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I was biking into work at 8:30am this morning, wearing gym shorts & a ratty t-shirt. I turned left onto 19th (a quieter, not busy street) from Columbia Road. A guy on a moped was coming from the opposite direction on Columbia and turned right onto 19th at about the same time that I turned. […]

This week we wanted to find out if individuals experienced harassment while biking around DC so we asked and this is what folks told us: yeah, this happens to me every once in a while (i live in mount plez; commute downtown on bicycle). when i started riding in the city, i didn’t know what […]

In response to our inquiry yesterday on bicycle harassment in DC, Amanda Hess from the Washington City Paper writes about her own experiences on being harassed while biking around DC and explores some of the reasons why bikers get harassed. My experience biking in the city has been similar to Reed’s, though the harassment I’ve […]

I was walking with my friend down T street around 10PM on Friday night when I saw a couple of boys (around 12 or 13 years old) riding down the sidewalk on their bikes. I didn’t think much of them as they were riding past us down the sidewalk, and continued to talk with my […]