So what did I miss while I was gone? If you used your own bike to commute yesterday, I'm guessing you were happier about that decision than usual. As I drove slowly (barely) across the 14th Street Bridge, I saw people walking the other way, and they were not on the bike/ped path.
- Everything is coming together as the UN planned it. “As you look at companies looking to recruit, you tend to see that shift to an urbanized setting where it’s mixed use,” said Jay Farmer, vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. “They want a place where they can go and have breakfast and walk or ride their bike to work.”
- If Secret Service tells/told you to move out of the cycletrack and ride into oncoming traffic on the far side on 15th, let WABA know: advocacy@waba.org
- DCist does some actual reporting on the MLK memorial and bikes. While the fact sheet for DC Residents day says no bikes allowed, even if walked, NPS will allow them when they take over management of the site. Still, there probably will not be a bike valet for the dedication and I've heard nothing from CaBi about a Capital Bikeshare corral.
- What the first day of school looks like in a bike-friendly neighborhood.
- Velomobile ride in Northern Virginia
- Frederick, MD is putting together a 10-mile, 21-point bicycle tour.
- The slow, gradual process of building a 27 mile rail trail across several towns in Massachusetts.
- As expected, the Obamas went on a bike ride.
- The FTA has expanded the range of bike and ped projects that provide access to transit. From 1500 feet to 1/2 mile for pedestrian projects and 3 miles for bike ones.
- A cyclist riding in an Arkansas charity ride was hit from behind and killed by a driver who then left the scene.
- This case is really about insurance, if you're interested.
If Secret Service tells/told you to move out of the cycletrack and ride into oncoming traffic on the far side on 15th, let us know: advocacy@waba.org
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