Washington, D.C. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! AdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==== Cycling ==== [[File:Capital Bikeshare DC 2010 10 545.JPG|thumb|A [[Capital Bikeshare]] rental station near [[McPherson Square]]]] In May 2022, the city celebrated the expansion of its [[Cycling infrastructure|bike lane network]] to {{convert|104|mi}}, a 60 percent increase from 2015. Of those miles, {{convert|24|mi}} were [[protected bike lane]]s. It also boasted {{convert|62|mi}} of [[bike trail]]s.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Mayor Bowser and DDOT Celebrate 100 Miles of DC Bike Lanes on Bike to Work Day |url=https://ddot.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-and-ddot-celebrate-100-miles-dc-bike-lanes-bike-work-day |publisher=[[District Department of Transportation]] |date=May 20, 2022 |access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref> {{As of|2023|March}}, the city has {{convert|108|mi}} of bike lanes, with {{convert|30|mi}} of them protected bike lanes.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Capital Bikeshare Getting 700 New E-Bikes; Bowser Celebrates Completion of 9th Street Bikeway |work=[[DCist]] |date=March 20, 2023 |url=https://dcist.com/story/23/03/20/capital-bikeshare-getting-700-new-e-bikes-bowser-celebrates-completion-of-9th-street-bikeway/ |access-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321002101/https://dcist.com/story/23/03/20/capital-bikeshare-getting-700-new-e-bikes-bowser-celebrates-completion-of-9th-street-bikeway/ |url-status=live }}</ref> D.C. is part of the regional [[Capital Bikeshare]] program. Started in 2010, it is one of the largest [[bicycle sharing system]]s in the country. {{As of|2024|February}}, the program had 6,372 bicycles and 395 stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbsc.com/cities/washington-dc-bike-share|title=Washington DC Bike Share Program|website=PBSC Urban Solutions|language=en-US|access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> A preceding [[SmartBike DC]] pilot program had begun in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/12/sun_sets_on_smartbikes.html |title=Sun sets on SmartBikeDC |date=December 17, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Luke |last=Rosiak |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009121629/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/12/sun_sets_on_smartbikes.html |archive-date=October 9, 2012 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page