Posts Tagged ‘biking’
Why I Love DC: Martin
‘Rock Creek Parkway at Night’courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’
Why do I love DC? Because I HATE DRIVING.
I guess I’ve changed a whole lot since I was 17 years old, when I kind of loved my summer job delivering food for Wing Zone around the suburbs of Atlanta. I met plenty of characters, sure, and getting tips for [...]
Hill and Go Seek!
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
Bikes + scavenger hunt + Capitol Hill + potential to win awesome prizes = ridiculously fun Saturday? If you think so, sign up for Hill and Go Seek this Saturday evening at 5 PM. For $20, teams of two cyclists can compete by visiting points of interest and performing [...]
Does riding Metro count as my exercise for the day?
‘The working escalator’
courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’
It’s no surprise that there’s a correlation between rates of people driving to work and higher rates of obesity, but GOOD has created a fun new graphic that shows it in an interesting way. This map of the US shows rates of walking, biking, and taking transit to work alongside obesity [...]
Hey Ladies: Wine, Food, and Bikes!
‘Bicycle Girl’
courtesy of ‘richardmasoner’
Hey all you lady cyclists (or would-be cyclists) out there– just a heads up that Revolution Cycles is holding two Ladies’ Night gatherings this month with free wine, food, and great biking information. This Wednesday, head out to the Crystal City Revolution Cycles from 6:30 to 8:30, and next Thursday August 12, [...]
Cyclist Struck Twice and Killed in Southeast DC
‘Ghost Bike’
courtesy of ‘eldan’
Sad news to start out the week: Friday night around 10:45, David Haywood Williams was riding his bike along Southern Avenue SE when he was struck by two separate cars and killed. The driver of the first car stopped, but the driver of the second car sped off when paramedics arrived at [...]
DC Mythbusting: Bike Myths
‘IMG_8622′
courtesy of ‘busybee’
If you didn’t know it from Bike DC or Bike-to-Work Day or the other bike-related events in the city, May is National Bike Month. And in honor of National Bike Month, we’ve got some bicycling myths to bust. I’m a recent convert to commuting by bike, and now I love cycling around the [...]
2012 Giro d’Italia To Kick Off In DC?
‘DSC_0045′
courtesy of ‘briser50′
We got a phonecall from our friends at WCSA and it seems that Velonation has jumped the gun. Tomorrow’s event is only a rally in support of DC’s bid and not an actual announcement of DC’s formal involvement. We regret the error and hope to post this story again soon.
Tomorrow, according [...]
Top Five Ways to Get Killed After a Craptacular Snow Storm
Walk in the street.
Walk in the street two abreast.
Drive too fast on slick roads.
Ride your bike like a jackass in these conditions.
Cross the street against the light.
Let’s be careful out there, folks. Safety is a shared responsibility. I have seen blatantly stupid behavior out there. If you are driving, slow down and accept that traveling [...]
More »Getting From A to B by Bike
DC residents, are you feeling bad that you can’t get the folks at Bike Arlington to map our your commute for you by bike because you’re not an Arlingtonian? Well here’s a new cool little biking tool that will help you get around the District: Ride the City. Enter your starting location, your ending location, [...]
More »If You Biked To Work, You’d Be Home By Now
‘Commute’
courtesy of ‘DaveFayram’
We all love to complain about our commutes– by Metro, by car, and by bus– and we all think that we have it worse than most people. Well, the folks at Bike Arlington think that biking is usually the most efficient way to get around in the city, and they’re willing to [...]
Taxi Hits Bike in Georgetown
Update: More details on the accident from WashCycle.
I walked by this scene at 31st and M in Georgetown last night: squad cars and yellow tape around a Washington Flyer taxi, its windshield badly cracked, a mangled bicycle under its tires. Vnangia tweets that the accident was fatal. MPD had officers directing traffic around the scene [...]
New Bike Lanes on 15th Street!
‘Future Contraflow lane’
courtesy of ‘volcrano’
If you’ve been on 15th Street NW this past week, you’ve probably noticed the construction of a new contraflow bike lane. This lane will be open early next week, allowing bicyclists to travel south on northbound 15th Street NW. This improvement project also includes ’sharrows’, or painted arrows reminding motorists [...]
Calling All Female Cyclists!
‘DSC_5490′
courtesy of ‘photopete’
Even though women make up only about a third of all bicyclists in this country, they’re considered an “indicator species” for urban bikeability, according to a recent report in Scientific American. The article says that women prefer bike routes that aren’t shared with cars, and they are more likely to go out of [...]
Bike Rentals Coming to Crystal City
‘Just Another Sight’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
The Crystal City Business Improvement District just announced a new program coming in the Spring of 2010: a 100-bike Commuter Hub, which will offer bike rentals to commuters, tourists, or residents. The Commuter Hub will be located at 220 Twentieth Street, a new LEED-certified apartment building in Crystal City. Revolution [...]
Bike to Work on the Metropolitan Branch Trail!
‘cruisin”
courtesy of ‘m hoek’
Now that it really feels like fall here in DC, it’s the perfect time to start riding your bike to work. But doing so can be a little intimidating for a first-timer having to negotiate potentially bike-unfriendly roads alone. If you live in Silver Spring, Takoma, Brightwood, Brookland, Fort Totten, Edgewood, or [...]
Nation’s Tri Recap
‘Nation’s Triathlon’
courtesy of ‘drewsaunders’
You won’t believe me, but triathlons are ridiculously fun. Swimming, biking, and running back to back to back for 32 miles sounds exhausting and painful to the uninitiated, but yesterday at the Nation’s Triathlon I had the time of my life. And let’s put this in perspective, a year ago I could [...]
BikeStation: Fences Come Down
Union Station Bike Center (AKA “BikeStation”) looks pretty much done at this point — outside, at least. The construction fences and tarps are gone, and the parking garage driveway to 1st St NE has been open now for a few weeks. Station-area bicyclists should soon have a nice, sheltered, secure spot to store their bikes [...]
More »Cupcake Ramble
‘Cupcake bike’
courtesy of ‘traviscrawford’
City Bikes is at it again with their group rides, except this time it’s pairing two of my favorite things… my gorgeous bike with CUPCAKES! Food + Bikes = yay! The bicycle-enthusiast and pastry chef for Tryst, Open City and The Diner, Sol, is partnering with City Bikes to create the Cupcake [...]
Talkin’ Transit: Rules of the Road
‘follow your path’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
There’s lots of news everywhere regarding Metro and Inaugupocalypse, so I don’t see a need to rehash all that here. Instead, I’ve been intrigued with a lot of referencing lately to cycling in the District, especially as an alternate form of travel. I was thinking it might be a good [...]
