It’s not your imagination: commuting is bad for your health. Kimberly Mas explains.
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“Your Commute is Slowly Killing You,” Eric Jaffe, CityLab
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Friday, May 18, 2012 is Bike to Work Day in Metropolitan Washington DC. 11,000 bike riders will hit the streets during rush hour, and motorists can observe the day by not running them over. Even though it’s “casual Friday,” bikers are urged to refrain from wearing Spandex to the office.
May is National Bike Month in the USA.
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Today is International Bus Driver Appreciation Day but there’s no holiday website and the bus drivers’ union doesn’t mention it. The holiday is the idea of Seattle bus rider Hans Gerwitz. Why March 18th? On that date in 1662, city buses premiered in Paris (for the record: they flopped).
May 20, 2011 is Bike to Work Day in the Nation’s Capital.
“Bike To Work Day demonstrates the many transportation benefits of bicycling,” US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, The Fast Lane blog.
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Free Cars in DC? Of all the environmentally irresponsible, wasteful, profligate actions, at a time when so many people can’t even afford the gas to . . . .
Oh. Wait.
It’s Car Free Day in Metro DC. September 22, 2010. Everyone is biking, walking, skating, taking Metro rail and bus, and riding the Circulator. Skateboards? Scooters? That’s the spirit. Details here.
Sounds like a good time to join Capital Bikeshare.
And take the Car Free Pledge — it’s just for one day. Free poster from Commuter Connections.
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Capital Bikeshare began rolling out its fleet of red rental bicycles Monday in Washington DC and Arlington Virginia. By late October 1,100 cycles will be available at 114 bike stations across DC and Arlington (see the full map here). The annual membership rate is $50 (reduced from $75) and rides 30 minutes or less are free (see the rates here).
While the program is aimed at serving daily commuters, there are daily rates for tourists.
The $4 million project, chiefly funded through federal grants, takes advantage of DC’s new bike lanes and bike signals and connects with Metro stations and Circulator bus routes. Alta Bicycle Share operates the system.
DC radio veteran Steve Eldridge passed away last weekend, reports Dave Hughes at DCRTV.The radio veteran was 52, and succumbed to cancer. If you live in the Washington area, Steve Eldridge was a familiar, cheerful voice on your car radio, reporting transportation news for Metro Networks and WTOP.
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