On April 13, Trolley Pub Arlington will begin operating a bicycle bar. In case anyone wonders how much one of these 17-seat bikes costs, or wants to buy one for their own use, here’s the manufacturer.

It’s $40, 000, by the way.

From the ‘did you ever wonder’ file, the inside of a Capital Bikeshare fob. Mine was black because I was one of the original members; newer fobs are red.

The inside of a Capital Bikeshare redistribution van:

In case you missed the news, four new bikeshare stations were installed in Rosslyn over the weekend. More in both DC and Arlington coming later this year.

Did you ever wonder what the floor of a Metro train looks like underneath the carpet? Yesterday’s commute provided me with the answer:

Ever wonder what’s inside a Metro sign pole? Now’s your chance to find out. For some reason, the black covering that’s normally around the sign for the south entrance to Dupont Circle station has been removed, leaving this:

I’m back from Montreal and will post about the trip as soon as possible, with photos to follow once I’ve had a chance to organize and cull the thousand or so that I took. Since I’m swamped getting back in to the normal grind today, take a look at this hauntingly beautiful image – the first ever taken of a human being. The photo is a Daguerreotype of Paris’ Boulevard du Temple, taken in 1838. It actually shows what would have been a busy street packed with traffic, but the 10 minute-long exposure didn’t capture anything that moved. The person (in the lower left) getting his shoes shined stood still long enough to be imaged.

Click the image for a high-res version.