Trails Conservancy, the Washington Area Bicyclists Association, America Bikes and the Alliance for Biking and Walking.

In addition, the mixed-use project will include the largest and most sophisticated bike commuter facility in the world; the first REI in Washington, DC; a restaurant; a bar and other retail.

The bike commuter facility will be unlike anything else in the world. "It will be the kind of innovative design we hope the rest of the world will emulate", said Mayor Fenty.

Cyclists who join the commuter facility will use an RFID membership card to "park" their bike using an automatic bike parking and retrieval system that has been in use in Japan for years. The facility can park over a thousand bicycles. From a control screen, members can schedule bike repairs or maintenance.clothes are tied to their account and locker. The clothes will be cleaned by a laundry service in the building, folded and returned to their locker by the end of the work day. After work, they can repeat the process with their work clothes which will be returned at the end of the next work day. Laundry is also charged to the members account.

The colorful,
glass-louvered and steel building is being designed by noted Hungarian
architect Rial Ofpol. It will strive to be LEED Platinum certified.

In the lobby, members will find a DDOT kiosk that allows them to report potholes, downed trees and other road and trail hazards; and an underground walkway that will connect the building one block to the Metro Center Metro station.

“This new architecturally
striking facility serves as