D.C. Bicycle Advisory Council

This very short section of the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) is expected to be completed some time in July or August according to the Monroe Street Market twitter page and TheWashCycle , respectively. “ @MBTinDC : @MonroeStMarket Is this section of the #metbranchtrail set to open in July or later?” - Expectation is in July. — Monroe Street Market (@MonroeStMarket) June 26, 2013 The approximately 0.1 mile section runs roughly parallel to the Brookland CUA metrorail station and the new Monroe Street Market development beginning at 8th and Monroe to a slip lane that runs beneath the Michigan Avenue NE. Section of MBT @ Monroe Street Market - June 27. A photo by Ranpuba on the @DCBAC Flickr Page This Section of the MBT in April 2013. A photo by Ranpuba on the @DCBAC Flickr Page This section of the trail connects the 8th Street NE sharrow with the trail/sharrow portion of the MBT that runs along John McCormick Avenue NE, next to Catholic University of America.  ...

Below are images of the installation of a new traffic signal near the 5200 block of North Capitol Street as it crosses Hamilton Street. The signal will allow bicyclists to use Hamilton Street eastbound and Gallatin Street westbound instead of using Gallatin as a bi-directional bicycle sharrow on a one-way vehicular street. The installation of the traffic signal will also allow pedestrians, bicyclists and cars to cross North Capitol street, which can be difficult due to heavy traffic in the blocks between Missouri Avenue and Gallatin Street and the relatively high rate of vehicle speed during off-peek travel hours.

Below are the before and after pictures from the trail clean up event that happened the morning of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, January 16, 2012. The before pictures were taken on January 10, 2012. Co-sponsored by the Student Conservation Association , DDOT , and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy , students and volunteers worked together to clear invasive species, mulch newly planted trees, clear and brush the foot path that runs parallel to the main paved trail, and conduct trash pick-up and removal.  dcbac , a set on Flickr.

2011 DC Tweed Ride , a group on Flickr. On a great fall day, Dandies and Quaintrelles hosted its annual Tweed Ride around the District, Sunday, November 13, 2011. Events like this show how excited people are about bicycling for fun and points to the future biking has in the District. If you took pictures, Dandies and Quaintrelles asks that you post them on their Flickr page .