Author: Renée Moore

Bikes, Books and Brunch is back! For our first event this year, we’ll be biking to Bellevue/William Lockridge Library in Ward 8 to read Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming. This is a New York Times Best Seller from our former First Lady. If you have seen or attended any of her events then you know how […]

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is looking for an outgoing, energetic, and motivated person to help run the D.C. Bike Ambassador program.

Have you heard or even said this objection before? I’ve got some tips for you.

Do you love podcasts (almost) as much as your pedals? Check out some of our favorite bike podcasts!

You may have been driving, walking or biking one day and noticed a group of enthusiastic, red-shirted people with bikes on the corner. Congratulations! You spotted the DC Bike Ambassadors in their natural habitat. They were most likely talking to people about being safe on the street. Maybe they were passing out bike lights to […]

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is looking for an outgoing, energetic, and motivated person to help run the D.C. Bike Ambassador program.

Learn some little known black history about blacks in bicycling for Black History Month.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. And your bike loving sweetie is sure to love some of these bikey gifts.

Ride your bike to feel like a winner in 2018

Don’t believe me? Here’s what won me over:

On Sunday, November 19th, cities around the world hosted World Day of Remembrance to honor those who have lost their lives or sustained serious injuries due to traffic crashes. This year was the first year the Washington Area Bicyclist Association hosted an event to commemorate those who have been killed. We gathered at Grant Circle […]

Help us make a case: We’re looking for pictures and videos of professional drivers behaving unprofessionally. You know, blocking bike lanes, passing unsafely, blocking sidewalks and crosswalks. Stuff you probably encounter every day. We’re also on the hunt for photos of professional drivers parking, stopping, or unloading correctly on streets with bike infrastructure, and driving […]

Over the past year, our Vision Zero team has been holding neighborhood workshops in each of the District’s  8 Wards.

@MD_Driver_in_DC pic.twitter.com/dcutgi6UKt— Stephanie Bowen (@tweetsteph) June 15, 2017 Have you been biking or walking in DC and seen behavior that makes you cringe? Maybe it’s a driver running a red light or a delivery vehicle parked in a bike lane. Maybe you have seen great things as you traveled, like families with young kids using […]

On the Saturday before Father’s Day, The House of Praise Church hosted its annual Peace in the Streets Ride. The ride is designed to get the community on bikes and show a peaceful ride of residents in Ward 7. The ride is about 16 miles total and leaves from the church in Deanwood and goes […]

If you weren’t able to attend the Vision Zero Summit, here’s what you missed.

Traffic calming is one of the tools for making streets safer for our most vulnerable users, like pedestrians, bicyclists, children, the elderly, and the mobility-impaired.

Last year, Mayor Bowser committed to Vision Zero, an initiative to eliminate all traffic fatalities by 2024. Between 2010 and 2014, 67 drivers and passengers, 57 pedestrians and 7 bicyclists were killed in traffic related collisions. That’s 131 lives lost because of decisions we as a society make about what to value in road design. […]

Renée will lead our Vision Zero outreach and organizing program.

A look at a few of the most common acronyms you might hear if you spend a lot of time around people who ride bikes.

A breakdown of some common terms you might hear out in the world.

The first time I trained for a triathlon I rode with a bunch of cyclists on the roads of Texas. They handed us each a sheet of paper with directions on them similar to the one below: I skimmed it and like many of the other riders,  folded it up and stuck in my back […]

You don’t need a smartphone to have a happy bike ride, but these tools can add a little fun or convenience. Part of our Women & Bicycles weekly tip series.

At our June Women & Bicycles workshop, we looked at some of the most frequents questions we see on the Women & Bicycles facebook group, plus a few neat bike hacks we think you’ll find useful.