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Connected Cycling: Social Media Resources for Arlington, DC

Arlington cyclists benefit from a vibrant, informative and open online community.

Last week I had a chance to sit down with a local government agency that has a lot of responsibility for maintaining some of the area's busiest paths. The agency occasionally had trouble finding out, in a timely way, about the latest trail blockages. As they put it to me — if they don't know about it, they can't fix it. And sometimes it takes days. While that makes sense, and no institution is omniscient, I was a bit surprised by this. Every day, I get timely and reliable reports on cycling trouble spots, be they crashes, bad signals or flooded trails. I'm not special — anyone can get them. Over the past few years, as both cycling and Twitter use have increased, an organic online community of Washington-area cyclists has grown into …

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