Commenter Scott reports that MPD is again ticketing bicyclists riding the wrong way on New Hampshire Avenue between T and W, even though that’s a safer thing to do than riding on 16th or U, and DDOT is planning contraflow bike lanes. If you bike in that area, use the sidewalk (where it’s legal to ride in any direction).

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.