To show our thanks for your support during 2023, you’re invited to the WABA Holiday Mixer at Baja Tap Bar!

Sign up to be a member of a WABA campaign group to support and enhance the safety and utility of the lanes

Just like bike lanes join up one by one to build a network, advocates win safer streets meeting by meeting, petition by petition, call by call.

WABA’s members are making it easier than ever to access the breezy, everyday joy of getting around our region by bike.

Members of the District of Columbia chapter of Families for Safe Streets installed signs at over 50 crash sites across all eight Wards memorializing fatal crashes.

As we await word from DDOT on the status of the Connecticut Ave Protected Bike Lane, we will be hosting a postcard writing party for World Day of Remembrance!

Join Families for Safe Streets groups across the region to support family members and crash survivors and honor their experiences with traffic violence.

Let’s not miss a chance to create a safe biking and walking alternative to Canal Road in Georgetown—sign this petition from grassroots advocates.

Join us on Nov 19 for the Ride for Your Life ’23 to commemorate World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Join us on Saturday (11/18) to visit the recently installed “Centuries” exhibit by artist Nekisha Durrett. Durrett’s exhibit focuses on celebrating Black women bicyclists, drawing from stories of five Black women, who gathered in 1928 to cycle for three days, from New York City to Washington, DC.

We are thrilled to announce the hiring of four youth advocates from Prince George’s County, to participate in WABA’s first ever Vision Zero Youth Leadership Institute!  A link to the PDF, student designed newsletter can be found here.  Throughout the institute, the four hired youth leaders will learn about transportation issues in Prince George’s County, […]

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is seeking a committed and dedicated individual to be our bookkeeper!

DDOT will review the Suitland Parkway Trail rehabilitation project updates and hear from attendees.

Share your thoughts with NPS on the future of Parkland in Congress Heights.

Join to discuss feedback about updates to the Capital Crescent Trail with Montgomery Parks

DDOT will review the Met Branch Trail (Blair Rd to Piney Branch Rd NW) project updates and hear from attendees.

Share feedback with ANC 4C and DDOT about traffic calming measures for Grant Circle.

Join DDOT’s 3rd meeting on the Douglas Street Pedestrian Bridge Project to improve connectivity and pedestrian access.

Review the concept design for Lorcom Lane corridor with County staff.

Join County staff for an open house highlighting projects in the Arlington View & Arlington Ridge communities.

Interested in pushing for legislative policy changes in Virginia? Willing to email or call your local legislators? Able to do so quickly and on short notice? Join WABA’s Rapid Response Advocate list!

Some tips on traffic safety, from WABA and the Highway Safety Office.

Tell the Commonwealth Transportation Board not to disadvantage transit & bike/ped projects with its proposed changes.

Learn about the anticipated environmental legislation opportunities during the 2024 General Assembly session.

October is Pedestrian Safety Month. We want to thank the folks who joined us on a lovely fall Sunday stroll through Mt. Vernon Square to discuss pedestrian safety and street design while getting to know one another.  

With the District Government currently failing in its goal to end traffic deaths and serious injuries , Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau, D-Ward 1, re-introduced legislation that would change the status quo of how roads are designed and put safety and livability for all road users above efficiently moving cars. The Prioritizing People in Planning Amendment […]

Hello! My name is Michelle Shin, and I have joined WABA as the new Vision Zero Coalition Manager. While my background has primarily been in federal and commercial consulting, I am excited to tie this generalist mindset with a truly mission-focused, impact-oriented organization. My journey as an urban bicyclist started after studying abroad and living […]

If you know me, you know that I’m dedicated to making Montgomery County a great place to bike. That means new trails and protected bike lanes and safer streets for all. It means building community, organizing rides, engaging county and state officials, and organizing campaigns. Emphasize the community part. Working together is a must, and […]

In just a few days, the BellRinger community will be back in action in the fight against cancer
with Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. It has been a wild ride
over the last few months as our community has been growing with a vast array of new and
returning Riders and volunteers. But with less than a week to go, we are excited to continue
to welcome new people who will be all the difference in making an impact on ground-breaking
cancer research.

Join VDOT’s State Trails Office for a virtual town hall to discuss the creation of the Statewide Multi-Use Trails Plan.