Cards on the table: I am a dedicated bicyclist. Since I blew out my knee, elbow and shoulder joints playing squash a decade ago, biking has become my sport of choice. I frequent Rock Creek Park trails in the early mornings and on weekends. I have done a few century rides in my day. I have been tossed off my bike by a pit bull, cut off by pickup trucks, dropped on hills by women with legs that were all coiled muscle.
So it was with great elation that I read news that Mayor Adrian Fenty wants to line major downtown thoroughfares with dedicated bicycle lanes. In the plan announced last week, bikers like myself would be able to cross center city safely on Pennsylvania Avenue, L Street, I Street. They could get through town heading north or south on 15th Street and Ninth Street.
