Friday Morning Commute - Singles

I lost the bungee cord for my folding bike. So bummed.

• Falls Church is hosting a progress update on their pedestrian, bicycle and traffic calming plan. 7:30 p.m. March 3 in the Dogwood Room of City Hall, 300 Park Ave. The final report is expected in the spring. If you go, let us know what is said.
• One user's evolving feelings about Capital Bikeshare. Includes this information: "In December...Alta staffers performed 1,480 bike inspections and 220 repairs. There are only about 750 bikes on the street at present, according to Holden[sic], because Alta pulls some out of circulation to protect them from the elements during the winter months,...most stations in the system have been racking up a roughly equal number of check-outs and check-ins each month"
• Virginia's Following Too Closely and Three Foot Passing bill and the new cell phone restricted driving bill go to committee. Contact your house members Virginia residents. 
• Valentine's Day singles ride on Sunday. Maybe Christopher Lee will show up.
• Capitol Hill Bike Swap coming in April. Maybe I can get a replacement bungee cord.
• A Metro Committee was recently briefed on the Bike and Ped Access Study. "the cost to accommodate more bicycle parking at Metrorail stations is extremely low compared with automobile parking. Construction of secure bike parking can cost anywhere from 20 to 100 times less than a new space for an automobile in a parking garage."

Comments

[charlie]

haven't used bikeshare in a while -- but I have noticed that the stations I walk by are suspiciously empty.

[michael n]

I commute on the trail along National Airport and over the 14th st bridge and missed only one day in the last month - what amazed me was that I saw someone going the other way on a CABI bike between DC and Crystal City every day with perhaps one exception. One day when the weather was so bad that one would stop to commiserate with oncoming bikers (and take a break) a CABI rider told me, "I'm not going to ride my own bike in weather like this!" (I'm not sure CABI would care for this.)

[Eric_W.]

@michael n

I see those CaBi riders between DC and the airport as well. Hardy bunch to ride this distance with those Bixies every day...

I've never stopped to talk though... :-)

[Liz]

Someone STOLE the bungee from my folding bike! I looked online and you can order a new one (for a price).

[washcycle]

It wasn't me Liz. I swear.