Wednesday Afternoon Commute - Tracy Jordan would have made it funny

Good afternoon

• "Metro’s Plant Maintenance crews installed over 70 new racks, with space for 140 additional bikes at Braddock Road, Glenmont, Morgan Boulevard, Rockville, East Falls Church, Takoma, and Dupont Circle." See photos at the link.
• A comparison between Capital Bikeshare membership and personal bike ownership. I wonder, why not both?
• Driver in Charles County fatal hit-and-run arrested and indicted. "The crash occurred during the overnight hours of Sept. 1 - Sept. 2 on Chapel Point Road near Taurus Lane in Port Tobacco. A passerby found the victim, Thomas Mark Roepcke, 47, of Port Tobacco, unconscious on the side of the road  and called police. It was clear he had been struck by a car and the striking vehicle had fled the scene. Mr. Roepcke was transported to a hospital where he later died." 
• Women cyclists are also at risk for sexual problems. 
• A highway construction industry group thinks Maryland should widen the whole Beltway (surprise!) but it would include this. "Construction of the Route 97 [Georgia Ave] interchange would relieve congestion and provide bicycle and pedestrian facilities."
• Tracy Morgan has a point. But he could have probably been more careful. 

Comments

[JeffB]

Re: CaBi / Personal Bike comparison,

Yes both. My own bike for commuting because it is always safely secured.

CaBi for any errands about town. All those videos of people stealing bikes in broad daylight scare me.

[antibozo]

I think the "Route 97 interchange" in that context is referring to the proposed interchange at Route 28, nothing to do with the Beltway. The Georgia Avenue interchange at the beltway already has a very nice bike/ped facility (thank the gods).

[Greenbelt]

"Your best bet is to be properly fitted for a bike."

Yep

[SJE]

Its sad that the hit and run charge focused on "leaving the scene of a fatal accident" rather than the incident itself.

[JeffB]

@SJE,

Sad yes. But time and again it's been demonstrated that killing someone by automobile is not a chargeable offense.

If she had stayed at the seen and wasn't drunk then what charges could have been file?

[Michael H.]

WTOP News Flash

Podiatrists recommend that to avoid foot problems, walkers should wear shoes that are the correct size for their feet.

[antibozo]

The difference is that people can tell when their shoes don't fit. A lot of neophytes don't know what a bike should feel like, so if the fit is wrong, they just go on using it.

[Michael H.]

I've seen some people wearing shoes that clearly don't fit or are in rough shape (worn-down heels, lopsided heels).

[antibozo]

Michael H, now i'm really confused about what your point is. I thought at first you were suggesting that telling people they should have properly fitting bicycles was redundant, by analogizing with shoes. But now you seem to be saying that it wouldn't even be redundant to tell people they should have properly fitting shoes. :^)

[Michael H.]

No particular point other than it's obvious to many (but not all) that proper bike and shoe fit is important, while many people may never understand this.