Tuesday Afternoon Commute - Speed, it's not just an awesome bus movie

Good afternoon

• WABA calls out DDOT for only installing one mile of bike lane this year, instead of the 10 miles the bike plan calls for. 
• Legislative priorities for Maryland bike advocates include a Cell Phone ban for drivers, a Safe Passing law, Funding for the full ICC trail, bikes on MARC trains, trail use after dark, trail maintenance requirements, and ways to help localities build complete streets. 
• The Bike House has winter bike commuting tips.
• Is it better to build more Capital Bikeshare stations or larger ones? Answer: it depends. 
• "Speed may be the next battleground for urban streets" If you thought turf battles over space were difficult, wait till someone starts trying to slow traffic down. 

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Speed's tough. I know I had a really hard time wrapping my head around it when Arlington started slowing down Wilson Blvd (next to my house) a long time ago? Now, of course, I think it's the best thing ever. But it took actually seeing it in front of me every day to bring me around. That's a pretty rough standard.

[Ron Alford]

In my current attempts to unicycle, I've found that I can stay upright as long as I continue to accelerate.

That would have made a much shorter movie.