Welcome to WABA’s weekly newsletter! A reflection or two, events to check out, actions to take, and a weekend ride suggestion—all delivered fresh to your inbox around lunchtime on Friday because you weren’t going to get any more work done anyway.
Unless otherwise noted, weekly newsletters are written by Colin Browne, WABA’s Communications Director.
Wrapping up Virginia Bike Advocacy 2024 🎁
Dec 19, 2024
2024 recap of WABA’s advocacy work in Northern Virginia.
Newsletter: something to work up to
May 3, 2024
On working up to a challenging ride.
Newsletter: trails trails trails!
Apr 26, 2024
The weather looks perfect for Celebrate Trails Day
Newsletter: fat tires and flat pedals
Apr 5, 2024
Embrace a comfier ride.
Newsletter: finding a better way
Mar 29, 2024
Be a hero, tell your friends about trails, and the Google Maps bike layer.
Newsletter: high honors
Mar 22, 2024
things to celebrate on a rainy weekend
Newsletter: loud engines and quiet corners
Mar 15, 2024
We all do what we can to deny the cold indifference of the universe but I sure wish the car culture crowd would find a way to do so that doesn’t undermine the health and safety of the rest of us.
Newsletter: ground truthing
Mar 8, 2024
Maps are fun, but so is getting lost.
Newsletter: telling stories
Mar 8, 2024
Local news is important.
Newsletter: Nature doing its thing
Feb 9, 2024
Sometimes all it takes is a whole lot of turtles.
Newsletter: Cornering at speed.
Feb 2, 2024
Places to go zooooooooom on your bike.
Newsletter: Read this later.
Jan 26, 2024
It’s too nice out.
Newsletter: A good map
Jan 12, 2024
And also a confession.
Newsletter: preparations and official recommendations
Jan 5, 2024
The real risk of riding in winter weather.
Newsletter: questionable schemes by moonlight
Dec 22, 2023
A civilized way to move through a series of vibrant human spaces.
Newsletter: in praise of the Trolley Trail
Dec 8, 2023
A civilized way to move through a series of vibrant human spaces.
Newsletter: tell me about your bike internet
Dec 1, 2023
Finding cool bike content in a post-twitter digital universe.
Newsletter: into the darkness
Nov 10, 2023
a lot of words about bike lights.
Newsletter: behind the scenes
Nov 3, 2023
Photos from ride prep.
Newsletter: why are we like this
Oct 27, 2023
Basically: endorphins and adrenaline.
Newsletter: showing off
Oct 13, 2023
If you’re in a grim mood, grab a cup of coffee and a seat on a bench in Alethia Tanner Park and watch humanity pedal by.
Newsletter: biking and belonging
Oct 6, 2023
Like riding the school bus as kids or walking to class in college, a great bike trail lets you keep being a community even while you’re between destinations.
Newsletter: rainy day activities
Sep 22, 2023
Don’t ride in a tropical storm, hone your route-planning skills instead.
Newsletter: broken bumpers and the bare minimum
Sep 8, 2023
Vision Zero is really just the baseline.
Newsletter: 17-year freewheels
Sep 1, 2023
It’s too nice out.
Newsletter: headspace infrastructure
Aug 25, 2023
What keeps you going when you’re tired?
Newsletter: antidotes to the spreadsheet blues
Aug 11, 2023
Even when you’re not riding yourself, bikes are a source of joy.
Newsletter: support your neighborhood bike shop
Jul 28, 2023
Flat tires, man.
Newsletter: permission slip
Jul 21, 2023
Sweat is ok.
Newsletter: 100 feet per mile
Jun 30, 2023
Hills are what you make of them.
Newsletter: doesn’t look like the robots will save us
Jun 23, 2023
More trains, more buses, and more bike lanes. Everything else is tinkering at the margins.
Newsletter: fluvial synergy
Jun 16, 2023
Ride your bike to rent a boat. It’s rad.
Newsletter: the soft, warm light of catastrophe
Jun 9, 2023
Will a blanket of toxic smoke stretching from New York to the nation’s capital be the wake-up-call our elected leaders need?
Newsletter: Happy Bike to Work Day
May 19, 2023
Who ate the most bananas?
Newsletter: sensory route planning
May 12, 2023
How to feel your ride.
Newsletter: Two Secret Ingredients
May 5, 2023
Keys to a happy bike ride.
Newsletter: The business ruse
Apr 14, 2023
Complete Streets are good for business, and no amount of economic activity is worth letting people die at the hands of drivers.
Newsletter: A fun route idea for the weekend
Mar 31, 2023
A route-planning puzzle, good news about the Zoo, some cool bike parking, and more.
Newsletter: Pollen
Mar 24, 2023
The Mayor’s budget, new Capital Bikeshare fleet, and more.
Newsletter: Consult Your Dentist Before Reading
Mar 17, 2023
The DC Auditor’s report on Vision Zero, name a new trail, and more
Newsletter: Flowers, Signups, Tacos
Mar 3, 2023
The best flowers you can see from your bike.
Newsletter: Bike Parking and Reclaiming Space
Feb 24, 2023
What if, instead of half a million dollars in police overtime, all you needed for an Open Streets event was some friends and a football?
Newsletter: The past is real.
Feb 10, 2023
Trash fires, human geography, rain gear, and a really nice ride suggestions.
Newsletter: The legacy of Stan the Sinkhole
Feb 3, 2023
Trail Cleanups, Improvements coming for the Suitland Parkway Trail and 11th St NW, and more.
Weekly Newsletter: January 27th, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
E-bikes, Ducks vs Disney Songs,