Last ride of the year  Yesterday was one of the best riding days of the year. It was cool and sunny. The bike shop was crowded with people out for their last ride of the year, many out for the first time in a few weeks. Today is an even better day; it's already warmer outside than in. Time for the first ride of the year.

Unfortunately the Post doesn't seem to think that anyone needs to be out bike riding, with their anti-cycling editorial on the removal of the bike trail adjacent to a planned roadway in Maryland. While the article seems to lament the lost of the trail, it voices almost no support for the idea behind it:

Whatever the sentiment on the bike trail may be, it need not -- and must not -- delay the connector another day.

The Post has been consistent in it's support of nearly all road expansion and road building projects in the region at the expense of most other more environmentall sound solutions.
posted by Bruce Wright at 11:20 AM #