However, an incident that occurred on Friday, June 30 tipped the scales. As I was making my way home in the early evening, I noticed that east-west traffic trying to cross Potomac Street had come to a standstill. "What was the reason for this?" I wondered. As I got closer to Potomac, the answer was evident: Hundreds of bicyclists were riding down Potomac to gloat, I can only assume, about Mayor Catherine Pugh's recent decision to keep the bike lane. Her plan would remove all parking from one side of the street and would place angled parking on the other side. The bicyclists on this day ignored all corner stop signs and rode en masse down both the current bike and vehicle lanes of Potomac. This not only stopped all east-west traffic from crossing at each corner but made it all but impossible for those cars trying to navigate the tight vehicle lane on Potomac. A few bikers even took to the sidewalks. Some performed wheelies and other acts of show-boating. Most bikers I saw were not wearing helmets.