low ridership
Sun Mar 27 18:44:12 EDT 2016
YearMonth#
2015May½
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov3
Dec4
2016Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
A question from aome prompted me to check how much I've taken Metro to work this winter. (You can get the usage history for your farecard on the WMATA.com site.)
This doesn't mean I biked all the other days. Some days I worked from home. Some days Federal offices were closed for the weather (or a Papal visit, etc). Some weeks I had enough hours that some work days were too short to be worth going in. And there were holidays and vacation days.
But 8 Metro commutes in 11 months - since I got the new bike - means I'm biking almost all the time.
That half-trip in May was not for work. That was from home to Union Station going to NYC to pick up the new bike. ☺ I rode the bike home from Union Station, so the Metro didn't get a round trip.
Monday 23:43
The White-House Easter Egg Roll was this morning, and there were lots of kids (and parents) headed home during my commute.
There was a shooting at the US Capitol Visitor Center this afternoon; a visitor "drew a weapon inside a security checkpoint". We had a series of agency emails directing us to stay away from the Capitol but not giving any specifics.
We've also had notices since last week advising us to work from home during the Nuclear Security Summit Thu/Fri. I now see from a news site that there will be street closures. Why wasn't that in the agency's notices? I don't give a hoot about traffic since a bike can generally go right past it. Street closures are another matter.
It was a challenge to get the street-closures map. (Apparently the ancient Internet Explorer (version 8) the agency still has on our desktop PCs isn't adequate for the Secret Service web site. The news site had a blurry copy; why couldn't they just use what they obviously took off the SS website without resizing it?) Looks like there's a bike lane closed for 4 blocks that affects me for 1 block. I could just use the car lanes. Or the side walk on the opposite side of the street. I wonder whether the sidewalk next to the bike lane is closed? Are they worried about threats from cyclists but not pedestrians? 'Cause this map doesn't say anything about what sidewalks are closed. And pedestrians need to plan their trips, too. I'm also wondering whether Pennsylvania Ave will be closed between 15th and 17th Streets (i.e. the north perimeter of the White House). That's often closed with no notice (like while the First Family was in Argentina, after the Cuba visit - i.e. they weren't even in town - what was the security threat if they were out of the country?), and that is a significant disruption to my commutes. (It's not only a nice couple of blocks with smooth pavement and almost no cars, it's part of my most-direct route.)
Wow, some of the parking restrictions started last night (19:00 Sun) and go until 12:00 Saturday. I wonder how many people live in these areas and are accustomed to parking on the street? Where are they supposed to park, and how are they supposed to get to/from their cars? What happens to businesses when customers can't park? I know that people who drive everywhere think riding a bike is too much work, but driving (and parking) a car sure seems like a lot of hassle.
http://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/releases/2016-NucSummit-PR.pdf
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/805343.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]
YearMonth#
2015May½
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov3
Dec4
2016Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
A question from aome prompted me to check how much I've taken Metro to work this winter. (You can get the usage history for your farecard on the WMATA.com site.)
This doesn't mean I biked all the other days. Some days I worked from home. Some days Federal offices were closed for the weather (or a Papal visit, etc). Some weeks I had enough hours that some work days were too short to be worth going in. And there were holidays and vacation days.
But 8 Metro commutes in 11 months - since I got the new bike - means I'm biking almost all the time.
That half-trip in May was not for work. That was from home to Union Station going to NYC to pick up the new bike. ☺ I rode the bike home from Union Station, so the Metro didn't get a round trip.
Monday 23:43
The White-House Easter Egg Roll was this morning, and there were lots of kids (and parents) headed home during my commute.
There was a shooting at the US Capitol Visitor Center this afternoon; a visitor "drew a weapon inside a security checkpoint". We had a series of agency emails directing us to stay away from the Capitol but not giving any specifics.
We've also had notices since last week advising us to work from home during the Nuclear Security Summit Thu/Fri. I now see from a news site that there will be street closures. Why wasn't that in the agency's notices? I don't give a hoot about traffic since a bike can generally go right past it. Street closures are another matter.
It was a challenge to get the street-closures map. (Apparently the ancient Internet Explorer (version 8) the agency still has on our desktop PCs isn't adequate for the Secret Service web site. The news site had a blurry copy; why couldn't they just use what they obviously took off the SS website without resizing it?) Looks like there's a bike lane closed for 4 blocks that affects me for 1 block. I could just use the car lanes. Or the side walk on the opposite side of the street. I wonder whether the sidewalk next to the bike lane is closed? Are they worried about threats from cyclists but not pedestrians? 'Cause this map doesn't say anything about what sidewalks are closed. And pedestrians need to plan their trips, too. I'm also wondering whether Pennsylvania Ave will be closed between 15th and 17th Streets (i.e. the north perimeter of the White House). That's often closed with no notice (like while the First Family was in Argentina, after the Cuba visit - i.e. they weren't even in town - what was the security threat if they were out of the country?), and that is a significant disruption to my commutes. (It's not only a nice couple of blocks with smooth pavement and almost no cars, it's part of my most-direct route.)
Wow, some of the parking restrictions started last night (19:00 Sun) and go until 12:00 Saturday. I wonder how many people live in these areas and are accustomed to parking on the street? Where are they supposed to park, and how are they supposed to get to/from their cars? What happens to businesses when customers can't park? I know that people who drive everywhere think riding a bike is too much work, but driving (and parking) a car sure seems like a lot of hassle.
http://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/releases/2016-NucSummit-PR.pdf
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/805343.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]