Riding to the Inauguration on Monday

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January 18, 2013 at 4:08 pm #960305

JillBarker
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I’ll be parking , my car in Rosslyn and bike riding over TR bridge, I think, and then to Independence to 7th and D. Thanks for the confidence that I’ll be able to park it securely.

January 18, 2013 at 4:14 pm #960307

Greenbelt
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@Rod Smith 40924 wrote:

I worked delivering coffee donuts, box lunches to volunteers staffing two bike valet stations. This is a report I posted http://www.epicski.com/t/79342/d-c-1-20-09

It is not hard to get from north to south or vice versa if you go around the west side. 23rd street.

Great blog.

January 18, 2013 at 4:34 pm #960312

Bilsko
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@Rod Smith 40924 wrote:

I worked delivering coffee donuts, box lunches to volunteers staffing two bike valet stations. This is a report I posted http://www.epicski.com/t/79342/d-c-1-20-09

It is not hard to get from north to south or vice versa if you go around the west side. 23rd street.

This is why I’m planning on riding along Ohio Dr. and up from the South:

January 18, 2013 at 5:13 pm #960318

vvill
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So bridges and parts of GW Parkway are closed to traffic but open to biking? Hmmm…

January 18, 2013 at 5:15 pm #960320

TwoWheelsDC
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@vvill 40995 wrote:

So bridges and parts of GW Parkway are closed to traffic but open to biking? Hmmm…

BikeDC, winter edition!

January 18, 2013 at 6:42 pm #960334

consularrider
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@TwoWheelsDC 40997 wrote:

BikeDC, winter edition!

Probably not, see the thread on closing as section of the Mt Vernon Trail. But as vvill says, hmmmm…

January 18, 2013 at 7:19 pm #960338

baiskeli
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@vvill 40995 wrote:

So bridges and parts of GW Parkway are closed to traffic but open to biking? Hmmm…

We rode on the bridges last time. But we didn’t actually confirm that they were open to bikes. We weren’t shot to death by any Secret Service snipers in black helicopters, so I guess it was okay.

January 22, 2013 at 3:43 am #960513

Greenbelt
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[video=vimeo;57902733]https://vimeo.com/57902733[/video]

January 22, 2013 at 10:30 am #960519

Rod Smith
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I rode a short section of closed Parkway.

January 22, 2013 at 2:12 pm #960533

americancyclo
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2009
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January 23, 2013 at 2:20 am #960592

JillBarker
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Thanks for the good advice and sharing your experiences. Here is a brief trip report of my inauguration day ride: I parked my car in Rosslyn at 4:20 am (no parking problems) and rode over the TR bridge. I encountered the first road closure at Virginia Ave, but bikes were permitted. I proceeded down Constitution and 17th until reaching Independence. There the roads were blocked to cars but not bikes. Official vehicles inside the barriers made things dicey once or twice but nothing very bad. I reached 7th and D SW in half an hour and chained my bike to a tree barrier. It was still there when I returned at 1:30 pm. (Yay) I was able to ride back on roads blocked to cars most of the way. The exception was Independence Ave. all pedestrians and bikes were forced to the sidewalk. Even with the walking I still made it back to my car in half an hour. It was a great day. I saw very few other bikes and only five pedestrians walking back over TR bridge. I would definitely do it again the same way.
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