and I don't like Star Wars

Every year, when the weather is just warm enough to ditch the jacket and sweater for a few hours in the middle of the day, I get nostalgic for bicycling. I was never a competitive biker, or even particularly good at it, but I love it. It has been a few years since I lived in a bike-friendly city, but D.C. looks promising. This post was going to lament the lack of bike lanes in the city, but today the Post reported that L, I , additional bits of 15th and parts of Pennsylvania Ave. are getting them. This is a step in the right direction, although it was disheartening to read further that “the District has 45 miles of bike lanes on its 1,200 miles of streets.” Still, more is better, and although D.C. seems to have amazing trails extending out of the city, the increasing number inside is a reason for celebration. D.C. is not yet Portland, or even Chicago, and I can’t imagine why there are not more places to lock up your bike around the city. But, if there is an increase from 45 miles to 80 miles, then it is possible that one day D.C. will have 500, or even 1,200 miles of bike lanes.