The City of Boston's Bike Friday program

A once/month workday ride sponsored by the City of Boston (August's ride was today), is written up in this Boston Globe article, "Bike Friday gives reporter a chance to try commute." From the article:

For one day, at least, I beat the cost of fuel and the guilt of contributing to rush hour: I finished the ride from Lexington to Boston last month on Bike Friday, a monthly event sponsored by the City of Boston as part of its Boston Bikes program to provide guided commutes-by-bike from the suburbs to Government Center.

A ride like this in the DC region would help jurisdictions begin planning more regionally. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association does. But most county and city Bicycle Master Plans end up missing some of the articulation issues that arise between jurisdictions and sometimes modes (i.e., subway and bus stations, many under the purview of WMATA, which doesn't have a bicycle and pedestrian programs coordinator).