Good morning
- Mike Madden argues that Gray, policy-wise, isn't that different from Fenty and that includes bike lanes. That may be true, but when I look at what Gabe Klein is doing in Chicago, I sure miss him (and that is not a slam on Terry Bellamy, who seems to be doing a fine job). DeBonis quotes Gray saying about car/bike conflicts "We've got to recognize we're changing the culture in this city, and we have to stick with it."
- Bike share expansion (and small station movement) at 7th and Water St SW and 25th and Penn NW,
- MoBike's Jake Cochrane sends a list of maintenance needs for Bradley Blvd to the SHA.
- 14 3 Bike Arlington employees and 11 others spent the weekend earning their League Cycling Instructor certification.
- Indoor cycling studio coming to Clarendon.
While I wish Bike Arlington had a staff of 14 (and it sometimes feels like they do, given what gets done), it was just 3 Bike Arlington employees and 11 other folks.
Posted by: MB | November 18, 2011 at 08:55 AM
Bike Arlington has 14 employees? You're kidding me? What in the world do they do?
Posted by: Wilbur | November 18, 2011 at 09:15 AM
Any cyclists who use Bradley Blvd over the Beltway: how have things been faring ever since it was cut down to a single lane in each direction? Has the cross-hatching posed any issue with pavement friction? I haven't been up there in ages... hopefully that change is working out well!
Posted by: Bossi | November 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Indoor cycling studio? Boo, they need to take the same space and do a mini-drome:
http://vimeo.com/11043405
... or, at least take a lesson from OWS and connect your exercycles to a generator so you can use the Watts productively. At least that's not quite as boring as cycling in place.
Posted by: Will | November 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM
I don't know if you already posted this, but the Montgomery County DOT announced an open house for Nov. 29 where members of the public can comment on plans to extend Capital Bikeshare along the Metro Red Line at both ends, from the DC line to the Beltway.
Note that this is only a part of the overall plans for CaBi in Montgomery County.
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/News/press/PR_details.asp?PrID=8048
Posted by: Michael H. | November 18, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Regarding one of the station expansions from last week, 21st & I (near Foggy Bottom/GW):
-Last week (Mon-Fri 3PM) there were 50 outages (17 empty, 33 full); totaling 954 minutes (362 empty, 592 full); for an average of 19 minutes each outage.
-This week (same time frame) there were 21 outages. Ignoring the one outage that persisted through the night (11/14 11:31pm-11/15 5:42am) there were 20 outages (5 empty, 15 full); totaling 361 minutes (161 empty, 200 full); for an average of 18 minutes each outage.
The minutes this station was empty or full is just 38% of what it was last week with only 42% of the outages.
Another well placed expansion!
Posted by: Daniel Gohlke | November 18, 2011 at 03:44 PM