Earth Day Bike-In Rally and Trails Ride
Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club
April 22, 1999


 Diane Harris and Jim Hudnall met Pete Ulrich at the Oxon Hill Farm and rode together on the Oxon Cove Trail to DC Village. Pete had his pass to bicycle through Bolling AFB, but Jim and Diane were not allowed by the Air Force to bicycle through Bolling. They went via M.L. King Avenue, Malcolm X Street (formerly Portland Street), and South Capitol Street into downtown, while Pete went through Bolling to his early morning meeting at NASA. Jim and Diane were soon at Freedom Plaza, enjoying the hot coffee and bagels. They were soon joined by Helen Abadzi who biked in from her new home in Alexandria.
     Several hundred cyclists listened to speeches by WABA and other bicycling advocacy groups. We met some of the people who are improving bicycling in the area. The Rally ended with a drawing for prizes, including a bicycle donated by City Bikes. After the Rally, most bicyclists finished their commutes to work, enthusiastic about the future of bicycling in Washington.

 
Harvey Muller
Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, MD DOT 
Bill Kelly
Chairman,  MD Bicycle Advisory Committee
Neil Sandler
Editor & Publisher,
SPOKES Magazine
Morris Warren
WB&A Trail and Rails-to-Trails Advocate

 
Jim Sebastian
Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments
Diane Harris
Oxon Hill Bicycle
and Trail Club
City Bikes
http://www.citybikes.com/

 
Diane and Jim took the day off and rode the trails of DC. The first stop was at the Georgetown waterfront. Then a stop on the Capital Crescent Trail (while Jim changed a flat.) We saw many other cyclists enjoying the Capital Crescent Trail, the Georgetown Branch Trail, and Rock Creek Park. From the Potomac waterfront and through Southwest, we crossed the South Capital Street Bridge and went into the Anacostia Naval Station (the Navy not being as restrictive as the Air Force.) We had spectacular views of the city from the new riverside trail through Anacostia/Bolling before returning on the Oxon Cove Trail to the Oxon Hill Farm.
Georgetown Waterfront Capitol Crescent Trail Capitol Crescent Trail Capitol Crescent Trail
Georgetown Branch Trail Rock Creek Park Rock Creek Park Rock Creek Park
Diane and Tulips Bolling/Anacostia Trail Oxon Cove Trail Oxon Cove Trail
For more photos, visit Earth Day Bike-In (4/22/99) with photos by Scott Osberg
May 12, 1990
url: http://ohbike.org//990422/index.htm
home page: Oxon Hill Bicycle & Trail Club
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