I got see John Glenn and Scott Carpenter talk last night at the Air & Space Museum. I love living in DC.
- I guess a bike lock won't do much good here. This is on the W&OD.
- “We all have a right to have a car” said President Morales.
- The man accused of shooting Neil Michael Godleski as he biked home from work has been indicted on nine counts including murder. "Police believe that Foreman fired multiple shots at Godleski as he rode his bicycle through the circle, then coldly approached the 31-year-old Catholic University student, firing two more shots at close range"
- After 18 months, VDOT has a new bicycle coordinator, so we can expect all Virginia bicycle problems to be solved by early August.
- Alexandria BPAC is seeking more members. Without you they can't succeed (is that enough guilt, or do I need to get your mother on the phone).
- I wonder if New York cyclists are going to hate this as much as some DC cyclists did.
- Arlington man wins a trip to Tour de France with a VIP pass courtesy of Cannondale. He'll even be eating with the Liquigas Team.
- DC Guardian Angels looking for volunteers for Met Branch Trail Safety Patrol.
Off topic –
But did anyone else see the horse manure on the Pa Ave cycle track. At 5:00 yesterday afternoon three horse mounted park police were riding in the track. At a stop light all three horses made a deposit. The officers looked at the piles of manure in the middle of the trail and laughed. It was still there this morning.
Has anyone else seen mounted police on the path. I think the chance of hitting that much manure in the dark is very high and the police should keep horses on the mall.
Posted by: Cap Hill Keith | June 24, 2011 at 09:36 AM
Yes - I had to dodge the crap yesterday.
Sometimes the Park police will ride their horses up the CCT - and drop piles of manure that will stay for days.
Will expect dog owners to clean up after their pets. Why don't the Park police do the same?
Posted by: JeffB | June 24, 2011 at 10:40 AM
I didn't see the horsepuckey at 9am this morning, but maybe that's because it could have been under the utility trucks parked in the lanes at 10th or 11th and again at 14th.
Posted by: Shawn | June 24, 2011 at 11:33 AM
There is also a lot of work being done on the trees along the CCT. Does anyone know the story?
Posted by: SJE | June 24, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Discarded protest debris seems to love to accumulate on the Penn. Ave lanes between 3rd and 6th streets. At least when the DC street cleaning system (heavy rainstorms) is not operating on schedule.
Posted by: Greenbelt | June 24, 2011 at 12:21 PM
SJE
I saw it, too. I'd never seen them trimming trees on the trail before. It doesn't seem to be a matter of removing diseased trees, either.
I had thought trail maintenance got zeroed out of the County's budget {unless this is under a different fiscal year budget).
Posted by: Crickey7 | June 24, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Which protest was down there? I've seen that debris. Zip ties galore.
Posted by: Shawn | June 24, 2011 at 01:18 PM
There is also a lot of work being done on the trees along the CCT. Does anyone know the story?
Clearing branches away from power lines. Pepco is in plenty of trouble these days over outages.
Posted by: JeffB | June 24, 2011 at 01:29 PM
I applied for tickets to the Air & Space Museum talk but I didn't get selected. Bummer.
Posted by: Michael H. | June 24, 2011 at 01:49 PM