Monday Morning Commute - No, it's not a short week. It's 7 days, just like always.

Good morning

• The Examiner takes on the issue of illegalish U-turns across the Pennsylvania Avenue cycle-track.
• The Met Branch Trail is about having a good time.
• Free bike race on Saturday.
• New bike parking at CUA Metro Station (I think I already posted photos of some, but not all, of these).
• "The VBF has worked with the East Coast Greenway and VA Department of Conservation and Recreation to publish the East Coast Greenway Virginia: A Guide to Bicycling and Walking." The ECG goes right through the DC area. 

Comments

[actor1]

there was another mugging on the met branch trail on sat. afternoon.

[SJE]

I was surprised that there is an Examiner article about bikes without vitriolic hating on bikes in the comments.

[Steven H]

It would have been nice if the Examiner article had clarified the remark about the rise in bike crashes. The article implies that the increase in crashes is caused by an increase in bike riders; however, it's my understanding that the rise in bike riders has contributed to, or coincides with, an increase in the *number* of crashes but also a decrease in the ratio of ride or rider to each crash.

[SJE]

Steven: Baby Steps!
Getting the Examiner or Time to write anything about bikes without hating is an achievement.