Wednesday Afternoon Commute - Prank

I will be biking to work on Friday, but I won't be able to stop by a pit stop because someone scheduled mandatory training for early in the morning. Sigh...

• Mary Cheh's budget report includes money for Trail Rangers, the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Enhancement Fund and the Fort Circle Trail. 
• Changes at the Florida Rock site, where a boardwalk will serve as a section of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, will result in bicycle and pedestrian traffic mixing on this section. "there is no longer a separate bike path--pedestrians and cyclists would share the boardwalk as it runs through the entire site, from South Capitol Street to Diamond Teague Park. "
• Bike to work day is Friday and they're expecting a record crowd.
• Montgomery County begins the detailed planning for twenty-nine CaBi bikeshare stations—with about 200 bikes - to be built along the branches of the Red Line—in Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Takoma Park and Forest Glen. "The Chevy Chase Land Company is one of the county transportation department's key private sector partners, and has offered to pay for two stations—one in Friendship Heights and the other in Bethesda. The land company's pledge enabled the county transportation department to come up with the matching funds needed to secure the state transportation department's grant of $1.2 million, Brecher added."
• After all the attention the personal recovery of a stolen bike got last week, Chief Lanier responds. Lanier said , "There was some background work we wanted to do so we didn't lose the person who ultimately took the bike to begin with."  To be fair, "Person Recovers Own Stolen Bike" is more of a man bites dog story than "Police help person recover stolen bike."
• High school seniors in Missouri rode their bikes (and scooters and skateboards) to school down a state highway as a Senior Prank. They hoped that it would slow traffic and make their teachers late for school. There was nothing illegal about what they did, but it was still called dangerous. This is where we are now....

Comments

[Purple Eagle]

There is a pitstop in Greenbelt this year, open at 6:30!!

[washcycle]

I'm not sure if that solves my problem, but it's good to know. [To be at work by 8, I need to leave at 6:45, but the kid doesn't get up until 6:15 and I have to get him fed and out the door. The window is just too small.]

[Rootchopper]

Washcycle, I feel you pain. Missed many a BTWD because of kids and work conflicts. Ride by WABA and pick up a shirt anyway.

[oboe]

To be fair, "Person Recovers Own Stolen Bike" is more less of a man bites dog story than "Police help person recover stolen bike."

Fixed that for you.

[Jonathan Krall]

I have concluded that, in big developments, "pedestrians and cyclists ... share" means "we are going to pretend bicycles don't exist because we can get away with it."

I look forward to the day when they won't be able to get away with this.