This Washington Post piece takes bikers to task for making the W&OD trail dangerous ...but it's not just bikers who are to blame. As a biking commuter, I've seen pedestrian behavior that is unsafe, including walking three-four abreast blocking the entire trail, walking on the wrong side and wearing Ipods rendering them unable to hear audible warnings of approaching bikes.
Biking the streets of DC, it's also pedestrians I fear most, especially those who pop out between parked SUVs to cross in the middle of the street.
I know bikers aren't angels, but we don't deserve all the blame.
And speaking of the streets of DC...don't even get me started on DC Metro buses...
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