Ed Garnett

@garnetted

DC, Ward 5 advocacy for housing and transit, fmr ANC, cycling, tennis, soccer, scoliosis dad Ward 5 Library Taskforce 📚 Capital Trails Coalition Steering Cmte 🚲 Pediatric Scoliosis Foundation Parent Advisor 🩻 LGM ⚾️ , Vamos Spirt ⚽️ COYS, City-State 🍻

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Ed Garnett@garnetted· 9d

I like these new knee high barriers…but also looks like we ceded another 15-20 feet to the daily illegal truck loading zone outside Union Station @ddotdc.bsky.social #bikedc @waba.org

Bike lane on 1st St NE in front of Union Station, now with taller but less protected area

Ed Garnett@garnetted· 16d

Thank you Mr onion.

Bought way too much sick Knicks stuff like a Bart Simpson 2026 NBA finals T-shirt

Ed Garnett@garnetted· 24d

Hate even saying anything but shocked by missing words in this of all sentences.

“A few months, a driver of a van hit and killed 5-year-old Allison Hart as she rode her bike in a crosswalk.”

Ed Garnett@garnetted· 28d

Cycling Without Age was magical to see in person in Vancouver. Everyone can bike.

Cyclist in Stanley Park conveying a passenger

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jul 3

Kids ride free the greatest

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 12

Entirely excessive can I beat the doom run to Trader Joe’s ✅ (9 minute roundtrip)

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 10

Made a thing 7x7cup.com and now I hate myself

The user has gotten 3 all time players but still lost in the finals of a 7 a side World Cup

Ed Garnett@garnetted· May 30

Spirit with the hyper realistic Screech mascot 👀 Any bird dc folks know what this is?

Ed Garnett@garnetted· May 23

Everything in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s NYC is amazing, except Citi bike. Make this a public utility, please. 🙏

Extortionate pricing on 1.25 mile bike ride by Lyft

Ed Garnett@garnetted· May 19

Vamos béisbol

Ed Garnett@garnetted· May 17

Great @ward5familybiking.bsky.social ride. Got this random shot - good thing there’s no PBL on 4th street or this longtime resident would have no place to park their stretch Hummer. @ddotdc.bsky.social

Family bike ride on 4th street demonstrating the absurd allocation of public space in DC

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Mar 7

Never been better prepared to answer a poll question

Push poll question about CM McDuffie’s support of a $215 million no bid emergency contract for sports gambling

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 8

So this is just a list of places in Brookland 🤯

List of places where you may have been exposed to measles. Many in and around Catholic University.

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 7

Well Hoyas found the most excruciating way possible to lose, as they do

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 7

Is this…hope?

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 7

Old enough to remember when Kevin Willard’s dad was coaching and the babies raced from the foul line

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 4

Careful MBT riders on Wednesday morning @waba.org

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 4

Slowed to a drip - source seems to be Mess Hall and it’s leaking out of the 711 Edgewood drains

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Feb 4

Can anyone @dcwater.bsky.social @ddotdc.bsky.social @mayorbowser.dc.gov @cmzparker5.bsky.social @wmatagm.bsky.social assist?

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jan 25

Can put speed cameras or can just take one lane

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Nov 12

The way you do anything is how you do everything mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...

Press release text describing 8th St NE as 8th St NW

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Oct 25

🦅

Gonzaga football. Zoom in to see an eagle.

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Oct 23

😇

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 30

Amazing public policy from Paris - high predicted pollution day so they put out a special $4 unlimited day pass the night before. @wmatagm.bsky.social

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 27

At 1st and K NE with many more pedestrians this is going to be a disaster @cmzparker5.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 27

Left arrow flashing is not going to make a single driver “yield.” The current implementation at 4th and Michigan has a mixed cycle of pedestrians and cyclists crossing and cars turning with a “permissive” flashing left arrow.

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 27

Attention: fellow people who hate flashing yellow left turn arrows across protected bike lanes - DDOT is putting a new one to allow southbound left turns across the MBT from 1st St NE to K “for the safety of bicyclists”. Signal is already up but please push DDOT / Council to evaluate safety.

Thanks for all you do for the cycling community in DC. I’m writing because I noticed today on my ride to work that as part of the K St NE PBL project, DDOT is changing from no left on southbound 1st St NE to a flashing yellow signal for a permissive left - across the MBT.

The NOI states “For the safety of bicyclists, the southbound protected left turn at 1st Street will be reinstated […]”.

1) Can you explain how an allowed left turn with a flashing arrow during a pedestrian/cyclist crossing cycle is safer than the existing ban on left turns?

2) How has the experience of the northbound permissive left flashing yellow signal on 4th St NE and Michigan informed the process for 1st St?

I am willing to be told or proven that I am wrong (I hope I am) but I find the existing left turn arrow on 4th St incredibly unsafe as a cyclist and suggest anyone on this email who hasn’t ridden that do so and see how the drivers react to a flashing yellow - they panic and immediately turn into the pedestrian/cyclist crossing.

Expanding this flashing yellow from Ward 5 to Ward 6 and implementing it again across a protected bike lane suggests to me that DDOT thinks this is a best practice and plans to continue expanding its use. I would ask that Councilmembers Allen and Parker and their offices (copied) seek evidence after 6 months of use of each of these signals to see if they are working as intended.

The recent cyclist crash at 4th and Michigan suggests that permissive left yellow arrows are not working, but again, I hope I am wrong since I know everyone on this email prioritizes human safety over car convenience. I appreciate any corrections or clarifications from DDOT.

Sincerely,

Ed Garnett

Pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Amendment Act of 2000” D.C. LAW 13-249 (48
DCR 3491 April 20, 2001), the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is required to
give a written notice of intent (NOI) to modify traffic and/or parking requirements. This letter is
being forwarded to you for the purpose of notification and solicitation of comments on our intent
to implement the following in your jurisdiction:
The installation of protected bike lanes and additional walking space on K Street NE
between 1st and 2nd Streets.
Overview:
The K St NE – 1st to 2nd St protected bike lane project is a small but important part of the bike
network as it fills a gap between protected lanes to the west and unprotected lanes to the east. In
addition, it connects those living east of the tracks to the Metropolitan Branch Trail along 1st St
NE. The project will repurpose two lanes underneath the railroad tracks to protected bike lanes
and additional walking space. For the safety of bicyclists, the southbound protected left turn at 1st
Street will be reinstated, while eastbound right-turns at 2nd St will no longer be allowed. This is
necessary due to limited visibility of the bike lane while making that turn. Right-turning vehicles

Ed Garnett@garnetted· Jun 9

Pop up bike lane

Ed Garnett@garnetted· May 15

It’s the best day of the year Bike to work day + Trader Joe’s Edgewood Is this…joy?

Ed Garnett@garnetted· May 10

District tickets x kidseatfree x $5 beer (Did strike out on Harry Potter jerseys since 10,000 (😒) and arrived at 330)