D.C. Bicycle Advisory Council

Photo: @Ranpuba The next District of Columbia Bicycle Advisory Committee is tomorrow evening Wednesday, May 4, 2016 , 6pm at 441 4th Street, NW on the 11th Floor (Room 1112). There are several projects accepting comments right now for the next few weeks. Below are links to each:

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will host a public meeting regarding the rehabilitation of the Klingle Valley Trail and its design elements Thursday, January 16, 2014.The meeting will be held at the Cleveland Park Public Library (First Floor Auditorium), 3310 Connecticut Avenue NW, 6:00p to 8:00p. with a presentation beginning at 6:30p. BAC encourages you to attend this meeting to learn more about how bicyclists and pedestrians will access a rarely visited park.

Our December Bicycle Advisory Council Facilities Committee (BAC-FAC) meeting will be Monday , December 2 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Shaw's Tavern , 520 Florida Avenue NW. The agenda includes discussion of fostering effective engagement with the National Park Service (NPS) and prioritizing projects which involve NPS property or an in District control but must adhere to certain NPS requirements. The National Park Service operates several large and small parks in and around the District. Some categorized the relationship between NPS and the region's bicyclists and pedestrians as cool at best and acrimonious at worst, with cyclists wanting expanded and safer access to NPS facilities and NPS being focusing on larger or high profile parks, preservation, and fiscal constraints.

Below are observations from Monday, October 7, "Get to the Park" BAC Facilities meeting from the BAC-FAC chair, Jeanie Osburn ( BAC-FAC@dcbac.org ): To Rock Creek District Department of Transportation staff person Mike Goodno and I rode around Columbia Heights last night looking for good routes from east-to-west and west-to-east to get to Rock Creek Park from the Park View section of the District. (This mid-city north, east-west corridor will likely be important as more bicyclists travel across town.)  By 5pm the rain had stopped, so the ride was dry.

On Saturday 6/23, the DC BAC Facilities Committee explored bike accessibility and connectivity to commercial areas along Georgia Avenue. Building walkable and bikeable communities is an important part of supporting local jobs - but to make it work, we need to make sure that people can get to commercial areas easily. Ride Attendees : Jeanie Osburn - Ward 5 BAC representative Randall Myers - At-large BAC representative Jameel Alsalam - Ward 4 BAC representative Nathan Picotte - Ward 4 resident Julianne Horn - Ward 4 resident On the ride, we visited : 1) 8th Street signed bike route 2) Walmart development site at Georgia and Missouri 3) Walter Reed development site 4) Crossing Rock Creek Park We want to send a special thanks to Coucilmember Muriel Bowser and staff members Judi Gold and Brandon Todd who joined us for the beginning of the ride. CM Bowser shared with us her priorities: expanding access to Capital Bikeshare in Ward 4, and ensuring that bicycling is an attractiv...