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Watch this space for the latest news headlines about bicycling in Arlington and the region, and for cycling-related events.

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  • Rent-A-Bike
    Arlington's Paul DeMaio is interviewed on Fox News about bike sharing (video).
    June 27, 2008, Fox News
     
  • Experts Urge Motorists and Cyclists to Share the Road
    "There's long been the misconception that bikes aren't supposed to be out on the road, and I think that's the biggest issue."
    By Kelly Hannon, June 29, 2008, Free Lance-Star
     
  • D.C. to Build Secure Bike Lot Next to Union Station
    The D.C. government is building a new kind of parking garage. This one's not for cars, though -- it's for bicycles.
    June 27, 2008, WTOP
     
  • Confident City Cycling Class This Saturday (& Free!)
    This Saturday, June 28, BikeArlington and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) are hosting our Confident City Cycling Class. To be a confident city cyclist, there are many things you need to know. Here are the topics which will be discussed in this FREE class:
    By Paul DeMaio, June 26, 2008; CommuterPageBlog
     
  • WABA to Provide July 4 Bike Valet
    Forget fighting for parking, traffic jams, and crowded metros at the 2008 Independence Day Celebration!
    June 26, 2008, WABA
     
  • Cities Take Bike-Transit Plans for a Spin
    Led by Washington, D.C., several cities across the U.S. are launching or considering public bike-rental programs to give residents and tourists an alternative to $4 gas, pollution and congestion.
    By Charisse Jones, June 26, 2008, USA Today
     
  • C&O Canal Hikers, Bikers Ask: 'What Smells?'
    Some say the waterway is getting stinky as temperatures rise this summer.
    Chris Gordon Reports, June 23, 2008, nbc4.com
     
  • Bike-Sharing Services Roll into the U.S.
    City commuters weary of stuffy journeys aboard buses and subways now have a better way to get to work, buy groceries and meet for a Saturday matinee. The bike-sharing programs that have transformed Europeans into two-wheeled travelers are now en route to the U.S.
    By Hannah Hoag, MSNBC, April 6, 2008
     
  • Will The High Price Of Oil Help Make 2008 The Year Of The Bicycle?
    Bicycling's best year since the start of the auto age? That's the argument likely to be made this week as hundreds of cyclists from across the nation gather in Washington for the National Bike Summit sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists. A crescendo of trends and developments makes the case.
    by Niel Pierce, Washington Post Writers Group; March 2, 2008
     
  • GW Parkway Project at Humpback Bridge Starts
    The Federal Highway Administration, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS) will soon begin a road construction project to improve motorist and trail use safety on the Boundary Channel Humpback Bridge. "Humpback Bridge" is located on the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) just north of Interstate 395 and immediately south of the Columbia Island Marina. Work is expected to begin in early January 2008. Traffic delays are expected. During the three-year improvement project, both northbound and southbound lanes of the Parkway will experience construction at nonrush hour times. The Federal Highway Administration and the National Park Service urge motorists to seek alternative routes to avoid delays uring non-rush hour periods.

    The project will include replacing the historic "Humpback Bridge" using similar materials and configuration of the existing bridge, adding a new acceleration lane for northbound traffic from the I-395 on-ramp, and a separate wider path for users of the Mount Vernon rail. The grade of the road will be adjusted to improve sight
    distance over the bridge. A pedestrian crosswalk will be replaced with a tunnel under the parkway for safe access between the Columbia Island Marina and the Mount Vernon Trail and Potomac shoreline. A barrier will be placed along the "Humpback Bridge" to separate users of the Mount Vernon Trail from Parkway traffic. Additional safety improvements include closing the northbound vehicle entrance into the Columbia Island Marina and Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove parking areas. The project, when completed, is also expected to improve traffic flow.
    by National Park Service; January 4, 2008
     

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