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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw someone cycling at night on a e-bike without lights in dark clothes on the Whitehurst a few weeks ago. I am not sure what goes through peoples heads sometimes.[/quote]

Are bikes even allowed on the Whitehurst? Isn’t it a freeway with no bike lane?[/quote]

Bikes enjoy the same privileges on DC streets as any other vehicles. They are not prohibited on Whitehurst Freeway or on any other roads with or without a bike lane (Title 18, Section 1201.1). I would never ride on there, but those who do are well within the law. This has further information that may be useful for you: https://ddot.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddot/publication/attachments/DC-Bike-Law-Pocket-Guide-Oct2012.pdf[/quote]

That may be true, legally, but it seems insane to ride there. The speed limit is ostensibly 35, but I'd be surprised if most cars aren't going 45. [/quote]
It is also not completely accurate. Bicycles cannot ride on interstate highways in DC and are expressly prohibited from riding in the roadway on the Lower Potomac Parkway and Clara Barton Parkway.[/quote]

Citation?[/quote]

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