Black women take their place in D.C.’s bike lanes
Interesting article in the Post about a group of riders folks seem to forget is there.
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By Vanessa Williams, Published: July 10
Veronica Davis bikes almost everywhere, except to church on Sundays.
She’s a member and frequent user of Capital Bikeshare and has testified before the D.C. Council in favor of more bike lanes in Southeast Washington, where she lives and owns a small business.
Yet some people pause and look again when they see her gliding along on two wheels. “Mommy, look at the black lady on the bike!” a little girl squealed one day as Davis rode past the Potomac Gardens housing project.
It’s that kind of reaction, Davis says, that makes Black Women Bike DC the perfect name for the group that she and two other women launched after chatting on Twitter about their participation in Bike to Work Day last spring.
“It’s a tongue-in-cheek comment: ‘No, see, we do bike,’ ” Davis said.
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