How protected bike lanes landed on Pennsylvania Ave in Washington - linking the Capitol & the White House | PeopleForBikes

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Last year they landed on the Broadways in Seattle, Salt Lake City and Chicago. They're in various states of planning in Minneapolis, Portland and Denver. But there's one unofficial Broadway that's got more patriotic cred than any, and it was one of the first streets in the country to get protected bike lanes.

It's Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.

Since it was laid out in 1791, the capital city's "grand avenue" has been one of the most famous streets in the country, linking the White House and the U.S. Capitol Building. In the latest Streetfilm, above, former District Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein tells the story of how it got first buffered bike lanes, then protected ones.

As Klein tells it, the transition started with one very passionate commuter: U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who bikes each day to his job on Capitol Hill.

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