Posts tagged Bicycling
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Breakfast links: Fewer trains, more cars
Longer trains on Red Line; Women’s History Museum moves forward; Scrambling in Northern Virginia; More bike lanes, not in Chevy Chase; Convention Center hotel in Shaw; Clean the Anacostia; Hooking up on P Street; Taking on Buy America. Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 13 pedestrians, 6 cyclists
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Change in Maryland
New Bethesda entrance; WABA offers bike valet for dueling rallies; Maryland cycling laws changing October 1; Energy for kayaking; Please forgive my distraction; Freight rail concerns stall High Speed Rail; Parking ticket and a little yoga; Sleeping in a bubble; Scaffolding beautification. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Food fights
The powerful vs. the food trucks; Eat more, drink less; Shaw/Bloomingdale will get a sit down restaurant; Why no bike sharing on the Mall?; Security might not always trump public access; Museum bubble takes shape; Preservation meets race in Alexandria; New New Carrollton; More car-free, less traffic. Keep reading…
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Past and future chances to walk and bike
This week was, and is, jam packed with special events around walking and biking, including some great walking and biking tours coming up. Capital Bikeshare launched yesterday to great fanfare in the plaza behind USDOT. TheWashCycle summarized all the press coverage. Memberships are still $50 so join now! Don’t panic if the station you were hoping to use isn’t… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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Bike lane forces bus reroute on Pennsylvania Avenue
The 13B Metrobus line has been making an extra loop after the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lane forbade left turns onto 10th Street, WMATA officials said. The bus, which runs a counterclockwise loop between the Pentagon, the Federal Triangle, and Arlington Cemetery, currently uses Pennsylvania Avenue westbound between 6th and 10th Streets, NW, where it turns left on 10th. The… Keep reading…
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Capital Bikeshare, launching today, will change everything
DC and Arlington deserve a lot of credit for having the vision to bring modern bike-sharing to DC. As a result, things will never be the same again when Capital Bikeshare launches 36 stations in DC and 13 in Arlington today. It was almost five years ago to the day that DC first announced that they would be bringing bike-sharing to the District. It wasn’t considered very important… Keep reading…
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Struck in DC this week: 8 pedestrians, 6 cyclists
Each week, we map cyclist and pedestrian crashes in the District. Keep reading…
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Even bike owners will benefit from joining Capital Bikeshare
Next Monday, I will take to the roads on DC on a brand new bike that is not mine. Despite owning my own bike, I decided to invest in a Capital Bikeshare membership. Other DC bike owners should, too. The new Capital Bikeshare program kicks off next week and will offer 1,000 bikes at over 100 stations spread across the District and Arlington’s Crystal City neighborhood. … Keep reading…