{"id":186242351,"date":"2010-11-26T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186242351"},"modified":"2010-11-26T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T13:59:11","slug":"sec-chu-does-bike-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186242351","title":{"rendered":"Sec. Chu does bike commute"},"content":{"rendered":"

[B’ Spokes: love the bit how the Secret Service agent uses a electric motor.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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from TheWashCycle by washcycle<\/p>\n

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\"Chu\"<\/a> In the past there were claims that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu couldn’t commute by bike – as he used to in his previous job – because his security detail wouldn’t let him. That appears to not be true<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s a stunning fall morning in Washington, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, clad in bike shorts and a snug Stanford University biking shirt, climbs onto his Colnago bicycle and rolls down his leafy street and onto the Capital Crescent Trail<\/a>. Then it’s a 20-minute sprint – breaking the trail’s speed limit – to downtown Washington. A Secret Service agent keeps close behind, with the help of a small electric motor. The trees are ablaze across the Potomac as he drops into Georgetown.<\/p>\n

Chu winds his way through traffic along the Mall – where one angry motorist leans on the horn – before entering the Energy Department parking garage, right behind his general counsel’s red Maserati with the license plate “ENERGY.”<\/p>\n

Is he the country’s highest ranking bike commuter?<\/p>\n

Photo, from BTWD 2009, by Alex Wong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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[B’ Spokes: love the bit how the Secret Service agent uses a electric motor.] from TheWashCycle by washcycle In the past there were claims that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu couldn’t commute by bike – as he used to in his previous job – because his security detail wouldn’t let him. That appears to not … <\/p>\n

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