2015 Car Free Day – Monday, September 22

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September 22, 2015 at 6:57 pm #1038211

Tania
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So many jokes, so little time…

September 22, 2015 at 7:07 pm #1038214

baiskeli
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@dbb 124733 wrote:

I swung through Crystal City as they were walking their undistributed fruit back to the office and Joe was gracious enough to give me a banana for the road. As I wear tee shirts for the commute I elected to use the handy leg pocket feature of lycra shorts.

Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you…oh, never mind.

September 22, 2015 at 7:15 pm #1038215

dbb
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To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, sometimes a banana is just a banana.

September 22, 2015 at 9:56 pm #1038220

rcannon100
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@americancyclo 124712 wrote:

That mean you’re buying, Radar?

If a librarian is involved, always!

September 22, 2015 at 11:21 pm #1038223

TwoWheelsDC
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Traffic today felt worse than usual, I guess people didn’t get the memo…

September 23, 2015 at 12:02 am #1038225

Lt. Dan
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Beautiful weather for a ride in today! The ride home will be pretty dark though!!! (off at 9pm)

September 23, 2015 at 12:25 am #1038227

komorebi
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The nice folks at Local Motion gave me a free t-shirt, even though I registered late. Thanks, Local Motion! But I couldn’t take advantage of the free coffee at the Carlyle stop, because I was running late and I haven’t (yet) mastered the hipster trick of riding with one hand on the handlebars and the other hand holding a coffee cup. Maybe someday.

September 23, 2015 at 3:45 am #1038232

americancyclo
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@komorebi 124753 wrote:

The nice folks at Local Motion gave me a free t-shirt, even though I registered late. Thanks, Local Motion! But I couldn’t take advantage of the free coffee at the Carlyle stop, because I was running late and I haven’t (yet) mastered the hipster trick of riding with one hand on the handlebars and the other hand holding a coffee cup. Maybe someday.

The hipster trick is *no* hands on the bars

September 23, 2015 at 9:47 am #1038233

Kitty
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@TwoWheelsDC 124749 wrote:

Traffic today felt worse than usual, I guess people didn’t get the memo…

Really? I took my usual route and it was noticeable how fewer cars there were! I’d love to think it was all in honor of Car Free Day, but by God if the Pope can’t preform miracles pre-arrival!

In both the morning and evening regular chokepoints like Washington Circle were much smoother than usual. Going home the traffic along the Roosevelt Bridge around 6:30 looked more like it does around 8:30! (Yes I’ve been working late of late…)

September 23, 2015 at 12:41 pm #1038240

TwoWheelsDC
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@Kitty 124760 wrote:

Really? I took my usual route and it was noticeable how fewer cars there were! I’d love to think it was all in honor of Car Free Day, but by God if the Pope can’t preform miracles pre-arrival!

In both the morning and evening regular chokepoints like Washington Circle were much smoother than usual. Going home the traffic along the Roosevelt Bridge around 6:30 looked more like it does around 8:30! (Yes I’ve been working late of late…)

In the far northwest hinterlands of Arlington and the Fairfax frontier, it was slightly worse than usual. This morning was pretty normal, except on the section of my route primarily populated with commuters going into the city (rather than ArlCo<>Fairfax), which was relatively quiet.
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