Sadly, I most likely will not be there this year. But it is usually a great time. http://www.waba.org/events/index.php <http://www.waba.org/events/index.php>...
Greetings! The Alexandria Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) will meet Tuesday February 21st at the Durant Center from 7 to 9 PM. We welcome all...
Hi All, Sorry to get all political here, but the House and Senate Transportation bills are the biggest threat to bike/ped funding I've seen since I started ...
Why has it taken so long to get the word out about this to a biking group based in DC ? Has anyone contacted local bike friendly reporters about this or are we...
... Transportation ... started ... This is a group about cycling. So I think it's more than appropriate to talk about legislation that (de)funds cycling. ... ...
... about legislation that (de)funds cycling. ... The corresponding house bill is so bad that the focus right now is on out-and-out killing it: Take action:...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/nyregion/city-council-eyes-police-response-to-biker-and-pedestrian-deaths.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y City Council Looks at...
Not to minimize the valid concerns about bike/ped safety and the appalling lapses in the NYPD investigation in this case in particular, but it's important to...
... deaths has ... "safety in ... ... or that "safer people" are cycling. For instance, holding everything else constant, if people just ride slower, you'd...
SB 264 [ http://tinyurl.com/72w4gwv ], which would prohibit motorists in Virginia from following bicyclists "more closely than is reasonable and prudent", was...
Hi All, If your Virginia House Delegate is Comstock (parts of McLean, Sterling, Vienna and Loudoun), Anderson (Prince William), or Minchew (Frederick, Loudon),...
Since only 7 of the 100 VA delegates serve on this subcommittee, I had asked that EVERYONE in NoVA write to all three delegates from NoVA, instead of only...
My second one in 6 months. This time the bike wasn't locked and a man walked right out of the 7-11 and hopped on it. I chased him down but couldn't knock him...
That could be a very interesting paradigm if it is managed as a subscription of an individual, rather than a purchase of a given number of same-keyed...
Does anyone know of any solutions based on GPS or RFID, so that if the bike is stolen, the police can pinpoint where it is? Also, what are the best bike...
Arlington County has a bike registry, but I have no idea how often they are able to recover stolen bikes or if they are able to get info on recovered bikes...
... so that if the bike is stolen, the police can pinpoint where it is?" Can't help. But my recommendation is low-tech: cards with "This bike belongs to..."...
Following David's suggestion, you can tape notes inside your bike ... say, your bottom bracket or steerer tube ... that identify the true owner of the bike....
I have my bikes registered with a national system (name escapes me), but in addition to that I have engraved my DMV # very noticeably on the top tubes. If a...
Hi All, Our next informal Alexandria BPAC bike ride will venture outside Alexandria to nearby Arlington by seeing just where all you can go by following the...
Excellent news for mobility and health of people and roads in our neighborhoods! -MikeTurner ... From: Friends RhodeIslandAve <friendsofria@...> Subject:...
The 14th Street Bridge bike/ped trail was closed yesterday around 5pm due to a suspicious package (a backpack on the side path). The only problem was, the...
I crossed with no problem around six, and was unaware there had even been an issue, so it must have been resolved fairly quickly, which is good, since detour...
I had an accident today. Was riding on the right hand of the lane down 18th towards dc, and had just come past the point where the bike lane ends. A truck...
