Category: Biking in Maryland

Therefore, increase the bicycle- and walking-mode share of all trips in Maryland urbanized areas to 15% by 2020 by putting the following policies in place:
• Build on and implement infrastructure planning and designing tools that support and promote bicycle and pedestrian activity. Improve accommodations for bicycles on public transit.
• Adopt financial requirements or provide incentives that promote bicycle and pedestrian activities.
• Investing much more in this area.
• Improve data collection for nonmotorized travel.
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Do you ride your bike to work? May is National Bike Month and The League of American Bicyclists is promoting Bike-to-Work Week from May 11-15.

 

Bike commuters, show us your bicycle and give us a glimpse into the fashion and culture implications of cycling. Talk to us about your route and highlight any interesting stops or sights along the way.

 

If you don’t ride your bike to work, we challenge you to pull out your wheels and give them a spin. Take lots of pictures and share your Bike-to-Work Week experience.

Bike-to-Work Day is Friday, May, 15, ending an entire week devoted to bike riding. Do you ride to work? Share your story.

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Bike to School (or Not) – [MDOT’s Director of Bicycle and Pedestrian Access] Michael Jackson informed the members that school principals in Maryland reportedly flatly refuse to allow students to walk or bike to school or will not provide support for bike safety education programs [WC: Yes, you read that right]. In response a proposal to survey attitudes of school principals and administrators toward student walking and biking and publishing the results is being considered. Michael Jackson also mentioned that Nancy Breen, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, provided information on a possible NIH grant to fund such a study.
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We now have an e-group for persons interested in the Maryland Senior Olympics bicycling competition. The group will be used for announcements of events, training information, and discussion of matters related to the MSO cycling competition. Members can post questions, comments and ideas related to MSO cycling competition.
Senior Olympic competition is for athletes 50 years of age and older, however, the e-group is open to anyone.
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Additionally, the League is announcing its inaugural round of Bicycle Friendly States. Four states have been awarded the coveted designation and two states received an honorable mention: Washington (Silver), Wisconsin (Silver), Arizona (Bronze), Minnesota (Bronze), Delaware (Honorable Mention) and Maryland (Honorable Mention).
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Just a friendly reminder about what to do if you are in a crash:
Don’t move unless you’re sure you won’t hurt yourself more.
Don’t get mad. Keep a level head.
Don’t ride away or shake off what seems like a minor injury—you might find later that it’s worse than you thought.
GET HELP Call 911. Get medical help if needed.
GET WITNESSES Write down names and phone numbers of anyone that witnessed the crash
GET EVIDENCE Get information from every vehicle:
* License plate number, make of car
* Driver’s license number
* Insurance company name and policy number ((should match driver name)
* Driver name, address, phone number
GET THE POLICE REPORT # from the police on the scene and get a copy of from the district station in which the crash occurred.
AFTER THE CRASH
Write down how the crash happened while it’s fresh in your memory.
Keep (or photograph) any damaged clothes or equipment. Photograph any injuries you sustained. Document any lost wages or time off.
Eric Gilliland
Executive Director
Washington Area Bicyclist Association

Neighbors say BRAC officials should look at traffic solutions that don’t focus on cars
by Andrew Ujifusa | Staff Writer
State transportation officials are getting more pressure to focus on bike and pedestrian improvements as part of a solution to new traffic caused by Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s future move to Bethesda.
Community members continue to criticize the lack of long-term plans for the area around the future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the current National Naval Medical Center campus. They argue that proposed improvements at four intersections near the campus do not facilitate the ultimate goal of taking cars off local roads, and that bike and pedestrian upgrades should be a focus of the $36.2 million in state and federal money available for Base Realignment and Closure project improvements.
Continue reading “Residents want bike, walking paths near Navy Med campus”

ONLY TWO SCHOOLS!?!?!? OK we have till October but I hope there is a better turn out then this, so if you have kids in school give then a nudge to make a walkable and bikeable Maryland.
Planned activities in Maryland
Trader Joe’s provides healthy snacks, the County provides fun giveaways, the teachers lead warm-up exercises, and we walk on a sidewalk that was built only 6 years ago, in our community that is nearly 50 years old.
– BURNING TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BETHESDA
The Green School Club is sponsoring this for the second year in a row in order to promote walking to school.
– URBANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, URBANA
Continue reading “Safe Routes to School – Who’s walking in Maryland?”

OK, I’m experimenting here. Is there an interest in this as a bumper sticker? If yes check out Baltimore Spokes on Cafe Press. Note at this time only Cafe Press is making money on this, at some point in the future I may add a bit to be donated to One Less Car whose efforts in Annapolis were the genesis of getting these out around Baltimore.
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From the Director of Bicycle and Pedestrian Access to the Assistant Attorney General :
… Upon reviewing the complaint and the relevant provisions of the Open Meetings Act we conclude that the requisite public notice was not provided nor were subcommittee minutes prepared and made available as required by law.
Based on review of our meeting procedures, the provisions of this [Open Meetings] Act, and discussions with our legal counsel we will take the the following actions to bring our meeting procedures in full compliance with the Open Meetings Act:
* We will add notices of MBPAC subcommittee meetings to our listing of committee meetings on the MBPAC section of the Maryland Department of Transportation website. In addition we will attempt to post notice of subcommittee meetings in the Maryland Register if sufficient time permits such posting.
* Minutes of subcommittee minutes will be taken and posted on MDOT’s website.
* Draft MBPAC meeting minutes will be posted on MDOT’s website prior to their approval at subsequent MBPAC meetings so members of the public can get an idea as to what has transpired in a more timely fashion.
Continue reading “Changes for Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (MBPAC)”