Prince George’s County

Prince George’s County invites you to participate in the 2nd Climate Action Community Meeting.

Join us and Black Women Bike for an online webinar that will help demystify advocacy across Prince George’s County!

Share your ideas for better walking & biking in Cool Spring near Adelphi & University Blvd

Join WABA Instructor and Black Women Bike Organizer, Robyn Short, as she offers a look at some of the lesser-known trails in Prince George’s County and how you can reach them.

Join WABA Instructor and Black Women Bike Organizer, Robyn Short, as she offers a look at some of the lesser-known trails in Prince George’s County and how you can reach them.

WABA’s proposing an expansion of our current trail maintenance program into Prince George’s County. Sign our petition to show your support.

In November 2018, Prince George’s Co. adopted a trail plan to improve, greatly expand, and better care for the county’s paved trails!

A trail extension of the WB&A on MD 704 is not only feasible, but necessary for residents to have a safe place to bike and walk in Prince George’s County.

This long-awaited bridge over the Patuxent River will close a key gap in the trail network.

The Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail (WB&A) is a 12-mile rail trail in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel County. It’s a wonderful trail- except for one critical gap. The trail has no connection over the Patuxent River. No bridge means the two segments of the trail are totally disconnected. It’s a critical gap that stands […]

  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 […]

Want to learn how to be an effective bike advocate in Prince George’s County? Join us on Aug 27 for an intro to bike Advocacy in Prince George’s County.

On Sunday July 17th, Oscar Mauricio Gutierrez Osorio, 31 of Silver Spring, was killed crossing Viers Mill Road in Silver Spring where the Matthew Henson Trail crosses a high speed Maryland State Highway, according to the Washington Post. The exact details of the deadly crash involving Mr. Osorio are not public, but the trail crossing is […]

Hundreds of miles of trails are coming to Prince George’s County, and you get a say in the matter!

WABA is pleased to announce the release of an exciting report by Jeff Lemieux and Nathan O’Toole. Extending the WB&A Trail from MD450 to Washington DC provides an economic analysis of the benefits of this critical connection in our regional trail network.

Prince George’s County is planning a massive expansion in its bike trail network over the next 25 years. Come to a public open house to help plan where they should go!

Cross posted at Greater Greater Washington Prince George’s County leads the Washington region in pedestrian deaths, and it’s behind when it comes to trails and streets that are safe and useful for people on foot and bike. To fix the problem, the county will soon hire a bicycle and pedestrian coordinator and develop a bikeway […]

Route 1 in College Park is about to undergo a major reconstruction. As long as Maryland’s State Highway Administration doesn’t widen the road’s travel lanes, the project is a chance to make Route 1 safe for people on bikes.

MD State Highway Admin proposal chooses high speed traffic over safe bike lanes in a dense retail corridor.

Last week was a grim one on the roads in the Maryland suburbs.

This week, WABA sent letters to local departments of transportation requesting that they adopt the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, which offers state-of-the-practice solutions that create safe, enjoyable complete streets for current and new bicyclists.

NEXT SATURDAY, June 16th, The New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire Ale, and WABA are hosting the biggest, most fanciful, bicycle celebration of all time. And for the first time ever it’s coming to DC! We’re going to celebrate bikes, make some new friends, and sip on a couple of cold, Rocky Mountain barley […]

Congratulations to all the jurisdictions awarded Maryland Bikeshare Program grants.  Within our immediate area, Montgomery County and UMD/College Park received implementation grant awards, and Prince George’s County/City of Greenbelt received feasibility study grants. From the MDOT release: The grant-winning projects include both feasibility studies for several jurisdictions and actual implementation and opening of bikeshare stations […]

Prince George’s County Council voted unanimously to support becoming a more walkable and bikeable county this past week. Voting 9-0, Councilmembers passed the “Adequate Public Pedestrian and Bikeway Facilities in Centers and Corridors” Act (CB-2-2012) which requires developers to build bicycle and pedestrian connections from their new developments to nearby destinations. This bill seeks to […]

National Bike Summit Event Roundup When this year’s National Bike Summit participants roll into town, DC is going to be a hub for bike-related socializing. WABA encourages you to attend some of the fun (FREE) events surrounding the Summit. If you haven’t signed up for the Summit yet, don’t worry! There’s still plenty of time. […]

As you’re riding along a side path or walking along a sidewalk of a busy suburban road, the path mysteriously ends. There is nowhere to go except onto the busy street, a grassy shoulder, or a narrow dirt path. Suburban bicyclists and pedestrians know this situation all too well. WABA testified in support of Prince […]

Last week, at its regional summit on bicycling advocacy, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) previewed its Regional Call to Action for better bicycling in the area. The Call to Action focuses on making bicycling a viable form of transportation for a much broader segment of the population. Currently, approximately 3% of DC residents bike […]

WABA’s upcoming Regional Call to Action Summit on November 3rd is going to be an exciting day for bicycle advocacy in the Washington region.  Over the last two months, WABA has held five of the six local stakeholder meetings in Maryland, Virginia and DC (the sixth and final meeting is next Monday, 10/17 in Fairfax […]

WABA is urging Prince Georges County to continue with plans to connect the Anacostia River Tributary Trails with the Washington, Baltimore, and Annapolis Trail. At the annual budget hearing last week, WABA board member Jim Titus urged the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) to authorize $45,000 this year to extend the WB&A trail […]

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is pleased to announce its Regional Call to Action Summit on November 3rd, 2011 in Arlington, VA. At the Call to Action Summit, WABA will be presenting a five-year plan of regional and local priorities for bicycling in the Washington Region. The summit will include presentations on the Metro’s long-term bicycle […]