by Scoot
And the reason they bring up Portland is because the situation in Portland is similar where you've got a destination that doesn't link up too easily with an extension of the existing transit...
View ArticleComment by CrossingBrooklynFerry
I doubt the gondola will prove feasible, but as someone who has cycled across the Key Bridge, I have to ask if I am the only one who has found it a crowded, difficult connection with lots of bike/ped...
View ArticleComment by drumz
I have not heard a single justification for it.A: there are some justifications in this very post. Along with drawbacks.B: but that's why some of us are waiting to see what the study says. I'm at...
View ArticleComment by drumz
But actually the primary function of the Portland aerial tramway -- free access to and from the OHSU campus for people who use, work or study there, bears virtually no similarities to a...
View ArticleComment by BusLaneManiac
I'm in favor of a pedestrian tunnel from Theodore Roosevelt island to the Georgetown Waterfront to provide a pedestrian and bicycle connection to Rosslyn via Theodore Roosevelt Island. Who wouldn't...
View ArticleComment by Crickey7
As urban rivers go, the Potomac is very clean. You really could swim in it, if it weren't rather dangerous to do so.
View ArticleComment by Scoot
If you want to swim in the Potomac then you are advised to take significant precautions -- don't swallow the water, don't swim if you have open cuts or sores, shower shortly after swimming, and avoid...
View ArticleComment by CrossingBrooklynFerry
"If you want to swim in the Potomac then you are advised to take significant precautions -- don't swallow the water, don't swim if you have open cuts or sores, shower shortly after swimming, and avoid...
View ArticleComment by DCwalks
@Paul M. +1000JBG wants it so they can tell their prospective Central Place tenants it's "close to Georgetown shopping". And Georgetown and Rosslyn BIDs want it to get more patrons from the other side...
View ArticleComment by Steve Strauss
To give readers an idea of what 5,000 gondola trips a day compares to on Metrobus routes, the L1 and L2 combined averaged 5,200 daily trips in FY2015 and the 28A on Leesburg Pike carried 4,980 the same...
View ArticleComment by Scoot
Doesn't that depend on how far downstream you are? If you are upstream from the Anacostia and from Four Mile Run, is there really enough Combined Sewer Outflow to matter?There are currently 10 outflow...
View ArticleComment by Richard Layman
Steve Strauss -- yes, 5,000 trips/day isn't that much. The major buslines in DC run from 15,000 to 25,000 trips per day, as you well know. Similarly, the streetcar, being a stub, doesn't generate all...
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Comment by Richard Layman
Crickey7 -- when I was on the design advisory committee for the 11th St. Bridge Park, I kept pushing an in-river pool, remembering some in NYC. Clearly, the Georgetown area is ripe for a similar...
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