of racks sitting out of the
way next to a parking lot; Union Station offers a full-on bike transit
center, with lockers, storage, changing rooms, bike rentals, and even a
repair shop. Note that the center, along with a large percentage of
bicycle improvements nationwide, is funded in large part by federal
dollars. That is to say that the money is out there for the taking, it's
just a matter of having the wherewithal to grab it. Or, to put it into
even sharper terms, you, the Baltimore taxpayer, are paying for other
cities' bad-ass bicycle programs.

CNN has an article with a take on the conflict between cyclists and drivers over space, money and rights to the road.

"The roads were made for cars," KTAR-FM radio guest host John Hook said
in Phoenix, Arizona, last month. "And bicyclistsshare the road, but
sometimes they think they own the road." [WC: Unlike drivers, who KNOW they own the road?]

This post was an April Fool's Day entry.The building pictured is a technology campus in Spain focused on sustainable development. I thought the palm trees would give me away.

From a DDOT press release

Today, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
and District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Director Gabe Klein announced plans to build a new DDOT office building dedicated to cycling on the corner of H St and 11the St NW on land that used to house the old Convention Center. Called the Bike Haus, the 80,000 s.f. building will hold offices for DDOT's bike and pedestrian programs as well as office space for the League of American Bicyclists, Bikes Belong, the Rails to