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ahh, the good old days.

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@vern 138957 wrote:

Hey Bro, that’s an eastbound view.

probably cleared both directions of travel.

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I’m altitude agnostic about fives.

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Are you going to be in town for BTWW?

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@Mikey 138320 wrote:

And if it’s a Friday Morning – ride to 17th and G to M.E. Swings for coffee club and tell us about your awesome journey (we are there from 7:30ish to around 9:00.

#fridaycoffeeclub is now at A Baked Joint 440 K St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Swings is closed for the next 14 months for building renovations!

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@Tim Kelley 138319 wrote:

You guys seem excited. Wait until I tell you about the free pint glasses we’re giving out to the first 100 people!

I want to hear more about the secret free bikes

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I would take the C&O all the way though til Grace St
L Wisconsin
R M St NW.
Becomes Pennsylvania
get in the left two lanes to bear left on to L St. NW
R on 11th st

Just be aware that the L St bike lane has lots of opportunities for car to turn left through the lane and blind driveways.

To the mall, head south on 11th
L Pennsylvania
R 9th st

To union Station
south on 11th
L on E St. NW

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Hella stance, yo.

I wonder if the tires wear unevenly with that much negative camber.

As a user of strollers, I notice that this doesn’t seem to fold up the way a more traditional stroller would.

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@dasgeh 138094 wrote:

Did anyone else click on the videos? “Low stress” is biking on a sidewalk. “Moderate-low stress” is a door zone bike lane that even shows a car door closing right in front of the cyclist and partial bike lane blockage.

I like that they have video examples, although I think you differ with them on their opinion of stress level.

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@peterw_diy 138061 wrote:

Maybe we should collectively award prizes this BTWD to local jurisdictions. Maybe a tacoed wheel for the worst Falls Church-style hazards-for-your-own-good reaction?

BTWD Pointless Prizes!

What am I supposed to do with this? – Best Non-bike related swag
Gros Michel Award – The most perfectly ripe banana
Officer Friendly Award – Most dangerous action/environment in the name of “Safety”
BTWD Arlington Loopy – Rider who visits the most of the seven Arlington BTWD pit stops. Photo evidence required. Winner is decided by banana and bagel eating contest.

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@creadinger 138059 wrote:

Haha. I’m sure orange cone slalom teams (you know who you are, I’m sure they exist in Europe) drool at pictures like that, but to the rest of us, that picture makes it one of the worst rail-trails in the country. Not best.

and on BTWD no less.

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Why would’t they use my pic of the same intersection?

https://www.instagram.com/p/2t2yzSg3wq/?taken-by=americancyclo

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If you click on the metro stations, you get a map and a number for “Percent of Dwelling Units Connected to Station on Low-Stress Bicycle Network” I think that feature is pretty cool and shows where the county can do work to make transportation a bit more attractive. There’s no indication of the distance, though.

Wonder if they have the same data for the MARC stations as well.

Station % Connected dwellings low-stress
Takoma 54
Glenmont 53
Medical Center 46
Forest Glen 29
Twinbrook 28
Grosvernor-Strathmore 26
Silver Spring 4
Friendship Heights 4
Bethesda 4
Wheaton 1
Rockville 1
White Flint 0
Shady Grove 0

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@DrP 137941 wrote:

1. All this year I have noticed that ALL the vegetation anywhere near the power lines has been cut back, not just tree limbs or nearby trees. Shrubbery, scrub-like brush and everything. I understand the trees (but not how they actually trim them, so cruel when other shaping techniques can be used), but why everything else? Anyone know why? Just easier access to the wires? removing invasive plants? Just because they can?

2. Yesterday, Sunday 3 April, anyone know why there was a car crash on the W&OD in Vienna near the old train station? Nothing was there on the way out (8:30am-ish), but later (10:30am-ish, I think), there was a tow truck pulling out a car. The cop stopping people from entering the trail only knew that they had to pull the car off, but not what happened. I suppose someone was driving on the trail or somehow doing doughnuts and missed in the closed section of the neighboring parking lot. If anyone knows, I would be curious to find out. I cannot yet find through a web search.

You could always try reaching out on Twitter https://twitter.com/nova_parks

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@Steve O 137765 wrote:

All Work and No Play americancyclo

not gonna be there. but the prize will be! also, I’d like the winner to pass this on next year!

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