…to the help from local community groups such as the office of Councilmember Marion Barry, ANC commissioner Dionne Brown, and the 7th District Metropolitan Police Force. Commissioner Brown was pleased…

…to ride. To complete the area’s sole continuous north-south roadway connection (other than the freeway, which is of no use to bicyclists or pedestrians) without space for people on bikes…

This post is part of WABA’s Women on Bikes program, an ongoing campaign to create a community, share resources, and develop strategies for getting more women on bikes. To read…

This post is part of WABA’s Women on Bikes program, an ongoing campaign to create a community, share resources, and develop strategies for getting more women on bikes. To read…

This post is part of the WABA Women Bicycling Project, an ongoing campaign to create a community, share resources and develop strategies for getting more women on bikes. To read…

…have been invaluable and I respect them all immensely. They come from varying professional backgrounds–working in planning, advocacy, policy, and bicycle shops, just to name a few–and I am eager…

…to increase the confidence and comfort of women cyclists. “Media Articles on Women’s Cycling” Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) This is a great resource with several compelling articles….

…Anne Factor on the goDCgo blog: http://blog.godcgo.com/?p=113 Carolyn Szczepanski on the Alliance for Biking and Walking Blog: http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/site/blog/3888/ John Hendel on the TBD On Foot Blog: http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-on-foot/2011/12/d-c-s-bicycling-gender-gap-begins-at-the-bike-shop-and-at-home-13926.html ABC7 News: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/12/women-address-gender-gap-in-cycling-community-70234.html…

…run through mid-August 2012. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, passionate about bicycling, a strong communicator, knowledgeable about the community to be served, organized. Hours are largely flexible, but…

WABA will be hitting the streets tonight to begin our “Got Lights?” program for 2012, giving away 1,000 free sets of front and rear lights (provided by DDOT). The program…

…Registrations to provide comments will be accepted on a first come, first served basis starting at 6:00 p.m. The first twenty (20) individuals to register are guaranteed the opportunity to…

…Community members’ concerns centered on the need to remove paid parking spots to accommodate expansion of commercial loading zones. Currently, incomplete and disconnected bike lanes exist on Columbia Rd., NW…

…or damaged bicycle without a complete record of the bicycle–including photos, serial number and purchase information–is very challenging. Police will need complete information to file a useful missing property report….

…stage, two community gardens, a peanut park, two playgrounds, basketballs courts and baseballs diamonds, a restored stream and thriving community organizations like The Riverside Center. Cyclists of all ages spent…

…M cycletracks and the 15th Street cycletracks. Later that week, he reportedly met with DDOT Director Bellamy to communicate the need to complete the L & M Street cycletracks. Earlier…

…Bicycle Advisory Council, DDOT’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Program, DDOT’s new head engineer, and many community members. Discussions centered around the traffic circle (to be built on the southeast side of…

This weekend’s event at the Malcolm X Recreation Center felt more like a neighborhood bike party than a mobile bike shop. While children spent their time racing bikes around an…

…motto: Drink Before You Are Thirsty. Remember that you can fill your water bottle for free at area TapIt locations. Other things to consider: camelbaks, drinking energy drinks to replace…

…road by providing free classes for beginner cyclists, free bike repair and maintenance , and the “Get On a Bike” contest–which directly puts five more bikes and fifty more bikeshare…

…also offers free bike repair clinics. A clinic was held a few weeks ago at the Skyland Shopping Center, near where Davis lives, and she rode over on her bike…

…could be discovered if a full HIA can be completed. More research to fully inform future bicycle policies and plans for Wards 7 and 8 is desperately needed. This past…

…similar to the random blog comments we cyclists see regularly, it hardly seemed worth responding to. But there was one interesting thing that I’d like to highlight–not for the content…

Street striping plans for the Columbia Rd., NW bike lanes (click to download PDF version) Last night at the July meeting of the DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1C tabled its…

…encourage high-speed commuter traffic rather than safer, community-focused design elements that favor cyclists and pedestrians. There are dedicated cyclists east of the river and WABA is committed to helping them,…

…facility that helps to build communities by providing car-free access to necessities and amenities, and enabling those without private vehicles a reliable connection to the transportation network and jobs. We…

…professional to conduct the important health screenings of program participants. We have not yet secured the all funding need to maintain the additional community-based Bike Ambassador staff east of the…

From Greater Greater Washington: Event planners need to be mindful of common bikeway access points when setting up street closures. It is not appropriate to use a one-size-fits-all security approach…

…a car. You started getting a lot of dirty looks on the road and it wasn’t just coming from automobile drivers. By this point, you have learned to ignore all…

…Bikes”, the Informer outlines our East of the River campaign. Writer Elton Hayes was on hand for our Mobile Bike Shop on June 19th at Skyland Shopping Center which sits…

…week in which a struck cyclist in wrongly cited for an infraction. We at WABA have written, called, petitioned, and testified on this issue–including before DC’s Committee on the Judiciary,…