baltimorespokes

“These bike lane arguments are ridiculous. People need to learn to ride their bike with auto traffic and shut up about having bike lanes everywhere. When I ride my bike, I ride with traffic. When it’s safe, I move to the right hand side to let cars through. When it’s not safe, I take the lane and let the cars deal with it. . .”
– Richard

“Some of the commenters here . . . are expressing a weird bias/entitlement: Apparently pedestrians need to be prepared to modify their traveling behavior and/or walking patterns so as not to inconvenience motorists. Apparently bicyclists need to be prepared to modify their traveling behavior, cycling routes, and/or cycling patterns so as not to inconvenience motorists. But GOD FORBID the precious motorists ever be asked to change their driving behavior or traffic/commuting patterns!”
– Marc

“‘Crashed.’ Exactly what’ll happen when you mixed undergrads and cyclists on a busy, narrow thoroughfare like Mt. Royal Avenue. What’s wrong with Park Avenue? Why couldn’t it be a bike boulevard like Guilford Avenue is (or will be soon)?
– James Hunt

“Nothing’s wrong with Park Avenue, but we’re talking about Mt Royal. Many cyclists ride here everyday, students and others, without the added protection of a bike lane. Cars continually speed here and nobody stops for pedestrians in crosswalks. Reducing Mt Royal to a bike lane and a car lane would solve all these problems.”
– Liam Quigley

“No, it would just p*ss off motorists trying to get to and from the JFX on an even more jammed up Mt. Royal. . . Fred Lazarus, who knows the area as well as anyone, is right to put the brakes on this proposal.”
– James Hunt

“Park Avenue is great, and undoubtedly the best way to get to Reservoir Hill and Mondawmin Mall from MICA. The problem is Mt. Royal Avenue and Park Ave don’t go to the same places. The MICA student body needs a safe connector to Mt. Vernon, and by extension to the city’s bicycle infrastructure network.”
– Dukiebiddle

“We ought to be doing what we can to make college campuses both bike and pedestrian friendly. I say that as the husband of a MICA alumni and a former resident of Bolton Hill, currently living on Park avenue in Reservoir Hill.”
– guest

“Is it possible to do something actually nice – like sidewalk, 8-10 foot two-way bike lane, median, 4 moving vehicle lanes, sidewalk?”
– Bmorepanic

“Lazarus may be a wonderful college president, but he doesn’t know anything about traffic.”
– Dukiebiddle

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Hello all,
The Poly environment club is going to be running a bike collection for Bikes for the World
March 31st, 9 am- 1 pm
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Parking lot
1400 West Cold spring lane
Baltimore, MD 21209

Volunteers and donors are needed.
If you donate a bike, a $10 dollar monetary donation is recommended to help defray the cost of shipping the bikes.
Contact me for more information, joshuaspokes@aol.com

Bikes for the world’s mission is to assist poor people overseas become more productive through providing affordable bicycles for personal transport to work, school, and health services. Secondarily, provide satisfying community service opportunities to Americans—collecting bikes and spare parts–towards realizing this primary goal of helping others overseas.

In addition to benefitting a good cause, Baltimore Bike Works will give a 10% discount with a receipt from the collection.
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