When every day is a normal Bike to Work Day and 10-15 percent (or more) of the people are biking in, then we know we’re pretty good with the infrastructure.
4.5 percent of D.C. commuters traveled by bike in 2013. That’s much better than the 0.8% in 1990. Still a ways to go, but the progress in the last 10 years and especially over the last 5 years has been amazing, and rapid.
As for Georgetown, interested parties should offer up comments and support for better bike routes, and participate in the Georgetown 2028 planning. Help to make those plans as open to cycling and walking as possible.
http://www.georgetowndc.com/content/georgetown-2028-15-year-action-plan/
http://www.georgetowndc.com/customer_media/twg_transportation_appendix_final.pdf
The Appendix has vague statements about studying bike connections and turning K Street into a major multimodal gateway and about a direct bike connection along 33rd St. to Water Street.
The addition of a Metro station could help indirectly, if that removes a lot of the local automobile traffic off of Georgetown streets. (However, much of the traffic is through-traffic, heading to downtown DC.)
For the near term, wouldn’t it be better to turn down 33rd St. and walk the bike over the pedestrian bridge? I don’t remember if that ramp on the south side of the canal is conducive to walking a bike.
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