Posts about Bicycling
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DDOT still tweaking bike share location map (now done)
DDOT let us know that the map you saw this morning wasn’t completely final; we all noticed the map before it was quite ready. They are now making some adjustments and will officially release it later today. Update: It’s now released and embedded on the original post. Earlier, I noted the absence of a station at Howard University, and commenters pointed out a conspicuous… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: News not to overlook
Get your SmarTrip history; Street vendor patron?; Most of us don’t exist to POLITICO; Overlooked site for Latino museum; Both exits are pleasant; Bicycle “superhighways” nice but not so super; New meaning of “airpark”. Keep reading…
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DDOT selects Capital Bikeshare locations
DDOT has announced a preliminary set of locations for its 100 Capital Bikeshare stations (via TheWashCycle): Keep reading…
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Midnight swim in the Flickr pool
Here are a few of our favorites from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool this week: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step forward, one step back
Good and bad news for Ward 7 development; Germantown ghost bike, investigation; Judge’s ignorance used against cyclists; Moses’ legacy alive at NY state DOT; More in New York; Our artiest, decoest building; Councilmembers Michael Brown?; Way too hot. Keep reading…
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Live chat with Shane Farthing of WABA
Welcome to our live chat with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s new executive director, Shane Farthing. Keep reading…
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Employee vehicles blocking bike racks at NY Avenue Metro
The bicycle parking at the New York Avenue Metro station is substandard, and WMATA employee cars and motorcycles are parked daily all around the pedestrian areas and blocking the bicycle parking. I take the Red Line to and from work every day, entering the system at the New York Avenue Metro station. I bike there from our house in Trinidad, parking my bicycle at the racks near the… Keep reading…
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Drivers must merge into bike lanes before turning right
The garbage truck and driver who killed Alice Swanson two years ago was making an improper turn, but most drivers would make the same mistake. The correct procedure is for drivers to merge into the bicycle lane before the intersection, then turn from that lane. Why? Let’s say you’re driving in a motor vehicle on a road with two standard general-purpose lanes going… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and bothered
Very bad day for vertical transport; Golfers irate at pro-bicycle management; You can’t air condition the outdoors; It was better before?; Bikes less limited on Capitol Limited; In Arlington, now; Tourist pedestrian child dies; Road projects on hold. Keep reading…
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Live chat: Shane Farthing of WABA, tomorrow at 1
Greater Greater Washington will host its next live guest, Washington Area Bicyclist Association executive director Shane Farthing, tomorrow at 1 pm. Keep reading…