Bicycles
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A closer look at who's responsible in pedestrian crashes
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The District's data from 2004 to 2010 breaks down how and where walkers and drivers ran into one another.
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Signs now warn bicyclists to be careful near H Street streetcar tracks
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Bicyclists and streetcar tracks don't generally get along. But new signs, at least, caution those on bikes to watch out if they're heading along the risky stretch of our city's first new streetcar tracks.
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Will Capital Bikeshare helmet sales hurt our D.C. bike shops?
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Neil Sandler, editor and publisher of Spokes magazine, says that our local government should stay out of the business of selling bike helmets and leave that commerce to Washington, D.C.'s bike shops.
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Bike to Work Day 2012 attracts more cyclists than last year's
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12,700 people biked to work today on Bike to Work Day throughout the Washington metro region.
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Capital Bikeshare hits two million trips
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The bikeshare network's growth has begun accelerating in the last year as it adds more stations and expanded service.
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Inside the world of D.C. bike messengers
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A mini-documentary reveals the story of a declining industry of couriers who value freedom, flexibility, and urban cycling above all else.
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WMATA's College Park Bike & Ride officially opens tomorrow morning
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Do you bike to the Metro? The transit agency has debuted a brand new (and more secure) form of parking your bike down in College Park.
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The plight of the Mall's pedicabbers: 'If I see you again, I'll just arrest you'
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New videos reveal the ongoing tension between the Park Police and D.C.'s various pedicab operators as we enter summer.
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No traffic fatalities in 10 years? Chicago's new transportation goals
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The Windy City proposes an ambitious new plan for traffic safety from the minds of people who once ran D.C.'s transportation department.
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A fresh look at Capital Bikeshare's virtues as NYC debuts CitiBike
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The new ambitious bikeshare system has inspired a variety of reactions among those in the District, including Mayor Vince Gray. He took to Twitter to defend our service this week.
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New poll suggests 4 of 5 Americans support funding sidewalks, biking
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The results, from a national Princeton Survey Research Associates International poll of more than 1,000 people, revealed that 83% of respondents support "maintaining or growing the federal funding streams that pay for sidewalks, bikeways, and bike paths."
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At least nine bicyclists of the mid-Atlantic died in traffic this past year
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May is National Bike Safety Month and the perfect time to reflect on how to make our commuting lives a little safer.
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The ongoing confusion over D.C. bike laws
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A new video shows how little people really know about the rules that govern the District's bicyclists.
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Park Police ticket bicyclists for biking past stop signs
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If you're biking on Hains Point, be careful and make sure to fully stop if you don't want to risk a $25 ticket these days.
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The District isn't quite sure how to balance streetcars and bikes
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Will D.C.'s bicyclists be able to safely navigate around the 37 miles of streetcar track the capital hopes to install? Other cities have struggled — in Portland, 7 out of 10 bicyclists have crashed along that city's tracks.
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D.C.'s bike projects spring forward as weather warms
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Green Lanes to WMATA bike racks to DDOT-installed bike lanes — the list of bicycle victories rises. Is the District poised to become America's biking capital?
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Bicycles versus streetcar tracks?
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The grooves of streetcar tracks are wide enough to "eat your tire" when riding a bike and can send bicyclists crashing. How will D.C. manage this problem when spreading its streetcar tracks across 37 miles of District land?
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Come talk about Capital Bikeshare's Arlington future tonight
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Arlington County wants to strategically plot out how to expand and enhance Capital Bikeshare over the course of the next six years as part of its Transit Development Plan. Tonight Arlington wants to hear from you in the first of two big public meetings.
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