ANC Candidate Pierce on biking

Y'know how the washcycle loves to cover the always fascinating battle for the ANC 2F06 seat (or Toofsix, as I like to call it - also the name of our family dog), so here's a little quote from one of the candidates for that seat, Danielle Pierce. 

As a once a year driver, I get around by foot, public transport and bikeshare and thus I keep a close eye on these issues.

For example, at last month's ANC meeting, the developers of the new Blagden Alley microunits said that every resident would get a bikeshare membership. I loves the idea, but pointed out that more bikeshare stations were needed in the area, and that if they planned to add significant demand, they should provide a new station. They came back this month with a promise to do just that, they have now committed to funding the placement of a new station in our neighborhood.

Additionally, I recently created a sustainable transportation committee for my child's charter school. As part of that committee, I created a wildly successful charter bus to minimize private driver drop-off that carries over a hundred students a day. I'm working with DDOT to create a safe routes to school program to incentivize walking and biking to school. And, I've helped organize bike safety workshops with WABA.

Comments

[contrarian]

Kudos to her, that's my old 'hood and it's remarkable how much things have changed there, for the better.

A question though: isn't part of the appeal of CABI that it's dirt cheap to install a station? Like in the low tens of thousands of dollars? That doesn't sound like much of a concession for a developer to make.

[Jon]

Though I don't live in ANC 2F06, I heartily endorse Danielle. Take that with a grain of salt, perhaps, since I'm co-chair of the sustainable transportation committee that she organized.

[washcycle]

I think the docks cost ~$50k. Bikes add to it. But then DDOT pays Alta a fee based on the number of docks, so there is a continuing cost after that. It may be that DDOT doesn't want anymore stations in the area - even if they're free to install. Though, the developers could also promise to pay the additional station maintenance cost too.

[contrarian]

Well she lost 54-34. Interpret that as you wish.