The purpose of the Downtown Bike Lane Pilot Project is to improve bicycle safety and access in the downtown area while maintaining the transportation function of downtown Washington. This is particularly important as we expand to a larger, regional, bike sharing system of over 1100 bikes by the end of the year. These bike lanes are also included the 2005 Bicycle Master Plan. Bike lanes are an important part of our goal of expanding transportation choices in the District and the region.

2012 Bike Ways

DDOT plans to install 5 miles of bike lanes and 5 miles of shared lanes before the end of 2012. This will include a new cycle track on L Street, NW.

We are planning separated bicycle facilities in the following corridors:

• M Street (15th to 29th) and L Street (25th to 12th);
• 9th Street (Massachusetts to Constitution).

UPDATE - Innovative Bike Facilities Research (April 2012)

DDOT is completing the evaluation of the innovative bicycle facilities installed in 2010 on 15th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and the intersection at 16th/U/New Hampshire. The study began in May of 2011, and will be complete by the summer of 2012. The results will be used to make improvements and help with the design of other similar projects, such and the L Street and M Street cycletracks downtown.

A draft of the executive summary research report is available below.