Morning Commute – 2/26

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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, scooter, or urban related 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:

  • Building a new community with fewer cars
  • WMATA has issues building bike parking

In a new Dutch community, three families will have access to one car. One of the more basic issues of modern life in the United States is the belief that every family, and sometimes every person in a family, should have their own car. In a significant change, a new Dutch community in the city of Utrecht will focus on building an even stronger commitment to bicycling by allowing families to share cars.

According to the article, Merwede will be home to 12,000 people over nearly 60-acres with a focus on moving people through walking, cycling, and use of public transportation to connect to all parts of the Netherlands. A fleet of shared cars and bicycles will be available to everyone living there. Instead of one (or multiple) cars per household, filling the streets with congestion and parking spaces. Fast company

When will there finally be a multi-micro mobility app for all? Bandera County Courier

Why can’t we have nice things? As periodically mentioned by @UnsuckDCmetro, why has Metrorail spent $3.8 million to build unfinished bike parking at its East Falls Church and Vienna Metro Stations? No one really knows. As WJLA naturally belittles investments in alternative modes they report that the bike parking station is a bike rack, which isn’t completely accurate. Still, with nearly $4 million spent on an unfinished state of-the-art bike parking faciliy, this is a lot WJLA

D.C.-based electric bike startup Riide is launching its new generation of bike — Riide 2. Washington Business Journal

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