Tag: bikedc
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Riding the Great Washington Loop
This weekend I did a ride that’s been tempting me since we first moved from Arlington into the District three years ago: The Great Washington Loop. Starting from Georgetown, the loop takes you up the Capital Crescent Trail into Montgomery County and then circles the District via the Georgetown Branch Trail in Bethesda, Sligo Creek…
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2014 Capital Bikeshare Data
I stumbled upon a fascinating article on Chart-It this week about Capital Bikeshare’s 2014 data. Bikeshare makes its data available and Chart-It did a wonderful job of breaking down ridership and bike usage for the year 2014. Some highlights: Nearly 80% of rides are made by “registered members,” that is someone who is paying the monthly rate, not a tourist or “casual…
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30DaysOfBiking: Five years later
Five years ago a small group of cyclists in Minneapolis got together a great idea: Ride a bike every day for the month of April. They called it 30 Days of Biking. I was in Korea at the time, riding my bike around the city of Ilsan, sometimes going as far as Paju near the…
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An open letter to a certain DC driver
This is just to say, You’re right. I did turn left onto N St. from 11th St. NW yesterday. It was not even 8:00 in the morning but there I was, on Brooks Saddle attached to my Surly frame, riding comfortably in the bike lane until about a block before my turn when, signaling as…