Tuesday Afternoon Commute - Insurance

Good Afternoon

• Leilah Reese, a news aide at The Washington Post, does the unthinkable. She rode her bike to work. She's right to be proud, it takes a certain leap of faith to try it the first time. 
• The Florida Rock development and its section of the Anacostia Riverwalk gets a little closer to reality with support from the ANC and a neutral response from the zoning commission. 
• Let DDOT know what you think about parking - including bike parking. 
• There are new insurance options for cyclists. 
• Better question: Is it time for DC to entice Interbike away?

Comments

[Crikey7]

Loved the Leilah Reese story. That's how new riders are (sometimes) born. Her excitement was great to see.

[charlie]

My auto policy uninsured policy will cover me if I am hit on a bike by an uninsured motorist?

[Angry Parakeet]

It's rather ludicrous to have it there. I can only guess that the planners were being ironic, or amused that the hotel was the "Mandalay" which caused them to fondly remember that Seinfeld episode.

[JeffB]

@charlie,

It may well but check with your insurer.

Of course the un/underinsured motorist has to be at fault. That's always a dicey proposition here in the land of contributory negligence.

[Crikey7]

The article noted that, in Las Vegas "women commute by bicycle an estimated 0.0% (+/- .2%) of the time." In theory, a negative percentage of women could be riding bikes to work there. I'm going with common sense here and concluding that for all practical purposes, there are no women riding to work in the entire city of Las Vegas. That's shocking.

[Jonathan Krall]

The one woman who tried riding to work in Las Vegas got a flat tire, gave up, and took the day off. Hence the negative percentage.

Quite the contrast to the Leilah Reese story (and the happily non-toxic comments that are posted).