WMATA/More Metro riders biking to stations Options

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The agency's most recent bicycle parking census shows that bike parking usage in 2012 is up 3% from last year and the availability of bicycle parking near Metrorail stations has increased to more than 4,000 spaces. View the full article

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WMATA news release:

More customers biking to Metrorail stations

More people are riding their bicycles to Metro, according to Metro’s most recent bicycle census, which counted parked bicycles at Metrorail stations. Bike parking usage in 2012 is up 3 percent from last year and the availability of bicycle parking near Metrorail stations has increased to more than 4,000 spaces.

Currently, 85 of 86 Metrorail stations have bicycle racks available. At stations with newly installed bike racks, the census showed an uptick in usage compared with last year. These stations include Braddock Road, Takoma and West Hyattsville.

In May, Metro introduced the system's first "bike & ride" facility at College Park Station. The secure facility offers enclosed parking for more than 100 bikes.

Metro has been working to improve bicycle access to stations and encourage customers to travel to Metrorail by bike to reach a goal of tripling the number of people who bike to a Metrorail station by 2020. Bicycling is a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and sustainable way to access Metro.

The 2012 bicycle parking census was taken over a six-week period in May and June. For more information about bicycle census, see the blog post on PlanItMetro.

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WMATA news release:

Excuse me, is that your bike?
Metro publishes list of potentially abandoned bikes to encourage removal

"Excuse me, is that your bike?"

Metro is taking steps to free up bicycle rack capacity and discourage theft.

Over the past several months, Metro staff conducted a "census" of bicycles parked at Metrorail stations for planning purposes. As part of that process, Metro staff identified and photographed more than two dozen potentially abandoned bikes throughout the system. In many cases, these bikes had flat tires, missing parts or rusted frames.

To make space available for bicycle customers and to discourage theft, Metro Transit Police will soon begin a process to tag and remove these bicycles. From the time the bike is tagged, owners will have ten days to remove it.

Today, Metro is releasing a photo directory of the potentially abandoned bikes? Owners are encouraged to remove them from bike racks as soon as possible. Abandoned bikes that remain unclaimed may be sent to auction.

View the photo directory here?



News release issued at 10:40 am, August 2, 2012.