Posts about Bicycling
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Bike to work tomorrow, tour DC and Arlington this weekend
Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. Bike to work! I won’t, since I’d probably take a nasty spill trying to bike down the stairs from my bedroom to my office (plus the handlebars and pedals would scuff up the walls), but I recommend it for the rest of you. There are pit stops offering food, speeches, and more all across the region. Convoys will gather in a number of places and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bikes, buildings, budgets, and bull
Cyclists, drivers, police, the usual; Bike bits; Kornheiser Jr.; Ward 7 project gets worse; Development dispatches; Fixing Kensington; Montgomery musings; CDC misled on lead. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Running to hit
Ehrlich would kill Purple, Red lines; Bam; Damn kids!; Red Line passenger expires; $40 million bus stop?; Francoise car-rier?; Stuff getting built with DC public money. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Assault and speeding
Assault a bicyclist, get caught; More bicycling = less obesity; Parking to parklet; Ambulance calming?; Don’t be insecure: speed!; Robocars use less pavement; PPPs not practically perfect plans. Keep reading…
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DD’ohT! Streetcar grates pose unnecessary danger
As if streetcar and other rail tracks weren’t dangerous enough for cyclists to navigate without falling, newly installed streetcar tracks on Benning Road and in Anacostia make the situation even riskier. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ways of talking
Teen struck by bullet; Obnoxious GGW commenters make the Post; How to pay for streetcars; Fewer homes on the market: good?; Yglesias on cities; Meters everywhere but no money; And…. Keep reading…
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Rush hour, with bicycles
Teo, Jeff Y., and Erik all sent along this video of “rush hour” at an intersection in Utrecht, Netherlands quite crowded with vehicles, but most of those are bicycles. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Opposition of the week
Wal getting green, not too green; Big growling over Big Bear; Down by the riverside; A less icy Crystal City; King coming to the shore; Do you like the 15th Street cycle track?; Open bike lanes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bikes, cars, hate and crime
Parking dispute turns into arrow shooting; Charges coming for Oxon Hill crash; Bike hate in the B’s; Private trolleys once again?; WMATA back in the hole; Ride On back on, parking fees off; Pro-transit on the purple route. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Colors and signs
Stand over there; Green means park; New signs for New York; Local AAA now says “share the road”; Yes! to Fairlawn; Since when is it about accountability?; Purple Line will run big in election; McDonnell backs tolls. Keep reading…