Friday Morning Commute - goose-stepping

In high school we had to write a short story. Mine had the smae basic plot as the new movie "The Purge." I got a C.

• The DCPR and the DCOP are developing Play DC, a comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Off the top of my head, I can't think of many specific DC Parks facilities that have or need bike paths or facilities (except parking), but if you're interested in seeing DC build a velodrome for public recreation, getting involved in this is your best hope. 
• The 2013 DC Budget includes $400,000 to add 6 to 8 new CaBi stations (though the graphic makes it seem like it is a much bigger piece of the pie than it actually is)
• You can join a Tour de Fat convoy even if you don't have a CB. 
• Metro ridership is down. Is CaBi to blame?
• "N. Harrison Street, between Lee Hwy and 26th Street N. by the Harris Teeter and Safeway, has just completed it's road diet! " Includes bike lanes. [See image below] 
• Gwen Wright, Montgomery County's new planning director says "The way pedestrians and bicyclists and the folks on the ground interact with buildings is really, really key to making great communities,
• "In the absurdist plot, inmates escape from an asylum, take over the world and kill everyone who rides a bicycle or whose family has ever had anything to do with bicycles."

Comments

[contrarian]

Re: Play DC --

The Palisades Recreation Center abuts the C&O Canal National Park as well as the Glen Echo trolley ROW. But there is no access at all to the C&0 (or the Capital Crescent Trail, which is part of the park and runs nearby) and only rudimentary access to the trolley ROW. The park is currently being renovated as part of Play DC. I tried to get them to consider improved pedestrian/bike access but was not successful.

Mary Cheh said that she has secured $9 million for FY 2014 to build a new rec center at Palisades. I have raised with her office the possibility of creating pedestrian/bicycle access to the C&O as part of that project.

If you use the CCT for transportation, there really isn't a good spot between Bethesda and Georgetown to get on or off. A connection at the Palisades Rec Center could tie the trail to the rest of the transportation network in that neighborhood.

I have raised the issue with people in the Palisades neighborhood and have yet to hear objections. The big issue is that part of any connection would be on the land of the C&O Canal Park and they are very strapped for resources.