I lived there for over 3 years, and would Metro as much as possible and use my Raleigh RXC bicycle to move fast in the bike lanes…only draw back was that metro hours didn’t always correspond to my work schedule. Go fast in the bike lanes, and learn how to make up time on the less busy routes. I used H.street quite a bit to move laterally to avoid North Capital, especially on Friday evenings. I guess in a gist, go fast, use metro as much as possible, the buses with metro aren’t a bad option either.