Monday Morning Commute - Lance in trouble

It was a busy bike weekend, but don't forget that this Wednesday night is DDOT's meeting on CaBi expansion locations

• One cyclist writes in to Dr. Gridlock about how he feels unwelcome in the street and on the sidewalk. And he's not a fan of DC bike lanes either. "But few bike lanes are what I, as a seasoned cyclist, consider safe. The standard bike lane is approximately 36 inches wide, sandwiched between moving traffic and parked cars. Cars and trucks use it as temporary parking, vehicles often speed in the adjacent driving lane, and parking motorists swing out their doors toward cyclists." But he looks forward to more cycletracks.
• One reader writes in about the CCT "In addition to the usual deer, squirrels, rabbits, foxes and birds, there are a bunch of goslings near the canal and a baby eagle or hawk in its nest just past the River Road Bridge, heading towards Georgetown.  I am not sure what sort of predatory bird it is, but you can see the baby sticking its head out and sometimes just hanging out.  This morning I saw a parent visit with food: it looked like a lizard or snake.  The parent was a large brown bird with some speckling."
• This zipcar pole has the bike rack set a little low I think.
  

Comments

[Matt]

Might your reader's "predatory bird" be an osprey?

[Fred]

I got yelled at by a pedestrian Friday for cycling on the wide sidewalk next to the Kennedy Center. Does anyone know if this is considered "downtown" (and therefore illegal)? Thanks.

[ontarioroader]

Kennedy Center area sidewalks are legal to ride on. The western boundary is 23rd St NW, and you were west of 25th.

[Jonathan Krall]

FWIW, the downtown area where sidewalk riding is banned is nicely marked on the DDOT bicycle map.

[SJE]

I am the reader. I am pretty sure that it is not an osprey or bald eagle. More likely one of the species of hawk we have in the region: we have several that fit the description.