More On-Street Bike Parking from DDOT and WABA

As the weather turned colder and windier, some cyclists put their bikes away for the winter, but the intrepid WABA staff (and our friends at DDOT) decided that winter is the perfect season for increasing bike parking!  For all of you hardy winter bikers, we have a little new years present for you: 50 new bike parking spaces in 5 on-street bike corrals now available downtown! Together with a DDOT crew, WABA’s new Bike Parking Associate, Megan Van de Mark, installed the bike racks throughout Chinatown and Penn Quarter in the weeks before Christmas.  Now, when you are headed downtown, you can spend less time hunting for a place to lock up in the cold and more time impressing your friends with your winter biking stories. Biking to the Verizon Center to catch a Capitals game or to the National Portrait Gallery for a leisurely afternoon?   Use the new on-street parking nearby at the intersection of 7^th & G Streets NW to lock up. Catching a movie at the E Street Cinema?  Lock up to the new bike corral just south of there at the intersection of E & 11^th Streets NW. Trying to find the perfect wine and cheese for a winter dinner party?  Bike on over to Cowgirl Creamery and use the gleaming new on-street rack located outside on F Street between 9^th and 10^th Streets NW. Doing some post-holiday shopping at Macy’s? Ten new bike parking spaces are now available in the bike corral at the corner of G & 13^th Streets NW. Checking out the Navy Memorial?  Now you can park at the new bike rack just north of there at the intersection of 8^th and D Streets NW. In the upcoming weeks and months, WABA will be installing additional U-racks by bike throughout DC.  Do you know of other places around town lacking bike parking or of a specific location you would like to see a rack? Tell us about it! And check out our website for more information about WABA’s bike installation services.  Specific requests for racks can be made on-line using this request form.  Requests will be considered as soon as possible.  Wanting racks installed outside of the District? Contact Megan at bikeparking@waba.org for more information. See more photos of the on-street bike corral installations on flickr.