Link to DC Traffic Cams - Conjestion predicted by 2 Million Bikers Rally

[BuckFuller]

Since the city denied a permit for the 2 Million Bikers to DC rally today in DC they have decided to ride through anyway. With a confirmed 800,000+ bikes scheduled to ride through I thought it might be fun to watch the action. Here is the link to the DC traffic cams... http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/

 

[Fyrtwuck]

So, it's ok to have a million man march in DC but you can't have 2 million bikes drive through.

 

[RickN]

So, it's ok to have a million man march in DC but you can't have 2 million bikes drive through.

Global warming from all the exhaust. With all the hot air coming from the government no one would notice, but they do not want to take the chance.

 

[BadgeBunny]

"What could have been a one or two hour ride through will now likely be an all day event," the organizers said.

"The plan is to meet up outside D.C. and cross into the city sometime after 11 a.m. The exact route isn't being made public, they said, because of "security purposes."

Because roads will not be closed for the bikers, the riders will have to obey all traffic laws, including yielding to pedestrians and stopping at red lights.



Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/09/11/...-with-stoplights/3931378905660/#ixzz2ebSVDi7R

 

[Lone Wolf '49]

"What could have been a one or two hour ride through will now likely be an all day event," the organizers said.

"The plan is to meet up outside D.C. and cross into the city sometime after 11 a.m. The exact route isn't being made public, they said, because of "security purposes."

Because roads will not be closed for the bikers, the riders will have to obey all traffic laws, including yielding to pedestrians and stopping at red lights.



Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/09/11/...-with-stoplights/3931378905660/#ixzz2ebSVDi7R

At least the bikers won't be beheading Christians and children.

 

[Sanford]

[video=youtube_share;J7-RlOQifNM]http://youtu.be/J7-RlOQifNM[/video]

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From KY Coordinator:
Joe Welsh
75.000 bikers, the majority ignored the permit and we headed straight down through the Capitol Corridor. Roads blocked, traffic at a stand still, explosion barriers up, police with M4s strung around their neck, hmmmm I think we made our point. We don't need a permit to ride through OUR Capitol!

Joe Welsh
And by the way, there are about 5,000 of us parked illegally in a no parking zone!

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2 Millions Bikers to DC
43 minutes ago
DC POLICE TOLD OUR BROOKE THAT THEY ESTIMATE 880,000 BIKES ARE IN DC TODAY! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!!!!!

THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN PATRIOT BIKERS!!!

 

[The Cow Exploder]

Those people and their motorcycles are scary. They should have kept them out and not let them run over our capital like that.

 

[Sanford]

'2 Million Bikers to DC' ride in remembrance of 9/11

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- An estimated 10,000 motorcyclists circumnavigated the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway in a commemoration of the September 11th attacks beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The ride left the Harley-Davidson of Washington D.C. dealership on Livingston Rd in Fort Washington and forced the closure of traffic on MD Rt. 210 for nearly an hour.

Around noon, traffic was piled up on one side of the Beltway because several bikers were involved in an accident. That accident happened between Rockville Pike and Connecticut Avenue. A fire truck blocked two left lanes and about 20 motorcycles were parked on left shoulder during investigation. There was a traffic backup to Georgia Avenue at one point.


[video]http://www.wusa9.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2665111728001[/video]

The event "2 Million Bikers to DC" was organized on social media as a show of patriotism and commemoration. But many riders are also fueled by anger that organizers were denied a permit to parade in Washington, while the event originally dubbed the "Million Muslim March" was scheduled to go on near the Mall.

The "Million Muslim March" since renamed "Million Americans Against Fear," turned out a few hundred according to official estimates.

Organizers of the motorcycle event announced a last minute decision to circumnavigate the outer loop of the Capital Beltway about two hours before the start of the ride, as thousands began to gather in Ft. Washington. Organizers suggested after the Beltway event that riders break into smaller groups on their own and enter Washington if they wished. Organizers also implored riders not to confront or disturb the "Million Americans Against Fear" event.

 

[Sanford]

Camera view of parking along Constitution and 17th street.

http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/camera/200137/index.html

 

[caojyn]

At least the bikers won't be beheading Christians and children.

nope, groups of motorcyclists are more into the "Rape, Meth, and Murder Scene."