Metro to offer free covered and secured bike parking at some stations…

[Terpfan]

Apologize if this is a repost. Just saw this on the WaPo:

“In an effort to encourage travel to the Metro station by bicycle, Metro is expanding bike facilities, introducing free, covered and secure storage at several stations.

Bike storage rooms will open at East Falls Church and Vienna next month. And Metro has recently converted its covered Bike & Ride at College Park into a free-of-charge facility accessible with a registered SmarTrip card.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/11/13/metro-introduces-free-covered-and-secured-bike-parking/?hpid=hp_local-news_gridlock-bikeparking-1245pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Hopefully they just expand this philosophy system wide at every station.

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[trailrunner]

The lack of progress at the EFC is pretty sad.

I’ve been waiting for a bike locker at Franconia-Springfield for 3.5 years. Earlier this year, I was told that as part of the shutdown last summer, new lockers would be installed. The new lockers wouldn’t require a yearly contract, but would be used with a SmartTrip card on a first-come, first-served basis. But then that didn’t happen. I will retire in a couple of years and doubt that I’ll ever get a locker.

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