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Our DC Trail Ranger Operations Manager writes to the Washington Post this morning about the region’s failure to keep trails, sidewalks, and bike lanes safe after snowfall.

We’d like to recap Montgomery County activities over the past few months and highlight a few up-coming opportunities we’re pursuing.

It’s too nice out.

And also a confession.

The real risk of riding in winter weather.

After 20 years, the Arboretum Bridge and Trail Project is finally nearing construction, but there are a few final steps where your voice can help show how valued this connection will be. DDOT and the National Park Service (NPS) worked together on the project and seek community stakeholders’s feedback on the final design. Show your support for this important project by January 12th.

While the safe streets campaigns have had a global uptake in the past ten years, the efforts can be traced back to the 1920s in America when automobiles were popularized in America In the 1950s and 1960s, concerned mothers became particularly interested in the cause on behalf of their children.

Ever feel like you’re winning a video game?

A civilized way to move through a series of vibrant human spaces.

Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel is so excited to begin her new DC Organizer role at WABA with a bang. After biking around DC for almost four years, she’s fallen in love with the district and her little biking community, and is excited to make Washington DC a better place to get around and exist for everyone. […]

Montgomery County’s state roads are unsafe. WABA’s Complete State Roads initiative will focus and accelerate work to fix them.

Youth. Community. Empowerment. Since 2012, Gearin’ Up Bikes has been on a mission to create bicycle-mechanic training for youth from under-served communities in Washington, DC, simultaneously offering career development opportunities and providing access to quality, affordable, used bicycles for those in need. To all of you in the wider bicycling community who have lent their […]

A supporter is matching your gifts to WABA x Gearin’ Up up to $50,000, so we can get it off the ground again in 2024.

A civilized way to move through a series of vibrant human spaces.

Finding cool bike content in a post-twitter digital universe.

Calling all transportation wonks and amateurs! Test your knowledge of all-things transportation with the following quiz!

Just like bike lanes join up one by one to build a network, advocates win safer streets meeting by meeting, petition by petition, call by call.

WABA’s members are making it easier than ever to access the breezy, everyday joy of getting around our region by bike.

Members of the District of Columbia chapter of Families for Safe Streets installed signs at over 50 crash sites across all eight Wards memorializing fatal crashes.

As we await word from DDOT on the status of the Connecticut Ave Protected Bike Lane, we will be hosting a postcard writing party for World Day of Remembrance!

a lot of words about bike lights.

Join us on Nov 19 for the Ride for Your Life ’23 to commemorate World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Join us on Saturday (11/18) to visit the recently installed “Centuries” exhibit by artist Nekisha Durrett. Durrett’s exhibit focuses on celebrating Black women bicyclists, drawing from stories of five Black women, who gathered in 1928 to cycle for three days, from New York City to Washington, DC.

We are thrilled to announce the hiring of four youth advocates from Prince George’s County, to participate in WABA’s first ever Vision Zero Youth Leadership Institute!  A link to the PDF, student designed newsletter can be found here.  Throughout the institute, the four hired youth leaders will learn about transportation issues in Prince George’s County, […]

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is seeking a committed and dedicated individual to be our bookkeeper!

Photos from ride prep.

October is Pedestrian Safety Month. We want to thank the folks who joined us on a lovely fall Sunday stroll through Mt. Vernon Square to discuss pedestrian safety and street design while getting to know one another.  

Basically: endorphins and adrenaline.

Hello! My name is Michelle Shin, and I have joined WABA as the new Vision Zero Coalition Manager. While my background has primarily been in federal and commercial consulting, I am excited to tie this generalist mindset with a truly mission-focused, impact-oriented organization. My journey as an urban bicyclist started after studying abroad and living […]

If you know me, you know that I’m dedicated to making Montgomery County a great place to bike. That means new trails and protected bike lanes and safer streets for all. It means building community, organizing rides, engaging county and state officials, and organizing campaigns. Emphasize the community part. Working together is a must, and […]