Saturday Morning Ride

Baltimore Bicycle Survey.

At DC Mayor debate, Fenty talked about biking (but no specifics given by Mike DeBonis). 

He moved on to talk about Circulators, bike lanes, bike sharing, car sharing, and, yes, streetcars

David Alpert and bicycle researcher Ralph Buehler are included on a panel for "Smart Mobility for the 21st Century," at the Goethe Institute. June 23rd 7pm, (with a demonstration by DC Bike Ambassador Daniel Hoagland at 6:30).

Take home lesson: do not travel with Ashley Halsey

the squirrelly rider who took down a bunch of us in a bike race (breaking hip) and the Miata cross-check that sent me and my bike cartwheeling down the asphalt (breaking ribs, shoulder, hand, wrist, neck).

Had Mike known that I was collection of screws, plates and gadgets, might he have asked for a less accident-prone passenger?

Bike League on the Caron Butler ride

The Associated Press story that followed (and was picked up in a lot of places) included a rather unnecessary jibe about a passing motorist complaining that the event was holding up traffic as people were trying to get to work. That was pretty ironic given that we deliberately started the ride at 9:30am to avoid rush hour, stayed resolutely in the bike lanes (which are still within the temporary orange traffic cones) all the way up Pennsylvania Ave., and didn’t spill over into the travel lanes even when we stopped for the wall of media at 13th Street. In fact, the only people who might have been in the way of traffic were…the media. And we had specifically asked them to gather in Freedom Plaza and not in the middle of the street!

Bicycle Art on H Street.

Top five vote recipients in bike sharing vote: CBS, George, GoBike, Capital Bixi, ShareCycle; and more details.

Usage fees will be incurred two ways: by subscription and by individual ride duration. The subscription fees will be $5/ day, $30/ month, or $80/ year.  Usage fees will be as follows:

Time                       Cost
0-30 min                  Free
31-60 min                $1.50
61-90 min                $3.00
every addt 30 min    $6.00

The bikes cost "about" $1003. The bikes will be painted "DC Circulator Red."  The program will be staffed by roughly 15 people providing on-the-ground support.  Their goal is to "touch" every bike in the system at least every two weeks. 

Of course, for longer rides, you can always chain the stops together.

There are many triathlons coming to DC.

Arlington to spend $1M on bike and ped safety improvements.

The lion's share of the money, $600,000, will go to safety improvements on arterial roads.  These improvements will include laying down bike lanes, sharrows, widening lanes, etc, etc. The following roads will get improvements:

-S. Walter Reed Dr between Columbia Pike and Arlington Mill Dr
-N. Henderson Rd between N. Glebe Rd and Arlington Blvd
-S. Courthouse Rd between S. Uhle St and Columbia Pike
-Washington Blvd between Kirkwood Rd and N. Vermont St
-Washington Blvd between Arlington Blvd and 10th St
-S. Eads St between S. 18th St. and S. 23rd St
-N. Quincy St. between Fairfax Drive and Washington Blvd
-S. Army Navy Drive
-Boundary Drive/ Long Bridge Park

MD Delegate Candidate Vanessa Atterbeary on the CCT/Purple Line

We also need a public information campaign to help counter some of the inaccurate assertions circulating the Internet, like fears of additional fencing at the University of Maryland (that were never part of the plan) and rumors of closing the Capital Crescent Trail to bicyclists (when every major bicycle club endorses the plan). Town Hall meetings should be held to inform the public and receive feedback so that we can ensure that there's no legitimate reason to postpone construction.

Tour de Maryland

State officials and cycling enthusiasts are trying to bring a seven-day bicycle race to Maryland in 2012 that could generate as much as $40 million in annual spending, reports Liz Farmer in the Daily Record.

A profile of DC BAC member Heidi Goldberg.