I'm not this guys biggest fan, since he has an imperious style, but I don't care much for the tone of the WTOP coverage on bicycles riding on public roads. Excepting the Clara Barton Parkway, which is posted as off-limits to cyclists, a "peloton"of cyclists is entitled to ride two abreast on DC's public roads, and to take the lane. Automobiles in the DC/MD/VA region think they are entitled to the roads exclusively, and they aren't! I don't know that the Mayor should be using security to block traffic, but to an extent, that's the nature of life in DC - some official motorcade is always blocking traffic.