Transportation
How Cyclists Are Making the Most of D.C. Metro's Service Cuts
Record-breaking bike ridership is cause for optimism among D.C.’s cycling supporters.
For all the talk of Metro-pocalypse, last week’s first surge of service cuts for a year-long Metrorail maintenance plan in Washington, D.C., did not result in transportation catastrophe.
WMATA reported a 25 percent drop in boardings along many reduced-service sections of the Orange and Silver Lines in Fairfax and Arlington counties in Virginia. Car counts stayed flat on many corridors and highways. Perhaps most promising, the number of bike commuters went way up throughout the metro area.