Good Afternoon
- There will be a Public Hearing for the 14th Street Bridge Corridor Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Tuesday, February 28th at 6pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I Street SW, Washington, DC
- It appears that Jack Evans played a part in towing the car in the 15th Street bike lane yesterday.
- Arlington is putting together a six-year Capital Bikeshare Transit Development Plan, the first in the nation. "Arlington began studying how to build a longer-term bikeshare strategy from October 2011 and beginning this February, plans a public outreach campaign through April, and hopes to draft a final plan by May, to be presented to the public in June. An online crowdsourcing site is tentatively planned for March 12 through April 13 and will provide "an online forum for Arlington residents to comment on each of the draft expansion scenarios." A general public meeting to present the final plan to the public is scheduled for June 27." The draft report could be online as soon as today.
- From the same article "The District will issue two requests for proposals in the coming weeks involving such sponsorship, which will include advertising opportunities on the backs of the bikes themselves and on station maps."
- 2nd Annual Ward 7 Transportation Summit is this Saturday.
- "Buehler and Pucher report that bike commuting in cities with the most bike lanes per 100,000 residents was three to four times higher than in cities with the fewest, and twice as high in cities with the most bike paths. They also found three to four times more bike commuting in cities with the most combined path and lane mileage compared to those with the least."
- The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) will honor James Oberstar with the Meritorious Service Award.
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