New Temporary Commute (Takoma to University of DC)

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  • June 10, 2015 at 1:08 pm #1031770
    Crickey7
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    1) Route suggestions?

    You’ve likely got your own favorite ways to get down to RCP, though Piney Branch-Aspen-Sherrill Drive, or Piney Branch-Rittenhouse-Joyce, looks doable. The challenge is on the other side. The simplest is to ride Beach down to Tilden (hopping on the trail for the stretch from Broad Branch to Pierce Mill). Then climb the gruesome hill there, and you’re only two blocks South of UDC.

    2) How safe/available is bike parking there?

    It’s a pretty safe area, though with lots of people coming through. I don’t think it’s a magnet area for bike thieves in general. There may be public bike parking in the lot under the Giant across the street.

    June 10, 2015 at 1:34 pm #1031780
    Terpfan
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    I haven’t done that exact route, but I’ve done something close to it. Several options like Crickey said. I’ve even gone the northern route to Wise-Beach-Portal-Kalmia to dump me into the other side of Silver Spring. As for parking, I think you should be fine. I’m not at UDC, more toward Tenleytown, but I routinely park outside and I see lots of other bikes that are barely locked (I mean, they have a cable lock just through a wheel nonsense) that haven’t been stolen.

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