The Union Station Bike Transit Center, which is set to have its grand opening on October 2 and be available for use shortly thereafter, is now accepting membership applications online. If you're interested in joining, head to the Bikestation web site, click "Join Now," and fill out the application for the Washington, D.C. location. more ›

We finally have an exact date for the official opening of the $4 million Union Station Bike Transit Center: October 2 will mark the grand opening for the long-awaited (and somewhat delayed) facility, a spokesperson for Mobis/Bikestation confirmed today. The Bike Transit Center, paid for by the U.S. Department of Transportation and DDOT, will offer secure bike parking, a changing room, lockers, bike rentals, repairs and a small retail shop selling bike accessories, for about $1 a day. The facility will be the first of its kind on the East Coast, and cyclists all over the metro area have been anticipating the opening of the station for some time. See this story from the Washington Post last month for more background on the BTC. more ›

The good news: Metro says it is busy installing 300 additional bike racks at stations across the system in time for Friday's Bike to Work Day, adding up to a 20 percent increase in bicycle storage options for commuters. The bad news: The Examiner is reporting that the opening of the long awaited Bike Transit Station at Union Station has been delayed once again, this time until July. “It’s a delay related to the construction,” District Department of Transportation spokesman John Lisle told the newspaper. more ›