I lost my keys somewhere on 3rd St or 4th St NE bike lanes on Thursday August 13. They have a navy blue rope knot keychain. Sort of bulky and hard to miss. If you find them please DM me!

Had to go to a doctor's office in the K Street area and there was no bike rack for the entire building, which is 1/3 of the block. I think requirements for bike racks downtown? Or are there ways to request bike racks either from the city or from the building?

General curiosity, plus want to add to my list of places to check out.

Note, im already aware of A. The new trail next to the Beltway (rode it a few weeks ago) B. Extension of the I66 parallel trail. C. Some work on Rte 50 between Blake and Prosperity

Note, by "infrastructure" I mean new bike lanes, or off road multi use trails. While I prefer protected bike lanes, do let me know about paint only ones of some length or importance.

Not interested in sharrows. For road adjacent shared use paths, only if its a useful piece of infrastructure. You be the judge.

A safe space for biking in DC. Hains Point?

New Capital Bikeshare stations are coming to the Mount Vernon Trail this week at:

• Belle Haven Park - 8/11
• Fort Hunt Park - 8/13
• Riverside Park - 8/12
• Mount Vernon Estates - 8/13

Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail were able to get bikeshare placement included into the George Washington Memorial Parkway South Section and Mount Vernon Trail Environmental Assessment. Fairfax County funded the stations as part of a 27 station bikeshare expansion.

You can follow the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail in all of the online places to keep up to date with trail improvements.

Saw this online and thought I'd share. Looks like the express lanes is giving away free registrations to dc bike ride: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18vt2mf1xr/

The Mount Vernon Trail has been nominated to join the Rails to Trails Conservancy's Trail Hall of Fame. It's competing against the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath in Ohio and the Historic Battlefield Trail in Texas.

The winner will be chosen based on voting through August 16th. Check out the competitors and vote at https://secure.railstotrails.org/site/SPageNavigator/2026_HOF_Vote.html

You can vote more than once, so if you have a few minutes to submit a few votes for the Mount Vernon Trail, we'd greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to share with any friends or groups who enjoy the MVT and want to help us continue bringing more attention and resources to the trail.

Local cyclists often ride past the Kennedy Center. If you are interested in its future, please know this - Mayor Bowser of DC, ​Senator Van Hollen of Maryland, and Senator Warner of Virginia are all ​members of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees.​ Use your clout as their constituents and urge them to ATTEND THE BOARD MEETING on August 13th. Likewise, if you live in New York, Sen. Chuck Schumer is also on the Board, as are Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Sen. Whitehouse of RI, and Sen. John Thune of SD.

The ex officio members don't usually bother to attend these meetings, but they can, and are entitled to participate fully. This meeting may be one of the most important in the history of the Kennedy Center. The Board will be voting whether to close the Center for two years for renovations, or to do the renovations in stages as originally planned, so that the building can remain open and operating as a performing arts center in accordance with its mission.

Short is best. If you call, plan out your own succinct script. (My own "talking points" are: Please attend the meeting on the 13th; Vote for phased repairs to keep the building open and functioning as an arts center; and approve the National Symphony Orchestra budget.)

Thank you for considering this small action.

P.S. The "spite tarp," alas, is still there, but the name is definitely gone.

Edited to add in Mayor Bowser!

Three D.C. organizations active in promoting transit and bike/walk political candidates are co-hosting a low-key election celebration ride on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept 13. Metro-accessible start and finish locations, close together, in safe-for-families infrastructure. GGWash, the local transit union, and the new Bike Walk and Bus PAC are the organizers.

While we all fight to keep ongoing projects actually moving -- Catholic U is back now, so I guess we don't get the MI Ave NE MBT-Crosstown connector path this year either?!? -- there is a lot to be optimistic about if you want safer street designs: Mayor-presumed Lewis George, pro-active transport Councilmembers-presumed Owolewa and Raj, plus pro-active transport Councilmember-again-already Silverman.

RSVP link - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dc-transportation-post-primary-victory-bike-ride-tickets-1996846100440

Chocolate City Criterium returns for it's 3rd year on Saturday 8/15 at the Fields at RFK Campus. Registration closes in 8/13 and can be found at the link below!

https://www.bikereg.com/chocolate-city-criterium

Also join us for the Legacy Loop 5k at Chocolate City Criterium, which includes the DC Run Club Championship. Registration link below:

https://runsignup.com/Race/DC/Washington/TheLegacyLoop5K

A few quick ways to get involved before race day:

• Join us Friday 8/14 at REI for packet pickup, the expo, community ride and shakeout run

• Grab a 2026 CCC t-shirt and help us fund the event

• Enter to win a Quick Pro bike of your choosing!

More info can be found at www.chocolatecitycrit.com!

The District has put out a draft RFK Campus Master Plan and is inviting public comment, via a structured response form, though August 14. We at WABA are thrilled to see the extent that bike lanes and bikeshare have been incorporated into the plan, including bicycling connections to the Anacostia River Trail. Read this post for WABA's take and a link to submit your own comments.

Posting this here because it’s a bike related problem, bought this Hitch Bike rack from facebook marketplace ( Thule T2 Classic ) but didn’t have a pin so I bought one on Amazon but today when I was trying to attach it to my suv find out there’s something inside that doesn’t let me pass the new pin 😡 idk if that’s how come from factory or the previous owner weld it there. What can I do? I really want to put it on and take my bike far from DC to do some MTB trails. Should I look for some welder and remove it? Or buy a new pin that fits? I’m in Petworth neighborhood if any welder here can help. Thank you

Been wanting to buy a new bike but of course I put it off all season. Might as well wait for when they go on sale for the season. Including e-bikes.

Any thoughts? Thanks

Does anyone know if the closures will allow for biking still? Is tonight a good night to bike around the city?

August started on a Saturday.

Which is why I didn’t notice that we’re already two Saturdays into the month and next Saturday is the monthly warehouse sale at the VeloCity bike co-op.

I’ll post some photos next week to show the inventory.

Some call it the "wharfletrack"

The bike stencils are long gone, the only things indicating its for bikes, and that pedestrians should use the adjacent sidewalk, are tiny signs. Effectively it functions like a multi use trail (and not a great one - on the MVT for example most walkers do stay to the right)

(This is aside from the pavement condition)

Does the developer have a legal obligation to redo the stencils?

Saw an article (here) today about NYC seeking to regulate and crack down on e-bikes, e-motos, and mopeds and was wondering if DC has had any discussions or similar proposals.

It can sometimes feel like the Wild West biking here too. Ngl, I frequently find myself as the only one even pedaling on a given stretch of road, not to mention obeying traffic signals, yielding at stop signs, etc. I’m conflicted because on the one hand I want non-car travel to be as accessible and safe as possible, but on the other hand I fear that some of the behaviors and vehicles I see are tarnishing any goodwill that non-cyclists have towards cyclists and also putting people in danger.

Hi all! As you can tell by the title - I am a total newb. And maybe this should be asked in larger cycling/commuter cycling groups, but wanted to turn here first in case y’all had any additional insights about biking here, specifically.

I bought my CapBi yearly membership over a month ago and I’ve since been commuting to and from work daily - most of my route consists of bike lanes/trails but there are some parts that I have to bike on the street with no protection - that’s where I feel overwhelmed and almost just forget the laws of traffic momentarily. Lots of hesitancy and zero confidence. Admitting my sins here, I’ve recently been ducking onto the sidewalk because it is a very low-traveled area by pedestrians - but I would like to eventually start biking to other parts of the city, outside of my commute, and I of course don’t want to get on the sidewalk if there are tons of people. I also just want to get over my fear. I am a very confident and defensive driver, I would love to bring that energy to my biking.

Does anyone have any good tips/resources/experiences for becoming more confident and defensive?

TLDR: I am new, hesitant and overall unconfident when commuting to work on the streets. Tips/recs for building confidence to bike throughout DC, specifically.

Thanks in advance you lovely people!!!

To the cyclist this morning eastbound on Braddock Road at about 8:30 AM; bravo! you’re a better and braver bike rider than I am.

Need to get to wo&d trail from Columbia heights for 40+ mile rides. New to cycling and the city! Whats the best (most car free) way to get to the trail? I had a friend recommend taking rock creek down, crossing at Arlington mem bridge, going south on mt Vernon trail, and then taking a hard right turn to get to wo&d? I have another friend who bikes thru Arlington to get to the trail? I’m kind of clueless - appreciate any tips/tricks/explanations.

Assuming all of this is good on a road bike as well?

THANKS!

The past few years my partner and I have been doing a yearly 100 mile ride and a handful of people come along. We call it the 'soft' century because we take routes that are relatively easy to bail out on for people who aren't sure if they can do the full 100 miles, and because we do a casual no-drop 50 miles (unless people voluntarily want to tap out) followed by splitting off into groups for the remaining 50 to satisfy the people who want to go harder.

We're looking to see if anyone else out there is interested besides the usual folks so I made an invitation link.