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bentbike33;168268 wrote:

sounds like his phone needed to be “fixed” with a 3-pound sledge hammer. Hope your injury is not serious.

fify

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I need

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Good news – it looks the PG County Parks and Rec were actively removing these bollards as of this morning!

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@TwoWheelsDC 167451 wrote:

This is the cycletrack after a show at the Anthem.

Just do this!

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It’s really cool seeing one’s own impact upon the heat map. If you look close enough, you can see individual rides, let alone the route I take every single day. Hot spot into my building that I guarantee only two cyclists ride.

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If anyone is interested in extending the Cider Ride, or perhaps having a date afternoon and/or night with a significant other, perhaps consider this thread:
A Capella Magic Singing Capital Chorus And Extended Cider Ride
I think closebr even proposed an excellent route from Cider Ride finish line to the theatre.

Now I must mention – you don’t want to burn in a special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theatre (reference).

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@Judd 164910 wrote:

HHS is way easier and I’d totally enroll if I got a voucher each month that could only be used at a bike shop.

In addition to providing receipts and providing a log of days I commuted by bike, I also can only submit for reimbursement during the month of March and September which creates weird cycles for tracking.

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Well That’s because no one is stupid enough to ride a bike from October through February…..

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I appreciate the responses everyone. I have coordinated a compromise: I’m riding to national harbor and meeting up with a buddy there to drive the remaining distance. I hope the construction will improve cycling options upon completion for future use, especially for residents of that area.

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I’ve heard that MD 210 is under construction, with sections with no shoulders. Does anyone have more info on where exactly that construction is located and how it might impact riding to and from Indian Head from National Harbour?

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Looks expensive

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Hope to see everyone there. I’m planning to also do this ride, but I haven’t decided if I’m driving there or if I’m stupid enough to attempt to ride to and from as well. Depending which I choose will likely govern when I start. If you see me on the road, give a wave! I’ll be in a white and orange jersey that says Stantec on it.

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After reading the article, I generally have to agree with the point that she is making. While I feel it is too generalized, and too markedly stating that cyclists are scofflaws, there is no denying that it is a serious issue that will only grow in the short term as more people make the switch (more cyclists means more potential scofflaws, assuming the same percentage of scofflaw cyclists don’t change). Fortunately, I feel that there will be a critical mass at some point, where enough people have made the switch to cycling, that cycling truly becomes an acceptable culture in the US, that the infrastructure will eventually be there to both travel and educate. In effect, this will result in a reduced percentage of scofflaws. I believe it is irresponsible to say that “cars are still worse, so we’re choosing the lesser of two evils”, and then to just ignore the problem of scofflaws. I read this article as to say that “this problem should not be ignored”, not so much as “it’s the only problem we should focus on”.

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@Steve O 163508 wrote:

The absolute last thing we want to do is throw obstacles in the way of getting people out of their 2800+ pound steel maiming machines. So we need to throw our efforts at figuring out how we can all co-exist. That almost certainly means adjustments and changes to our current infrastructure. Is it a smooth path from our current (few and far between) 10-foot wide MUPs and (everywhere else) multi-lane roads and highways to the utopian multi-modal future? Of course not. But crowding our trails is actually a way to get the attention of decision makers and move along this path.
The trail counters count e-bikes and regular bikes the same. Bump those numbers up, up, up I say.

I would love to see some kind of widespread implementation of that middle ground. I would love to see more separation of foot traffic and vehicular traffic (including bikes in that sense), and additionally separation of bike traffic from motor vehicle traffic. It would be fantastic to see widespread adoption of NEVs (which I wholeheartedly believe that the ELF SHOULD be characterized as) instead of cars for those not able to ride bikes or need to haul things beyond what they feel is reasonable on a bike. I believe something like that would get more people out of cars, and might even act as a transition towards bikes. We have too much polarization in infrastructure right now and that middle ground is super hazy. How we implement that, how we set aside the space and money for this infrastructure, that’s beyond me. More of an utopian fantasy really at this point. Perhaps banning current vehicular traffic from inside corporate limits, reserving it for NEVs, bikes, etc might be a good start. Have excessive amounts of parking outside of corporate limits, similar to what you see at metro stations. IDK, more just rambling at this point. Would be interesting to see….

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Definitely learned a lot about this after my wife has struck by a car. Driver was uninsured. We only had the state minimum coverage for UM/UIM, but fortunately her injuries were minor. Definitely increased our insurance coverage a LOT after that. I’ve also looked into getting coverage for cycling only, should we decide to go carless. It’s actually very difficult, and I’ve only been able to find one company that carries cycling insurance – Veloinsurance. It seems like our society basically punishes you for not driving. Who woulda thunk?

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bobco85;163278 wrote:

[*]rolling coal – jerk driver decides to “roll coal” on a cyclist behind them, but the vehicle detects a person behind the truck, measures the amount of smoke being sent through the exhaust, and dumps it into the cabin of the truck instead for instant karma

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