Biking
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D.C. hopes to make Maryland Avenue safer for pedestrians
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The District Department of Transportation has embarked on big plans to make pedestrian life safer for our city's residents, and the next meeting will focus on how to transform Maryland Avenue NE.
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Capital Bikeshare's riders may fit our exact stereotype of D.C. bicyclists
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A new Virginia Tech report confirms the numbers — D.C. bicyclists and bikeshare users are overwhelmingly white, educated professionals. Should we really have doubted the common perception of bicyclists?
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Police chief: 'We've quadrupled the tickets issued for blocking bike lanes'
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How will D.C. manage its traffic in 2012? The sidewalks, roads, and bike lanes are getting even more crowded, and the police have already increased the number of tickets for violating our rules about public space.
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A photo guide to bicycling in the dark
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December may be a colder, darker month but many people still take to their bicycles to get around the District of Columbia. Here are 8 things worth remembering about the activity.
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An Internet scammer duped America's bike-lovers with a fancy infographic
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Bicyclists love to feel good about their chosen mode of transportation, so it's little surprise that a splashy visual called "How Bikes Can Save Us" spread across the Internet like wildfire this month. But the creator happens to be a notorious Internet scammer who attempted — and likely succeeded — at turning Google upside down.
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D.C.'s bicycling gender gap begins at the bike shop and at home
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WABA's first Cycling Forum destroyed the image of the American bicyclist as an older white man. A panel of nine women brought up the many obstacles that prevent girls from biking and plotted ways to change the statistics revealing two-thirds of bicyclists are men.
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Traffic laws? One D.C. bicyclist says she'll break them if it's safe
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Cyclists may pedal past red lights but that may be a natural, risk-free behavior for many on the road, according to one District rider. Should anyone be shocked by the idea that bicyclists don't follow this law? The road may be more complicated than our current system allows.
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The District's bike lanes need more women
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Men are far more likely than women to take to the handlebars in the District of Columbia. Why and what can be done? The Washington Area Bicyclist Association plans to tackle some of these questions in its first-ever Women's Cycling Forum next Monday night.
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Yes, really: NPS proposes five Capital Bikeshare stations on the National Mall
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The National Park Service is a puzzling entity. One day, they'll seemingly let you down for no communication or follow-up regarding a bicycle hit-and-run on the GW Parkway. The next, NPS invites public comment on the five proposed Capital Bikeshare stations for the National Mall.
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Driver allegedly strikes bicyclist on GW Parkway, law firm offers $10K reward
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The driver hit his brakes, the car screeched, and smoke filled the air, according to the cyclists on the scene. One bicyclist ended up on the grass. Another faced a far worse fate — what happened next left bicyclist Phil Hepburn bedridden for six weeks with a broken hip.
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Cheers! The Tweed Ride is rolling through D.C. yet again
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Eric Brewer, founder of Dandies & Quaintrelles, imagines between 700 and 800 people might join him for the flashy, fashionable ride on Sunday, November 13. Hear his thoughts about what makes the experience special as well as why Metro commuters need to smile more.
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District bicyclists to D.C. Council: Yes, we need protection from angry drivers
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Today councilmembers heard from many of D.C.'s bicyclists about the failures of our roads — including the bicyclist struck in the well-publicized video of the Rhode Island Avenue accident. How should the Assault of Bicyclist Prevention Act of 2011 move forward?
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Metro history: The great bicycling renaissance of 1936
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The years of the Great Depression signaled the return of the bike in American culture. Why then and just how exactly did Hollywood play a role?
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Zipcar ads inspire subtle bicyclist outrage around the world
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The world's biggest car-sharing company launched its "Sometimes You Just Need a Car" campaign this fall, which suggests that a sweaty businessman bicyclist can't quite cut the commute without a Zipcar. Are bicyclists in Portland and Cophenhagen overreacting in their response to these ads?
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Transit Tuesdays: Year-old Capital Bikeshare evolves, survives, thrives
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New fares and new outreach show that the bikesharing service is still innovating and adapting at the outset of its second year. Be prepared, however, because a day pass just got more expensive.
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National Park Service, foe to D.C. cyclists and evangelists, wants to talk
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Tomorrow brings the first town hall ever between the NPS and the D.C. citizens it serves. It's a good move, but considering the organization has managed to anger everyone from cyclists to evangelists, we may be in for some heated parks talk.
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Revolights shine a glowing LED light on bike safety and design
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Three men in Palo Alto have dreamed up a radical new night light for bicycles — LED lights attached directly to the tires themselves. The project has raised more than $200,000 this fall and hope to begin selling these gorgeous bike lights by spring of 2012. Revolights' Adam Pettler tells us how the idea was born.
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Alexandria joins Capital Bikeshare, but where next?
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Expect to see the iconic red bikes riding down King Street by spring of 2012. But how far can Capital Bikeshare expand? Is there a place for bikesharing in the suburbs and rural areas?
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