Please attend the upcoming kickoff for this important potential trail feasibility study. W3BA member Brett Young has been instrumental in pushing this forward, and we are hopeful that his 5-year effort will begin to bear fruit as DDOT devotes funding...
Dear ANC 3E,I am writing on behalf of Ward 3 Bicycle Advocates in support of an ANC3E resolution to support DDOT’s intent to install a 4-way stop sign at the intersection of 41 St / Chesapeake St / and Belt Road...
(Posting on behalf of Emily Curley, who was recently appointed to Ward 3’s spot on DC’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. We’re lucky to have her in this role.) Ward 3 Biker Survey As the newly-appointed Bicycle Advisory Council (BAC) rep for...
Notes from the W3BA Steering Committee meeting Attendees: Josh Rising, Steve Seelig, Ryan Keefe, Brett Young, Paul DeMaio, Warren Gorlick, Tom Quinn Connecticut We are expecting the RFP to be released in the next couple of months. Josh will follow-up...
W3BA submitted comments on Sunday to DDOT re. the proposed bike lanes just west of Dupont Circle. Our comments focus on the need to ensure connectivity on Connecticut Avenue headed north to Woodley Park. Thanks to Thomas Fine and Eric...
(Thanks to Thomas Fine of AU Park for writing this column!) For bicycle commuters in Ward 3, geography really is destiny. Because of the windings of the valleys of Rock Creek Park and Glover Archibald Park, there are really only...
-As a founding W3BA member, I began working on reusing the Glen Echo trolley path as a potential multi-use bike path about 4 years ago. It has been both a challenging and rewarding experience. This potential 5 mile trail would...
On Thursday December 13, members of W3BA’s Steering committee met with Councilmember Mary Cheh and DDOT Director Jeff Marootian to talk through improvement to the bicycle infrastructure in Ward 3. DDOT’s bicycle goals for Ward 3 in 2019, as discussed...
Per the discussion in previous posts here, all the ANCs along Connecticut Avenue–3C, 3F and 3/4G–have passed resolutions calling for a comprehensive study of Connecticut Avenue, including the potential of a protected bicycle lane on this key thoroughfare. In response,...
W3BA Steering Committee meeting November 25, 2018 Attendees: Josh Rising, Ed Carley, Ryan Keefe, Emily Curley, Paul DeMaio, Steve Seelig, Tom Quinn, Troy Kravitz, Brett Young, Talia Coutin Updates Conn Ave DDOT presented at ANC 3C last week. DDOT will...
Averaging -13°C and 128cm of snow each winter, the Canadian city of Calgary induced 1.2 million bicycle trips, simply by reclaiming 2% of the downtown street space for protected cycle tracks.
There’s no such thing as bad weather. Only bad infrastructure.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/17/if-we-wanted-beauty-wed-travel-to-paris-how-calgary-resisted-its-iconic-pedestrian-bridge
The effect on drivers of building safe bike and pedestrian infra is often minor, even negligible. Whereas the effect on people walking and riding bikes of NOT building safe infra is huge, even sometimes life and death. Yet they are always treated as two equivalent sides 🧐
@StreetsblogUSA writes even with a pandemic limiting travel, transportation was the leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the US in 2020. If you're looking for a fun & easy way to reduce your carbon footprint: drive less 🚗📉 bike more 🚲📈 🤗 https://usa.streetsblog.org/2021/01/14/drivers-are-still-u-s-a-s-top-polluters-even-during-quarantine/
Make sure you check the @bikeshare app before you go for a ride in DC. There are many stations that will be “unavailable until further notice.” https://twitter.com/DC_HSEMA/status/1349834372900384768
1/14 (4:42PM) #INAUG2021 UPDATE: @bikeshare around National Mall, Capitol Hill & Union Station will be unavailable until further notice. Visit http://bit.ly/inaugcapbikeshare for more information.
First they came for your parking. Now they are coming for the beloved six lane highway through your neighborhood... Hoo-boy, this is something to read! https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/168652
