Bike Me to FedEx

Dave Murphy wrote about FedEx Field and how transit isn't quite the story there that it has been at Nationals Park.

FedEx Field is suburban, fed by highways, and surrounded by acres of surface parking. Where Navy Yard station is a block from Nats Park, FedEx Field lies almost a mile from Morgan Boulevard.

Which led me to wonder, where are the pedicabs? When I was in Austin for the Missouri game, the pedicabs cleaned up.

Austin has only buses in its transit system right now so getting to the game involves some combination of walking, biking and/or driving. My brother has a parking space he pays for about 1.5 miles from the stadium [You can not know how much it killed me to not bike to the game. It can take hours to get out of the parking garage - never a problem with a bike]. Many people without the luxury of a parking space that 'close' park farther out and take a pedicab to the game (pedicabs can use the bike lane and fly past all of the congestion).

Sure, getting your pedicab out to Morgan boulevard is not easy (I doubt you can take them on Metro) but maybe you can get a buddy to drive you a zipcar truck.

Also, looking at the map, it doesn't look impossible to bike to. Does anyone who's done it have a route they'd recommend? Does anyone know if there's bike parking available? On the weekends, of course, you could take your bike on metro and ride to the game.

It looks like the Marvin Gaye Park Trail gets you half way. It's too bad Metro didn't build a trail in conjunction with the blue line extension. Starting from where the blue line cross Central Avenue/214 it looks like the ROW exists to build a trail all the way to Largo Town Center (had they built a MUP on the bridge over the Beltway).

Comments

[Jack]

Pedicabs? You might as well expect horses. The Redskins are about as bike-friendly as they are ped-friendly, which is not at all. Go Steelers!

[Ren]

Watching the Steelers game last night, I was struck by how few times they showed shots of the stadium. Guess acres of surface parking just aren't that attractive. The Steeler's stadium is right along a trail...

[Kevin]

It's not completely inaccessible by bike. I worked briefly in the area, and found a half-decent route from College Park. The problem is, is there bike parking? What does the staff tell the bikes to do? Remember, these are the same people who wouldn't let fans walk from the Metro. From the south, there are a fair number of roads with shoulders. From the north, you need either an adventurous spirit or an intimate knowledge of the neighborhoods and shortcuts. I don't know what's going on east and west.

[Ron Alford]

Kevin,

If you're still around, what was your route? I've got a date with jury duty, and I'm pondering making it by bike.