Morning Commute – 12/26

The Morning Commute is an occasional look at meetings or other #BikeSpecific discussions and stories happening in the District. It also looks at interesting bike ideas or concepts from other places across the globe that could possibly work here. Again, this isn’t journalism, just fun.

Today’s commute includes:

  • What #bikedc good have we done this year?
  • What’s the role of E-Scooters in planning?
  • Uber to expand it’s market

Taking Stock Of Traffic Safety Efforts Across The Region. Jordan Pascale takes a look at the successes, failures, and missed opportunities regarding the region’s efforts to make our streets, roads, and sidewalks safer. WAMU

The Role Of E-Scooters in Urban Planning. Maybe, we should build roads that make it easy for people to get from point A to point B with scooters in mind. Scooters are not there yet, but they are becoming a true contributor to urban mobility. Leoweekly

Montgomery County leaders and residents talk road safety, pedestrian and bicyclist deaths at town hall WTOP

D.C.’s cheap on-street residential parking belies its ‘progressive’ government. The more we make parking easy and inexpensive, the harder it will be to reach ‘progressive’ objectives like ‘#VisionZero Washington Times

Top 10 U.S. Cities for Biking in 2020. According to Redfin, the District ranks 9th in the nation for biking.

Scores are based on several factors including access to bike lanes and hilliness. Cities where daily errands can be accomplished by bike score 90 points and above, cities where biking is convenient for most trips score 70 to 89 points and cities with some bike infrastructure score 50-69 points. Redfin

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