Good afternoon
- Tales from the Sharrows explains why biking is not allowed on the Navy Yard Promenade. There is a narrow bridge at one point and "Employees exiting through turnstiles onto the Riverwalk will not have immediate situational awareness of their surroundings, and may not see oncoming vehicular traffic in time to avoid a collision....This is an obvious safety concern as collisions would be unavoidable." This is followed by a pretty hilarious take down, including the notation that on the other side of the fence is a parking lot. "A parking lot. With cars driving. Apparently disoriented Navy employees are well equipped to deal with the potential hazards of motorized, multi-ton vehicles."
- Can we make BTWD more diverse?
- The President was nearly hit by a cyclist speeding down 15th Street, but escaped unharmed. Later the cyclist was arrested for not having a bell.
- Bethesda thief, riding stolen bike, arrested.
- OK, now that I see the photos, I do believe it was her bike.
Um, that headline on the last link, wow.
Posted by: antibozo | May 25, 2012 at 04:51 PM
What a headline.
We're not allowed to bike on the Navy promenade? I've been doing it for the last week without incident, ringing my bell as I slowly ride across that narrow bridge for oncoming foot-or-bike traffic to hear (there has been none).
Posted by: Shawn | May 25, 2012 at 05:17 PM
@Shawn: if you read the signs posted on each end, they do say that bicycling is not allowed.
@Wash: your link about the President being "nearly hit by a cyclist" goes to a Ghost of DC entry about "Office Sprinkle". Is that really the article you intended?
Posted by: Froggie | May 25, 2012 at 08:24 PM
Froggie: read the article.
Posted by: antibozo | May 25, 2012 at 08:30 PM
Follow-up on the weirdness of that lost bike headline:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/25/153691917/lost-bike-found-after-41-years-then-the-story-gets-weird
Posted by: antibozo | May 25, 2012 at 08:46 PM
Lesbian reunited with bike? I mean, I'm a square, but WTF?
Posted by: Christopher Fotos | May 25, 2012 at 10:31 PM
I've never slowed down to read the rules on that sign. Bummer. What a waste of a good stretch of trail.
Posted by: Shawn | May 25, 2012 at 11:19 PM
I think the Daily Mail is a British tabloid newspaper/website. Those types of headlines seem to be par for the course. They also have some "interesting" ideas for what is classified as news.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2149610/Toe-curling-tootsies.html
Posted by: Michael H. | May 26, 2012 at 06:06 PM
Generert på den tiden uavhengig og inkonsekvent følelse av selvstendighet og inkonsekvenser pekte uredd design.
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