Want to feel more safe and confident riding your bike in various traffic conditions, terrain, and climates? Live or work in northern Virginia? BPAC is hosting two FREE Smart Cycling classes, designed to help people ride more safely and confidently. Whether you've been riding for years or just started riding because of the pandemic, you'll … Continue reading BPAC to host two Smart Cycling classes

by Ken Notis, Infrastructure Chair The COVID 19 pandemic has revealed many important things about bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Alexandria. While few changes can be made at the moment, due to pandemic induced resource constraints, we should take this opportunity to rethink our streets. Our sidewalks are too narrow While outdoors is safer than … Continue reading A Virus and a Vision

by Zack DesJardins, Secretary Similar to many people, I stayed inside starting in March but it did not take long to want to get outside. However, everyone else had the same idea as my favorite trails were more crowded than ever. Fortunately, car traffic had also significantly declined which opened up on-street options which I … Continue reading Bicycling in a Pandemic

On October 31, we rode in small, socially distanced groups to admire Del Ray's Halloween decorations. We saw creepy clowns, Sesame Street characters, skeletons playing ping pong, a skull bubbling away inside an aquarium, inflatable dragons, a witches' coven, dancing disco skeletons on the No Souls Train, and all kinds of spiders, cobwebs, ghouls, and … Continue reading BPAC rides to see Halloween decorations