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DC’s bike-sharing system will be identical to Barcelona’s (pictured).

BeyondDC is based in Ballston. When we want to go anywhere else on the Orange Line in Arlington we’re faced with a dilemma. It’s a little far to walk, but not always worth taking the Metro, especially on the weekend when trains are less frequent. There are surface buses we can hop, but they’re also less frequent on the weekend. For the most part we only use them if one happens to pass by while we’re walking. Driving would be ridiculous, even if we had a car.

The answer to our problem, of course, is a bicycle. Bikes may not guide land use or create TODs the way trains do, but once urbanity is in place they’re an essential piece of the transportation network – the best way by far to make medium-length trips.

With scores of healthy urban neighborhoods in need of connections, an expanding trail infrastructure, a fresh accolade as a top biking destination, and with America’s first bike-sharing programs primed to launch in Washington and Arlington, our region is on the cusp of a major revolution in biking-as-transportation.

To celebrate, and to provide an opportunity for first-timers to get in on the action, local governments and bike proponents around the region are hosting a score of Bike To Work Day events on Friday, May 16. If you register by May 9 you get access to more than the free breakfast and entertainment promised to all stoppers-by.

This is a good chance to send the message to political leaders that biking can be a serious mode of travel for large numbers of people. If you’re able, we encourage you to take part.

May 7th, 2008 | Permalink
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