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DC Rider
Rocky Road?
It won’t be hard to find a bicycle in Washington on Friday, when more than 13,000 folks are expected to participate in Bike to Work Day. But probably only one of those bikes...
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A Brownout?
Metro isn’t known for its consistency. Riders can never be sure whether an escalator will be working, or how long they’ll have to wait for a train, or what the temperature...
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Travel Guides
I thought I was pretty good at riding the Metro — until I met Carlos Pena. I was on a Yellow Line train with the 22-year-old last week when he indicated that we should turn ...
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Breaking Point
Good things have a nasty habit of not lasting all that long in Washington. Whether it’s bipartisan agreement on a political issue, or comfortable weather for a post-work jog...
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The Tree Route
How people get to the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin is almost as much of a spectacle as those famous clouds of pink petals. As I marched over Wednesday afternoon, I j...
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Up for Cabs
What should a taxi look like? Maybe it should be painted solid red, like a D.C. Taxicab Commission panel suggested in February. Maybe it should have a standardized dome light ...
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Moving Targets
You have to worry about getting hit if you’re playing dodgeball. You shouldn’t have to if you’re taking a walk and obeying traffic laws. At least, that was my theory bef...
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Campaign Trail
I have a slogan all ready for Karen O’Donnell in case she runs for office in 2016: She’s going places. The 58-year-old picked up Express on the Friday before Obama’s sec...
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A Mom-Mobile
Back before Megan Odett was married and had a baby, one of her favorite things to do was ride her bike around Washington. Today? One of her favorite things to do is ride her b...
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Time Savings
No matter what, you’re going to lose an hour on Sunday. But you can make up for lost time if you get a move on. So after you’ve reset your clocks, I have another errand fo...
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The Home Team
Some people take a car to work. Some people take Metro. And others take a few steps down the hallway. “I just roll out of bed in my pajamas,” says Christina Grolman, a con...
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After the Crash
The first question that came to Sadie Dingfelder as she was biking near Union Station last week was this: “Is he going backward?” Turns out the answer was yes, and a split...
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Up for Grabs
As I headed into the Union Station Metro stop the other day, the announcement screen was scrolling through a warning about the recent uptick in phone thefts. You’d think tha...
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Time Traveling
In my dreams — or, specifically, in a dream I had the other night — everyone could get anywhere by hopping through a wormhole. No SmarTrip card was required, although for ...
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All Aboard!
I’m freakishly good at guessing plot twists. (Just ask my husband how annoying it is to watch TV with me.) But when I walked into a meeting about problems with the 16th Stre...







