Posts by Rachel Maisler — Contributor

Rachel Maisler is an avid city cyclist and advocate who enjoys exploring DC and beyond. She represented Ward 4 on the Bicycle Advisory Council from 2017-2024, serving several years as chair. Rachel also served on the Age-Friendly DC Task Force. When she’s not fighting for safe roads, Rachel is a health policy wonk. Rachel has lived inside the Beltway since 2005 and currently resides in Petworth.

Take a trip in time (and leap to action!) with TranspoBINGO

EventsBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Erin Palmer (Guest Contributor) February 16, 2024

All aboard! It’s time for the annual TranspoBINGO tradition, and you’re invited to participate! Keep reading…
Over the river and onto TranspoBINGO

EventsBy Kai Hall (Policy Officer), Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Erin Palmer (Guest Contributor) February 9, 2023

TranspoBINGO is back for the fourth year! Compete with others to fill out a bingo board based on your travels around DC from Thursday, February 16 to Thursday, February 23. Keep reading…
Play TranspoBINGO and help highlight the benefits of active transportation in the region

EventsBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Kate Jentoft-Herr (Engagement Manager) February 8, 2022

The game that encourages participants to use active transportation and take advantage of local public spaces is back with new challenges and the same old fun. Keep reading…
BikeMatchDC celebrates one year of getting butts on bikes. Here’s what we learned.

BicyclingOpinionBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Rudi Riet (Guest Contributor) March 26, 2021 1

Almost one year ago, BikeMatchDC began matching essential workers and others with bikes. Nearly 200 bikes later, here’s what they discovered. Keep reading…
Play TranspoBINGO and help highlight the benefits of active transportation in the region

TransportationGGWash PolicyBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Erin Palmer (Guest Contributor) February 3, 2021 4

Just because our travel habits aren’t what they once were doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have fun exploring new ways to get around and promote active transportation. TranspoBINGO is back with a new edition for a very different time. Keep reading…
Here’s how a googly-eyed broom saved the protected bike lane on 1st Street NE

BicyclingBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Matthew Sampson (Guest Contributor) November 11, 2020 3

One year ago, noticing that the bike lane on 1st Street NE was often blocked by vehicles, two tactical urbanists installed an orange corn broom with googly eyes and a sign reading “PLEASE DON’T RUN ME OVER.” June the Broom was born. Keep reading…
Behind the Handlebars with cyclist extraordinaire Joe Flood

BicyclingBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor) May 6, 2020

Joe Flood came to DC over 20 years ago to study at American University. Biking here, there, and everywhere while living car-free, Joe logs 60-70 miles behind the handlebars each week. He and I recently sat down to talk about all kinds of things related to riding bikes in DC, from plugging into the bike community via social media to how to make DC safer for cyclists. Keep reading…
“Transportation BINGO” challenged residents and officials to ditch the car

TransitBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor), Erin Palmer (Guest Contributor) February 13, 2020 6

We asked officials, advocates, and residents around DC to spend a week exploring the many ways to ride public transit. Keep reading…
Residents tracked nearly 700 vehicles blocking bike lanes in one day

BicyclingBy Mark Sussman (Contributor), Rachel Maisler (Contributor) May 22, 2019 32

This past Wednesday, more than 60 volunteers spread out across the District for the Data-Protected Bike Lane Project, a coordinated effort to capture in real-time just how many bike lane violations happen in key areas during peak driving times. Volunteers submitted nearly 700 bike violations using the How’s My Driving App (HMD). Keep reading…
Vision how many? We’re still tracking how many people are killed while traveling in DC

RoadsBy Rachel Maisler (Contributor) May 9, 2019 20

In the time I conceived the idea for this article on 2:20 pm on May 6 to when I got home to put words on paper around 9 pm, the traffic fatality count in DC had already ticked up another notch. In case you’re counting, that puts us at 10 traffic-related fatalities inside DC’s borders in 2019. That’s the same number as this date last year. Keep reading…