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The District Department of Transportation's Bikeshare Proposed Locations. Image via octo.dc.gov/dc/ddot.
The District Department of Transportation has released the preliminary map of bike share locations for the new Capital Bikeshare, set to open this fall with 1,100 bikes at 114 solar-powered stations.
The proposed station locations incorporated suggestions registered on DDOT’s crowdsourcing site – http://capital-bikeshare.appspot.com/ – where users can plot their desired station locations. Read the full story »
Clean air is a fundamental part of our quality of life, a part which has undoubtedly improved since the passage of the Clean Air Act. Especially during the summer, we are often …
Many of you likely found yourself in a familiar dilemma this morning when you opened your door to leave: Do you bike to work in the rain, and risk arriving wet and grimy? Or do …
A D.C. stage of Giro d’Italia 2012 is looking more and more likely these days.
Yesterday, D.C. proved its ability to host a large-scale pro cycling road race as cyclists took over Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capital …
This morning’s Board of Trade/Council of Governments task force meeting to gain public input on Metro governance and best practices was a disappointment, expressed many participants.
Here are some of the complaints that resonated among most of …
Do you have ideas about how to improve Metro? Now’s your chance to talk.
On Thursday, July 1, a joint task force run by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Greater Washington Board of …
Yesterday I attended “Biking, Walking, and Public Transport: Smart Mobility for the 21st Century” at the Goethe-Institut.
The event kicked off with a great hands-on demonstration of how to change a bike tire by Daniel Hoagland, D.C.’s …
If you see your bus driver texting – or dozing – what can you do? Or how about if you notice a train conductor talking on a cell phone?
These were some of the questions that …
Monika Kerdeman is the communications and finance coordinator for The Access Initiative (TAI), a global network that promotes access to information, participation, and justice in environmental decision-making. TAI is a project of the World Resources …
On June 15, EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport (the producer of this blog) hosted 50 D.C. city officials, planners, transport practitioners, technologists, social media mavens and urban advocates for a …
In 2005, with the launch of Vélo’v in Lyon, a global bikesharing movement began.
By 2007, Paris began a similar bike-share with 10,000 bikes, and quickly doubled that number due to high demand. That same year, Barcelona initiated its …