DDOT: Georgetown Loves to Take a Bike to Work

Washington, D.C. may be known for its traffic congestion, but it's also a place where people like to bike to work -- and in some areas including Georgetown, people bike quite a bit based on data from the District Department of Transportation.

The Eastern Downtown Protected Bike Lane Study is a DDOT project that is "driven by a need to connect central DC neighborhoods to downtown, as well as existing east-west bicycle facilities," according to the site. At the end of the project, DDOT will identify a preferred route and design a protected bicycle lane on a north-south route.

The study has involved gathering data on which areas see the most people taking a bike to work. Some areas including Mt. Pleasant and Petworth saw bicyclists making up more than 20 percent of commuters. But Georgetown is also big on bike traffic in some areas, especially the neighborhood between Wisconsin Avenue and 28th Street on the east and west sides, and Q and O streets on the north and south sides. Bike traffic there was greater than 15 percent of all commuters.

Some of the regions make sense, as they are uphill from popular areas in the city where people would work -- although it would make for quite a workout on the way back.

Much of the bike traffic is concentrated in the north-central part of the District, with pockets of high traffic elsewhere, including Georgetown. The very north end of D.C. has low bike traffic totals.