It seems as if President Donald Trump isn't too keen on bikeshare stations. On Tuesday, his administration had a nine-bike Capital Bikeshare station located near the White House taken away. The station, located at 17th Street and State Place NW, was installed in 2010 during President Obama’s tenure and was used frequently by the Obama White House staff. Because it was located on the White House grounds, the bikeshare station wasn’t accessible to the public and was not listed on the Capital Bikeshare website or maps. Despite its unpublicized location, cyclist Gregory Matlesky still noticed something was amiss this week:

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I've been out of the loop but did Trump get rid of the secret White House @bikeshare station? #bikedc pic.twitter.com/9fGPdj9f8l — Greg NATSlesky (@dcdutchiedude) August 15, 2017

The answer was yes.

“We got the request to remove it, and we honored that request,” District Department of Transportation spokesperson Terry Owens told local media Wednesday. There’s been no response from the White House about why the station was removed. (Stay on top of the latest bike news by subscribing to our newsletter!)

Matlesky thought the bikeshare station might have been removed in January after President Trump’s inauguration. It was only after people responded to his tweet that he learned it had actually been removed that morning.

“In my opinion, the station's removal could be indicative of President Trump's transportation priorities,” Matlesky said. "Some are comparing it to President Reagan's removal of solar panels after the Carter administration, which I believe is apt.”

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President Trump has intersected with the cycling world before, sponsoring the Tour de Trump from 1989 to 1990. Faced with mounting debt from other ventures, he pulled his support from the race, which became the Tour DuPont and ran for an additional five years.

In the years since, President Trump has soured on cycling and its surrounding culture. During his campaign for president, he mocked then-Secretary of State John Kerry multiple times for getting injured on a road ride in France, promising that he would “never enter a bicycle race” as president. In his first budget plan as president, Trump stripped funds from both the Department of Interior, an agency that manages one-fifth of the entire land surface of the United States, and the TIGER grant programs that help fund bike infrastructure projects across the country. Both Bicycling and advocacy nonprofit People for Bikes called the moves “bad news for bikes.”

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People For Bikes’ Tim Blumenthal refused to comment on the symbolism behind the Trump administration’s decision, instead focusing on big-picture priorities, such as retaining bipartisan support for bike infrastructure in Congress.

“We’ve spent the last five years building broad, bipartisan support in Congress for cost-effective bicycle infrastructure, and we’re confident that it will pay off (during budget negotiations),” Blumenthal said. “Members of Congress continue to reaffirm their support for these programs that not only make streets safer for cyclists, but also make life better in their communities as well.”

Robert Annis After spending nearly a decade as a reporter for The Indianapolis Star, Robert Annis finally broke free of the shackles of gainful employment and now freelances full time, specializing in cycling and outdoor-travel journalism. Over the years, Robert's byline has appeared in numerous publications and websites, including Outside, National Geographic Traveler, Afar, Bicycling, Men's Journal, Popular Mechanics, Lonely Planet, the Chicago Tribune, and Adventure.com

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