Bicyclists

A longtime D.C. bike advocate was struck and killed by the driver of a stolen van in Trinidad on Friday morning.

The D.C. area’s 2019 Bike to Work Day is just a month away. On May 17, thousands of riders are anticipated to pedal to work as part of the free, annual event—now in its nineteenth year.

Capital Bikeshare is temporarily sidelining its electric bikes after reports of an issue with forceful brakes.

The firm that operates the e-bikes is also pulling them from bike-share services in New York, San Francisco

Quads, hamstrings, glutes — remember those muscles, Capital Bikeshare users?

The prohibition on plastic straws drew most of the attention, but the new year also began with a more under-the-radar ban: biking with headphones.

D.C. is still a pioneer in bikesharing, but more must be done for it to be a part of families’ car-free transportation options

In 2016, the D.C. Council unanimously passed a law that reformed the city’s legal standard for who is at fault in crashes involving a car and a pedestrian or cyclist. Under the previous standard, known as “contributory negligence,” injured…

Passengers on Washington, DC's Metrorail will be allowed to bring bicycles on board trains during rush hour starting next week.

Starting Monday morning, Metrorail riders are going to have to make room for bicycles during rush hour.

Once upon a time (most of the 1980s and 1990s), one needed a special permit to bring a bike on a Metro train—and even then, only on weekends or holidays. Over the years, WMATA has slowly relaxed its restrictions, and now the transit agency…

WASHINGTON — Metrorail riders will now be allowed to bring bikes on trains at all times of day, rather than only outside of rush hour.

High profile pedestrian, bike, and scooter deaths highlighted a tough 2018 for safety as jurisdictions around the region continue efforts to end traffic fatalities.

Pedestrian deaths seems to be on the upswing this year, despite a promise from the District to make walking and bicycling in the city safer.

Last week, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) issued a comprehensive — and potentially controversial — action plan for improving traffic safety in the nation’s capital.

New plans call to double the number of railroad tracks over the Potomac River between DC and Arlington, and to build a new pedestrian/bicycle bridge between Southwest Washington and Crystal City.

WASHINGTON – The search is over for the driver of a sedan D.C. police say struck and killed a cyclist in downtown D.C. last month. Police arrested 20-year-old Phillip Peoples of Suitland, Maryland, on Friday and charged him with second…

Anders Pedersen, aka @DCSpokes, is the Batman of bike lanes. Pedersen and a slew of other District cyclists have taken it upon themselves to photograph, Tweet, report and talk to drivers who block bike lanes. It may seem like a small,…

Thomas Hollowell was a grandfather, a husband and a Smithsonian museum employee. And during the Thursday evening rush hour, his grandchildren, wife, co-workers, friends and strangers — more than 250 in all — rode their bikes from Farragut…