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If you're considering moving out of Ward 3, where I assume you are, consider Ward 4 east of Rock Creek Park and Petworth! Great biking infrastructure. I bike 4 miles from my home to my office, and 90% of my ride is in a protected bike lane. I have kids in elementary school who are starting to bike around, too. The neighbors are wonderful. There are other places to live in NW DC. This forum seems to be dominated by Ward 3 or Cap Hill, so I like to put in a plug for Ward 4 east of the Park. :)

I do agree with you that the bike infrastructure generally just isn't here yet. It's too bad. But as a bike commuter who obeys traffic signals, I've observed so many bad/unsafe bikers as well as bad/unsafe drivers. Maybe there would be more support for bike infrastructure if more cyclists signaled, waited at stop lights, etc.

Re: biking on Wisconsin: just do it and be as safe as you can and bike in the middle of the car lane. That's what I used to do 10 years ago. If you do it enough, maybe some of the NIMBYs will get annoyed and start realizing a bike lane would be a good idea.[/quote]

This isn't responding to anything in particular, but mirroring a comment above, if you want a safe bikeable, good school, walkable, etc. NWDC neighborhood Glover Park is the best option.  The commute downtown is safe, doesn't necessarily involve Wisconsin, and there are a bunch of biking families doing the same thing.[/quote]

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