Biking
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Chuck Thies postures to become D.C.'s anti-biking villain
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A new Huffington Post columnist has come to exemplify the rage that certain drivers feel for the biking community — and as the Washington Area Bicyclist Association pushes anti-harassment legislation that the D.C. Council will debate a month from now, we're likely to see more sentiments like this.
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America's top 20 cities of bicycle commuters
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Where does D.C. rank among the nation's top bike-commuting cities? The 2010 census numbers show we haven't done too badly at all — and they don't even include our past several months of Capital Bikeshare-inspired rides.
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Urban biking may hurt bicyclists' lungs, study finds
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Don't breathe easy yet, D.C. bicyclists. As wonderful as Capital Bikeshare's birthday was and the news that more people biked to work last year, there's some bad news on the horizon — biking in dense, urban cities may actually hurt your health in some ways.
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What transportation looked like in Washington, D.C., 2010
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The American Community Survey showed that more and more people travel to work without a car, that our city's bike commuting has increased, and that more men than women rode bikes to work in 2010.
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Capital Bikeshare to get 50 more stations and 500 more bikes in 2012
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Capital Bikeshare is certainly not losing any momentum. In addition to roughly 60 new stations already planned for the District and Arlington in the coming months, DDOT announced at Capital Bikeshare's first birthday last night thatthe service will get 50 new stations and 500 new bikes in 2012.
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United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon: The world's newest biking advocate
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Just three days ago in New York City, a mere day before Capital Bikeshare's first birthday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, head of the United Nations, revealed his passion as a biking fan. Yes, D.C., believe me. The man loves it — thinks it's great and that more of you should be investing in biking gear, helmets, and bikeshare memberships in the name of better global health.
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In defense of the driver
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Your bike weighs roughly 15 pounds. The smallest car sold in the United States weighs about 100 times that; mine, which is often carrying equipment for various side jobs, weighs much more. A car going 30 mph — the speed limit on many streets in the District and residential back roads — takes at least 45 feet to come to a complete stop. These alone are reasons to defend drivers in their never-ending war with bicyclists.
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A schoolteacher rides all 50 of D.C.'s state avenues (video)
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This summer, Goehrke wanted to create a love letter to biking in the District in his month before school began — the teacher wanted to bike all 50 of D.C.'s state avenues and capture it all on film.
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Why Capital Bikeshare succeeded where SmartBike failed
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As Capital Bikeshare hits its one-year anniversary and celebrates its first million trips, let's look back at the District's first bkesharing service — SmartBike, which never had enough money, looked goofy, and according to one MBA professor, seemed designed to fail.
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Here's what busy transit looks like in Bangladesh (video)
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See the cars race by. See the pedestrians crush together in massive crowds. See the bike commuters angling around corners. Welcome to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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One city emerges victorious from Zipcar's Low Car Diet challenge
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The 30-day competition pitted three-member teams from 12 cities against one another in an initiative full of social media and car-free glory. One city emphasized their car-free glory a little more notably than the rest, however — Zipcar just announced the winner this afternoon.
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Wish Capital Bikeshare a happy first birthday on September 22
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The District's superb bikesharing service will be turning one year old on September 20 and celebrating at Yards Park on the night of Thursday, September 22. Will the service reach a million rides as it's hoped?
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Picture of the day: Pedicabs on the Mount Vernon Trail? Seriously?
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At least one pedicab has ventured onto the Mount Vernon Trail, and for all we know, more could be on the way. Is this fair for the biking and pedestrian population that uses the trail? Is it even legal?
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A victory for feet and bikes after the D.C. quake
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How did people react to the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the East Coast yesterday? Panic and confusion may have initially reigned, but people quickly took control. Now we're back to business as usual.
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Haphazard ticket enforcement is bound to frustrate commuters
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Whether a driver, rider, biker, or walker, it's infuriating if you don't know when to expect a ticket. What ultimately happens? Ticketed travelers get confused, and transit micro-hate begins to emerge and build over time.
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Two dozen velomobiles ride across America to Washington, D.C.
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Europeans and Americans have come together for the coast-to-coast Roll Over America ride in the leg-powered bicycle cars known as velomobiles, starting in Portland in late July and scheduled to arrive here later this month.
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A pedestrian's fears rise as bicycles race along District sidewalks
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A D.C. reverend living in Columbia Heights wants people to stand up for walkers' safety after a growing number of close calls with the city's bicycling community.
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Picture of the day: What the free Capital Bikeshare helmets will look like
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The bikesharing service is giving away 500 helmets to their members to help encourage a safer biking culture in the District, and the first photos of what the surprisingly stylish headgear will look like are here.
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