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Objective: To produce comprehensive bikeway maps of the national capital area (D.C., Md., Va.) that reflect and draw from the collective wisdom of the cycling community.

Using this wiki as a home base, we're collaborating on Google Maps (user-created My Maps, mapplets, etc). Please help us out by contributing data, advising or drawing routes, and making suggestions.

This open project is under heavy development. Feel free to drop by the forums here and leave comments or help out if you can! Anyone can contribute.

And check out the full-sized version of the bikeway map to see how this project comes all together.

How to Help


The easiest way to help is to simply contribute to the info layer maps linked below. Pass on tips or advisories in the form of geographic placemarks on the maps. If you don't know how to use Google Maps at all, feel free to post your tip or advisory in the forum (with details of exactly where and what) and someone will probably ferry it to the appropriate map for you.

You can also help with quality control -- by checking the map for inaccuracies and reporting any issues here on the forums.

If you can draw on Google Maps, help out by drawing routes, especially in areas we haven't covered yet such as the City of Alexandria and Fairfax and Montgomery counties. Each user-created map on Google can only hold a limited amount of data. So, we're segregating data into useful categories and divisions, such as geographic advisories or routes in specific neighborhoods.

The various maps are coordinated and layered back together for the greater Capital Bikeways map, so please check the final map before contributing a new route. The number and complexity of interlocking maps we have can get confusing.

Maps and Data We Have So Far



Related Map

Proposed Map Key


type of routecolorexample
shared-use trails (paved) REDMount Vernon Trail
shared-use paths (unpaved) BROWNC&O Canal Towpath
bike lanes lime GREEN
official bike routes (usually signed) TEAL
unofficial/suggested routes CYAN
cautionary routes YELLOW
special or mixed-surface routesFuchsia

Increase line width for significant routes, decrease for minor routes.

4 pixel - Minor trail or route - narrow, in poor condition and rarely use: example - Fort Circle Trail
5 pixel - Common route - Only one or two of the criteria above: example - Anacostia Riverwalk
6 pixel - Major Route - Highly used trails or route: example - Mt. Vernon Trail


Police = Police / Crime Event
Wrench = Bicycle Shop for repairs, sales, or rentals
Red Pushpin = trail access point
Blue P = trail access with car parking
Yellow Placemark = Warning / Pay Attention, crossing
Pink Placemark = Difficult crossing
Warning Triangle = Danger or dangerous crossing
Purple Placemark = Points of Interest




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Anonymous iphone app 0 Jun 1 2011, 11:46 AM EDT by Anonymous
 
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Hi, I am working on an iPhone app that displays bike lanes and paths for the DC area. I was wondering if it was ok to use your data for areas I am missing. Thanks

-David david dot mintzer at gmail dot com
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Anonymous FORT DUPONT'S HIKER/BIKER TRAIL 0 Apr 15 2011, 5:45 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAINTAINS A 7.5 MILE HIKER/BIKER TRAIL FROM FORT MAHAN PARK THROUGH FORT DUPONT TERMINATING AT FORT RICKETTES PARK (ACROSS THE ANACOSTIA MUSEUM). WHILE IT IS A MULTI-USE TRAIL IT IS, HOWEVER,THE ONLY LEGAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL IN THE CITY AND OFFERS VISITORS PLENTY ON ENJOYMENT. AS A RANGER AT FORT DUPONT PARK WE OFFER MANY MANY MAPS ON OUR "SISTER" WEBSITE, NPS.GOV/CWDW-LOOK UP THE BROCHURES TAB AND YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF TRAIL OPERATED BY THE NPS, INCLUDING THE HIKER/BIKER TRAIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAIL PLEASE CONTACT US AT, 202-426-7723 OR BY EMAIL AT THOMAS_SAFRANEK@NPS.GOV.
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Anonymous Is this still going? 0 Jan 22 2010, 4:48 PM EST by Anonymous
 
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Checking in from Prince William County. Is this project still alive? Someone shoot me an e-mail! I'll be starting this process as a citizen so use my personal e-mail: cewade@gmail.com

I am in the public sector working to remove cars from the road. I'd like to help with this project!
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