More people are biking to Metro stations to start or end their trips, but some are leaving their wheels behind, according to the transit agency,
The agency said bike parking use is up 3 percent compared with last year following a “census” at its stations.
But with the census, the agency also found more than two dozen bikes that appear to be abandoned. It has created an online catalog of photographs of the forgotten bikes.
So now is the time to claim your bike. To make space for these new cyclists and to discourage theft, Metro police soon will begin a process to tag and remove the abandoned bicycles, as they have done in the past. Owners will have 10 days to remove the bike once it is tagged.
The transit agency has been expanding the number of bike racks at stations. It now has about 4,000 bike parking spots systemwide with bike parking available at all stations but the Arlington Cemetery stop. The system also introduced a bike cage at the College Park station in May where more than 100 bikes can be parked.
