Spoke'n Word - July Comes to a Close

• Annual Pedestrian Death Rates by Age Group WSJ  (man that's good news)
• 360Tri will teach you how to fix your flat this weekend
• Apparently it is okay for Loudoun cops to harass cyclists on the WOD, but when Loudoun buses come to Arlington, they dont bother to respect our laws - like not planting their buses in bike lanes.
• Arlington Fair is next week and Bike Arlington will be there!
• The Next Arl BAC meeting is Wednesday August 7 (note the night change)
• Have you logged your National Bike Challenge miles?

I'd Like to Teach Coca Cola, Not to Park in the Bike Lanes! @arlingtonva #bikedc

I'd like to teach the world to sing 
in perfect harmony.  
A song of peace that echoes on 
and never goes away.

Well..... you could @$#@% start by NOT PARKING IN THE BIKE LANES!!

I'm just saying.

It's the real thing  
what the world wants today,  
That's the way it'll stay  
Dont Park in the Bike Lanes!

 

More on reported Stop Sign Enforcement action at National Airport @NPSGWMP

PP members recently reported a NPS Officer threatening cyclists that they need to come to a full stop at the stop-sign-for-nothing, at the southern end of National Airport, or be ticketed. According to the April minutes of the Arlington BAC, the NPS has plans to remove that old abandoned ramp, fix the pavement, and remove the stop-sign-for-nothing.

Old off ramp to DCA.  The NPS is working with the MWAA to remove the abandoned GWMP off ramp south of the Metro tracks (lower oval below).  They are considering replacing the pavement with some kind of pavers that would allow the exit to be restored in an emergency.  The modifications would take the trail crossing at that location out of the roadway, allowing for the removal of the stop signs on the trail at that location.

So, WHY, GWMP Park Service, did one of your officers harass cyclists recently about this stop sign when even you concede that it is pointless and should be removed? 

Why No @FedEx, the Bike Lane is NOT for parking @arlingtonva @bikearlington

Do us a favor FedEx.... please park someplace safer.  You know, some place where you are not bumping cyclist out into two lanes of city traffic at what is typically a pretty confused intersection.  Thanks!

Clarendon.

Spokes - Monday 29th

• Reports that NPS Police were enforcing a pointless stop sign on the MVT on the south end of the National Airport (the road that the MVT crosses is closed to car traffic).
• The Bike Arlington / WABA forum is back online after being offline all weekend.  Productivity among cyclists reportedly was immediately reduced by 42% when the forum came back online.
• Forbes: How to get cyclists to obey traffic signals
• Crime in Arlington decreases in 2012 - but boy did we have some bad things happen on the trails
• Oppose Rand Paul's anti-bike amendment, people for bikes
• What's the best bike lock? Gizmodo (old but I'm in the market)
• BeyondDC witnessed the rumored mythical enforcement of no parking in a bike lane in Arlington.

Because, well, this video is awesome.... that's why

As highlighted by our friends at @bikearlington 

404 - WABA BikeArlington Forum Not Found

To many cyclists lament, the local bike forum has evaporated into a 404 error.  According to the US Department of Labor, productivity amongst area cyclists just increased 42%.  But those of use who have a disdain for productivity and would rather yammer about the finer aspects of Crazy Ivans, Ninjas, the Intersection of Doom, and when the next Third Thursday happy hour might be, a solution awaits you.

There exists a Google+ Community dedicated to bikedc. You need only go, join, and see your productivity once again melt away as you pursue the slings and arrows of outrageous online banter.

PS:  Dont Prius drivers drive you crazy!