The journeys gave Ethan Aumann, who moved to D.C. less than three years ago, a fresh way to explore a region about which he knew little beyond the confines of the city.
“It has truly been an adventure,” said Aumann, 41, who pedaled to more than half of the stations last fall. “I just was really impressed by the extensive network of the system, and I thought ‘Hey, this will be a great way to get around town and see a lot of different parts of the city.’ ”
Capital Bikeshare is among the most successful and expansive bikeshare programs in the country, with docking stations in the District, Alexandria, Va., and Falls Church, Va., and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s. The 12-year-old system, which is owned by those jurisdictions, continues to expand and is upgrading many of its legacy bikes and docks — on pace to add 50 new stations.
When the City Explorer feature launched in October, he had been to about one-third of the stations — and mostly in the District, home to about half of the stations systemwide.“I was a little disappointed, like, ‘Oh, that doesn’t sound like very many,’ ” he said. “Immediately I thought, ‘Well, I want to go to all of them.' ”
“I typically take my own snacks and a cold Chipotle burrito on my longer rides and will stop to eat whenever and wherever seems nice at the time,” Aumann said, adding that rides can be rewarded with a large bowl of pasta or an extra burrito at the end of a long day. After a pandemic slowdown, riders have returned to Bikeshare in recent months. The week starting April 11 brought the highest Bikeshare ridership of any week since October 2019, with more than 80,750 trips, according to Lyft. March saw 252,000 trips, up nearly 50 percent from a year earlier and down only slightly from March 2019, a sign that tourists and commuters are returning.
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