#bikedc — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bikedc, aggregated by home.social.
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Biking down M St through Georgetown and hear, "Is that your DAD?"
Get home to a text from Gremlin 1: you just biked past me and [friend's name] lol
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really hoping that you get your Penn Ave NW cycletrack back, #bikeDC
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An under-considered benefit of streateries is the reduced chance of getting doored. You can’t get hit by a person opening a car door if there aren’t any parked cars. I particularly felt this on 18th Street, which turned from being a joy to ride into a nightmare obstacle course when the streateries were all torn down.
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Lots of gravel and some debris in the bike lanes this morning. Be careful out there. #BikeDC
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Anybody in #BikeDC know how to report a blocked bike lane to the city? The westbound lane of Porter street, just east of the turn-off into Rock Creek Park, is nearly impassible with debris and large branches.
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Kinda thought more #bikedc folks would be alarmed by this tbh
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15th St NW Cherry Blossom protected bike lane removal paused until April 22 #bikedc
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Sharing this video guide I made of the 15th Street Cycletrack from 4 years ago because I’m angry that the Trump administration is trying to remove it and destroy a safe, relatively new, & popular biking connection between downtown DC & northern Virginia.
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Friend sent me this.
“The Trump administration is about to kill a popular D.C. bike lane
Feds say the 15th Street protected bike lane will cause more traffic during cherry blossom season, but bike advocates say it makes everyone safer.”https://51st.news/trump-administration-removing-dc-bike-lane/
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I know a few people at DDOT and they are upset, to be clear it’s the leadership and I hope our next administration can put DDOT in the hands of someone that understands that 30% of our residents don’t own cars and safe mode choice is important in a vibrant city. @[email protected] #BikeDC
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#BikeDC “is a testing ground because we don’t have the same ability to protect ourselves from federal threats,” Krumpos said. “If changes are implemented here, they could be targeting other communities next.”
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All my DC peeps should be following @[email protected]! Excited to see what comes of this group as I already enjoy all the founders content. #BikeDC #DC #Urbanism
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DC Residents can get up to $1,500 for an e-bike! https://ddot.dc.gov/ebikes #BikeDC
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A new low for #bikeDC: a Reddit WDC post by a cyclist who was hit by a left-turning driver who goes on to say it was his (the cyclist’s) own fault because he wasn’t wearing reflective clothing (despite having a headlight). The comments generally support this conclusion.
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Noted Route 1 Cyclist Killed in Hit-and-Run in Beltsville
https://hyattsvillewire.com/2025/10/15/lisa-martin-obituary/
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Considering biking from Capitol Hill to the Fillmore in Downtown Silver Spring for a show. Crazy or nah? #bikeDC
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A pretty decent article with a pretty accurate headline. Curious what others think of it. #BikeDC https://apple.news/AdwlOlZUhQjeu3tFygrHbww
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"From July through September, the Office of Attorney General filed 12 additional lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers who collectively owe $619,632 in unpaid traffic citations."
DC's Attorney General, Brian Schwab, is doing great work helping to try and keep our streets safe.
And huge thanks to CM Allen for getting through STEER Act passed.
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Finally – 50 States
I have been wanting to do the WABA Fifty States ride forever. It’s a really cool concept – the route takes you on all fifty of the state-named streets in DC. But it’s always a Saturday in September, and since I have two children with birthdays in September, I’ve never been free when the ride happened. But that changed this year – Gremlin 2 was in Raleigh, NC, for two soccer games, and Gremlin 1 is kinda too old to care if her dad is home. Gremlin 2 as well, for that matter.
So I did the ride. I started with a group of friends and friends of friends. Well, actually I started by dropping Gremlin 2 off in Alexandria at 630AM to catch the team bus to North Carolina. But I started the ride with friends. However, it shortly became clear that the pace they were going was not going to get me home in time to take Gremlin 1 to her soccer game, so I had to forge ahead on my own.
Quick plug for the turn-by-turn routing on my Wahoo (link is to one version newer than mine but whatever) – the ride is not marked like many are, and the roads are not closed, so you need to know where you are going. My Wahoo sent me on ONE wrong turn, and I followed the rider ahead of me on one other, but that was it.
It’s interesting to do a ride in the city. The organized rides I’ve done previously are out in much more rural areas, and there are not many cars. There are markers spray painted at turns. This ride is NOT that. We had to navigate around drivers, pedestrians, and other cyclists, not to mention they adjusted the route to avoid the H Street Festival road closures. It’s a very different vibe, and it attracts a different type of cyclist.
I highly recommend you do the ride if you think you’re able. It’s challenging – almost 60 miles plus 3,000 feet of climbing (and a good chunk of it in the last third of the ride, stupid upper Northwest and its leafy avenues). But you don’t have to do it FAST (unless you have a soccer conflict). The ride marshalls are pretty good if you aren’t comfortable on your own, or find some friends and let them take care of you.
Also, it’s better to have more time so you can celebrate with the other finishers at Metrobar. I had to leave so I could shower and take a quick nap before soccer.
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[edit: already found an interested person, go Mastodon!] hey #bikeDC, anyone interested in buying a bike lane uprising reflective windbreaker for local pickup (at cost, but no $9 shipping) to save me returning one? i didn't know my mom pre-ordered one for me and i ended up with 2.
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Yo, fellow drivers- I don't care if the bicyclists are being over cautious to the point of being infuriating. They have right of way when I am making a right across a bike lane and I fully intend to let them have it. You laying on your horn is likely what bullied them all into thinking ceding their right of way is what they should be doing.
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CaBi prices going up next year: https://capitalbikeshare.com/blog/2025priceupdate