Beach Drive

What does your dream bikeable neighborhood look like? Protected bike lanes that take you wherever you need to go, so you don’t have to worry about navigating high-speed roads alongside heavy traffic? Trails that create a green haven in the middle of the city, turning an errand or commute into a chance to spend time […]

Come celebrate the great Beach Drive news at a Beach Party with Rock Creek Conservancy, music, games, and more!

This is an unqualified win for everyone who loves to spend time in Rock Creek Park. Your petition signatures, your letters, and your presence out on Beach Drive made this possible. Thank you for speaking up. 

After two blissful years without them, the National Park Service announced that it intends to welcome commuter car traffic back to Upper Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park.

Hear NPS’ rationale for welcoming cars back to Beah Drive this fall and your options for pushing back on the decision.

A key meeting on DC’s longest protected bike lane, a new trail tunnel, and more.

In 2021, WABA, our supporters, and our partners came together to reimagine what our region can look like when we make space for more people.

NPS is kicking off an Environmental Assessment of keeping upper Beach Drive closed to cars & open to people

Share your perspective on the future of the upper Beach Drive Open Streets at this important community meeting

The DC Council wants your thoughts on keeping upper Beach Drive open for walking & biking + DDOT’s Slow Streets program

During the pandemic, this community brought the joy of bicycling to more people than ever before— and made our region a better place to bike in a time when we really needed it.

Beach Drive is now closed from Park Road/Tilden Street NW to Joyce Road NW. The bicycle and pedestrian detour for these segments are Ross Drive and Ridge Road.

We’re eight months into the reconstruction of Beach Drive and the Rock Creek Park Trail. In total, this will be a 3.7 mile trail reconstruction, but it’s broken into four segments. Let’s take a look at the status of the project, and what’s on the horizon for this summer and fall. Segment 1 (Shoreham Drive […]

  Low-Stress Bike Network Prince George’s County Trails Master Plan Brief Explanation: The county’s Trails Master Plan (still in draft form), identifies how Prince George’s County intends to build and manage nearly 400 miles of new trails. The plan takes the mileage of primary trails (trails that are mostly paved, with high-quality design features, a park-like experience, and […]

The funding is allocated, the engineering designs are complete, and the contract has been awarded.