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Action Alert: the MoveDC Draft Plan
Photo credit: BeyondDC Just a few weeks ago, Mayor Gray cut the ribbon on DC’s newest protected bike lane on First St. NE. The brightly painted lane is physically separated from car traffic by a...
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A Rebuilt Rock Creek Park Trail is One Step Closer
Trail rehabilitation would include widening the trail through the tunnel. Photo credit: neinfein The long wait is over. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) released today the Final...
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Virginia’s Three Foot Passing Law Begins Today
Beginning today, Virginia law now requires to drivers to give at least three feet of space to bicyclists when passing. Safe passing laws are effective at educating drivers about safe distance needed...
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Win! Suitland Parkway Trail Will Connect To The New Douglass Bridge
Source: DDOT The new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge will include a direct, safe and convenient bicycle and pedestrian trail connection to the Suitland Parkway Trail. DDOT announced the change to...
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Tiny Steps Toward Reality for Met Branch North
Image Credit: mvjantzen Preliminary engineering and design of the northern section of the Met Branch Trail between the Fort Totten transfer station to the Tacoma Metro Station (technically called Phase...
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DC Dept. of Public Works Testing Side Underrun Guards
DC DPW is piloting side underrun guards on a few vehicles. Photo credit: DC DPW The District Department of Public Works (DPW) is piloting a few designs of side underrun guards on a some of their large...
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A First Step Toward Better Bike Lanes in MD and VA
Two way protected bike lane illustration from the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide. This week, WABA sent letters to local departments of transportation requesting consideration and adoption of the...
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VDOT Installs Bike Lanes on Sherwood Hall Lane
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is almost finished installing the bike lanes on on Sherwood Hall Lane. We asked our WABA members and supporters in southern Fairfax County to speak up...
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Arlington Installs Its First Protected Bike Lanes
And there was much rejoicing… Arlington County finished installing a protected bike lane (also known as a cycle track) this month on Hayes Street in the Pentagon City neighborhood. These are the first...
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NPS Begins Arlington Memorial Circle Planning
Navigating the Arlington Memorial Circle is a major obstacle for area bicyclists. The Mount Vernon Trail, Route 110 Trail and Arlington Memorial Bridge (the direct connection to the National Mall)...
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Contributory What?
Often referred to as the “one percent” rule, the Contributory Negligence doctrine prohibits you from recovering damages (money) from a crash if a court thinks you are in any way responsible for the...
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10 Questions about Contributory Negligence, answered
Sign-up for updates The Council of the District of Columbia is considering legislation to exempt bicyclists and pedestrians from the contributory negligence standard. Last week, we wrote about the...
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Tell Fairfax County to Adopt the Bike Master Plan
Sign the Petition Fairfax County currently does not have a bike master plan. And that’s not good. The proposed Bike Master Plan contains recommendations for developing a comprehensive bicycle network....
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Met Branch Trail Bridge Now Looks Like A Bridge
Regular riders of the Met Branch Trail have probably noticed that the under-construction bridge between the trail and the Rhode Island Ave Metro suddenly looks a lot more like a bridge. The steel...
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What doesn’t get counted doesn’t count
This old saying rings true in the transportation planning world, where future investments are based on available data. In this context, it’s very encouraging that the District Department of...
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No Tunnel for the Capital Crescent Trail at Wisconsin Ave
The Bethesda tunnel. Photo by thisisbossi on Flickr. Plans have fallen through for a Capital Crescent Trail tunnel underneath Wisconsin Ave in downtown Bethesda. Montgomery County attempted to...
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Yay! DDOT Releases Final Safe Accommodation Regulations
Capital Bikeshare shows how to maintain safe accommodations for bicyclists while they install a new station at 15th & L Streets NW. DDOT released final regulations for safe accommodations of...
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Ask the DC Council to Support the Bicycle Bill
As we speak, the insurance industry is lobbying hard to kill proposed legislation aimed at helping injured bicyclists. They like the status quo, which allows them to easily deny claims by bicyclists...
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Fairfax County Bike Master Plan Passes Unanimously!
Last night, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in support of the Fairfax Bike Master Plan (read the official county press release). The plan recommends 1,130 miles in new...
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Move DC is a Big Vision with a Slow Start
Shiny new protected bike lane on 6th St NE (photo: Mike Goodno, DDOT) DDOT released the final Move DC transportation plan last week. The District plans to make a significant investment in bicycling to...
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