“Dear PoPville,
On 8/24 at 4 pm, I was doored by a parked Zipcar user while riding west on R just before 20th St. near Dupont, breaking my clavicle and generally making life terrible. I know it was a while ago, but did anyone witness it?”
Witnesses can DM OP here.
“Dear PoPville,
The DC Bike Ride this past weekend was supposed to go around Hains Point, but it didn’t- making the 20 mile ride 16. Does anyone have any idea why this happened? People paid a lot of money for this ride and cutting it short by 20% with no notice doesn’t sit right with me.”
Maybe there was flooding around Hains Point that closed the roads?
Thanks to Greg for sending: “The new bridge and repaved zoo trail look so close! Anyone know when they are scheduled to finally open?”
The National Park Service says (on Sunday): (more…)
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
My spouse was attacked at the corner of I street SE and New Jersey Ave SE by whole foods yesterday (Thurs.) afternoon. He was riding his bike and the driver hit him in the face with a metal water bottle that she threw at him, then reversed into him and tried to run him over before leaving. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Thought I’d give a heads up to residents living in the Adams Morgan area that bike thefts have been happening.
From what we could figure out, someone climbed over the locked back gate with a busted up wooden ladder at around 4am on Friday, August 12th. The individual used the ladder to climb up and onto our balcony, stole my mounted bicycle, climbed back down the ladder and left leaving behind some rope and this ladder at the scene. Which absolutely creeps me out because this was definitely premeditated. (more…)
Exciting bike news shared by ANC Rep Alex Lopez:
“After years of planning and community engagement, DDOT finally issued its NOI to install protected bike lanes on 9th St NW between Florida Ave NW and Pennsylvania Ave NW.
Take a look at the NOI: NOI 22-224-PSD 9th St NW
And the plans: 9th-St-NW-CycleTrack_07-22-22“
“Dear PoPville,
I was having a hard time figuring out how to bike TO the new Wegmans. Going via the Wisconsin Ave. garage entrance didn’t feel right, it’s all about cars there. Wegmans wrote me today with photos and explained how to bike around to other side. Thought this might be cool info for your biking readers. Here is their email to me today with photos.” (more…)
Thanks to Alicia for sending:
“FYI, this is going to be inconvenient for a bit. Just posted by the MBT stairs to the metro.”
‘MBT Nightly Closure 11pm-7am Monday through Friday (8/12)’
“Dear PoPville,
Have you seen DC’s bicycle awareness specialty license plate? Aside from what looks like a blood covered bicyclist and clip art design, the word taxation is misspelled.”
From DC DMV’s website:
“DC DMV now offers Bicycle Awareness tags to enhance motorists’ awareness of bicycles. (more…)
via google maps
From MPD:
“Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Major Crash Investigations Unit are investigating a traffic fatality involving a bicyclist that occurred on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the intersection of 21st Street and I Street, Northwest.
The preliminary investigation revealed, at approximately 8:09 am, a driver operating a Mack truck was traveling southbound in the 900 block of 21st Street, NW, which is a one-way travel lane. A bicyclist was also traveling southbound in the same block and on the right side of the Mack truck. (more…)