NBC4 story about rising popularity of cycling in D.C.

[PotomacCyclist]

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Struggles-to-Keep-Up-With-Growing-Number-of-Bikers-259128881.html

Generally a positive story about the increasing popularity of cycling in D.C. Tom Sherwood focuses on the District’s struggle to install more bike racks to keep up with the demand for bike parking.

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[cvcalhoun]

Someday I’ll be telling my grandchildren, “In my day, there were none of these fancy bike racks. We had to lock our bikes to parking meters and signs, the way the Good Lord intended!”

[brendan]

@cvcalhoun 85243 wrote:

Someday I’ll be telling my grandchildren, “In my day, there were none of these fancy bike racks. We had to lock our bikes to parking meters and signs, the way the Good Lord intended!”

“Grandma, what’s a parking meter?”

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[Subby]

Those paperclip bike racks are absolutely beautiful works of art.

[Birdstrike]

I’ve only been cycling about eight years…started taking the MVT from the trail head to the Pentagon…not very long ago but compared to the activity I see now, long enough to say, “I was cycling in DC metro before cycling was cool…”

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