1. I just recently watched this from May 5th because my tivo is a little backed up. Well known bicycle enthusiast Rep. Earl Blumenauer was on the Colbert Report and he placed his bike in the background of the shot. In the photo at the left, Colbert sports a bicycle lapel pin.
2. I can tell from the comments posted here that some of you know your way around Lexus and Westlaw better than me. So when can DC count on a site like this?
3. Mainstream media coverage of the planning board's recommendation on the Met Branch Trail.
‘If it’s only about the money, then you’ve got to fight for the money,” [Commissioner Meredith K. Wellington] said.
4. Bicycling magazine gave out bikes in Baltimore as part of bike town. As a Bike Town alumnus myself (I got a free bike last year in DC) I think it's a great program. I saw two people at BTWD on their bikes from last year.
Courtney Matthews, a Bicycling spokeswoman, said the magazine has kept
in touch with past recipients of free two-wheelers and 86 percent
respond they are happier three months after they started riding again.
5. The Post had a good run down of Montgomery County bicycling.
Other projects include the Matthew Henson Trail, which would run
through Aspen Hill, past Connecticut Avenue and Georgia Avenue, all the
way past Layhill Road. The North Bethesda Trolley Trail, which runs
along the old trolley tracks between Old Georgetown Road and Rockville
Pike, is to be extended north to the Twinbrook Metro stop and south to
the National Institutes of Health campus.
6. Another "Gas gets people out of their cars" story.
"People are starting to look for fundamentally different ways to
travel," said Bill Wilkinson, executive director of the National Center
for Bicycling and Walking in Bethesda, Md. The soaring price of fuel
"prompts people to really think about where they live and how they get
around."
7. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors endorsed Transaction 2030.
On the top of the list are transit projects and pedestrian and bike
travel. An estimated $16.6 billion would be needed over the next 25
years to fund the projects.
The plan features more Metrorail
stations and light rail or rapid bus service in some high-traffic
corridors, including Route 7, Route 28 and Columbia Pike. It also
includes about 600 miles of new trails and an 8-percent increase in
highway capacity.
8. Bike to Work Day was a success in Baltimore and Washington.
Chapman brought along Terri Broemm, a nursing teacher at Harford Tech
who was riding to work for the first time and was nervous about the
limited space for cyclists on the shoulders of some commuter routes.
Although some noted that the crowd lacked diversity.
9. For those looking for a bike vacation, a new rail trail opens in West Virginia.
It's called the Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail-Trail, and Richwood city
officials believe the 16.5-mile path will cement their town's growing
reputation as a recreation destination.
10. Registration is open for the Indian Head 100 on Saturday, September 10, 2006.
Cycle through scenic and historic Southern
Maryland. Relax at a rest stop at the Mattawoman Creek Art Center. See bald
eagles and blue herons as you pedal through hundreds of acres of gently rolling
forested hills and tidal bottomlands to the panoramic vista of the Potomac
River at Riverside. Enjoy a rest stop high above the Port Tobacco River with a
spectacular view of the Potomac and Port Tobacco rivers.
U.S. Representative Rich Boucher from Southwestern Virginia and his long time girlfriend Amy Hauslohner, an editor of the Galax Gazette in Galax, Virginia tied the knot on an old railroad bridge that now makes up part of the Virginia Creeper Trail. 
