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| Associate Professor Peter Shoemaker travels 12 miles on bike lanes, bike paths and city streets to commute to CUA from Greenbelt, Md. |
Peter Shoemaker begins his 12-mile commute in Greenbelt and passes through other Maryland locations on his way to work at Catholic University. Along the way, it’s not a sea of brake lights that gets his attention. It’s the scenery and wildlife.
One of a growing number of CUA faculty who bike to work, Shoemaker passes Lake Artemesia and travels along the northeast and northwest branch bicycle trails on an old mountain bike during a 50-minute ride into Northeast Washington, D.C.
“There’s some nice scenery along the trails and a good deal of wildlife,” says the director of the University Honors Program and associate professor of French. “I’ve seen fox, bald eagles, blue herons and hawks. Lake Artemesia has wintering waterfowl — ducks and mergansers.”
Shoemaker isn’t alone on the trails and bike lanes. Colleagues from the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and other CUA departments choose two wheels over four for their work commute as a way to stay physically and mentally fit and save money. Some of them will mark Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 21, just as they do many days — by biking to CUA.
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https://publicaffairs.cua.edu/releases/2010/10BikingtoCUA.cfmoldId.20100520170620234