Biking in Baltimore
from Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog
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Judge Williams said that even if true, these facts fall short of gross negligence, citing Boyer v. State for proposition that gross negligence is inflicting injury with such indifference to "to the rights of others to the extent of acting like the victim had no rights at all." I’m paraphrasing and I still don’t know what that means.
By Loni Ingraham – Baltimore Sun
The Greater Towson Council of Community Associations is a part of Towson’s "shadow government," according to Mike Ertel, a former president of the organization.
He notes that Towson may be the Baltimore County seat. But it is not an incorporated municipality.
"We don’t have a mayor and we’re not going to have a mayor," Ertel said. "Groups determine what goes on in Towson."
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Grate expectations
Dick Parsons, a past president and a founding member of the GTCCA, says it was founded in 1975 as the brainchild of former Burkleigh Square resident Randy Richardson.
"He believed the neighborhoods were being played for suckers by developers and their lawyers," he said.
Initially, Richardson pulled together representatives of eight associations. They met in each other’s houses.
The first big accomplishment was getting grates put in over storm drains on Towsontown Boulevard to prevent them from catching bicycle wheels.
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Continue reading “Unified voice of activism resonates for a Greater Towson”
by John Quinlan
Add 50 movies, 50 states and 5,000 bicycle miles and you have a successful formula for celebrating 50 years of marriage.
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"And the other big thing, which was more challenging, was we were going to ride 5,000 miles this year on our bikes, and we achieved that in October," Glen said. "Actually, we’re over 6,000 miles now. We kept on going."
Just like their marriage.
Read more: https://www.siouxcityjournal.com/lifestyles/couples/hayworths-enjoy-movies-states-years-of-marriage/article_c23042ed-99d7-56af-9594-7ceed5feb0b8.html
"First, we don’t spend our entire lives in cars. We walk everywhere. "
https://www.good.is/post/the-good-city-life-why-new-york-s-life-expectancy-is-the-highest-in-the-nation/
* Mr. Dan Reagle of the Maryland Transit Administration said that MTA applied for a grant from the Federal Transit Administration to construct a 700 foot path connecting the Lutherville Light Rail station to the neighborhood
[B’ Spokes: This could make for a bike route in the area as topography and lollipop development makes getting through there a bit challenging by bike.]
* By a vote of 6-1-1, Ms. Jessica Keller was selected as the committee’s choice to nominate to the BRTB as the new citizen-pedestrian representative.
[B’ Spokes: very cool, someone who I know and this position has been filled.]
* Ralph Wheeler noted that Baltimore County had submitted only projects on county-owned roads, while other jurisdictions had submitted requests for state roads. It was noted that instructions for submitting bicycle and pedestrian projects should be clarified for future long range plans.
[B’ Spokes: Indeed, better communication and planning between State, county and Metro Planning Organization for bicycle and pedestrian access is needed.]
Continue reading “BRTB BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY GROUP September 7, 2011 Minutes Highlights”
[B’ Spokes: Since some Maryland bicycle crash investigations take an extraordinary amount of time, this case in NYC may be of interest to watch.]
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"NYPD routinely denies access to information on deadly crashes, often based on the claim that releasing even the most rudimentary details would jeopardize crash investigations. The Lefevre lawsuit challenges that practice, based in part on the fact that NYPD has declared that no charges will be filed for Mathieu’s death."
https://www.streetsblog.org/2012/01/04/family-of-mathieu-lefevre-sues-nypd-for-withholding-crash-information/
To keep you updated on transportation policies:
"If this speech illustrates Romney’s true view on public transportation — that it has to pay for itself — advocates have a lot of work to do in educating him before he goes head-to-head with Obama for the White House."
https://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/01/04/romney-wins-iowa-loses-the-rail-passenger-vote/
And there is more here: https://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/01/03/in-iowa-gop-candidates-ignore-transportation-and-urban-issues/
Via Bicicleta Club de Catalunya
Continue reading “Are our traffic priorities correct?”
from Greater Greater Washington by Ben Ross
Travelers on Maryland’s newly-opened Intercounty Connector (ICC) highway see a road that seems empty and overbuilt. Yet the Maryland Transportation Authority, which runs the road, says that traffic is slightly heavier than forecast. Can both be right?
Yes, they can.
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But the state’s forecast also assumes that gas will cost $2.50 a gallon, adjusted for future inflation. If instead, gas costs $10 a gallon in 2030, traffic on the ICC is projected to be about 40% below the $2.50/gallon forecast.
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There’s nothing at all wrong with building for the future. The planners of Metro thought big, and we are all better off as a result. The question about the ICC is whether it was built for the future, or for a past age of cheap gasoline and sprawl that is gone forever.
Continue reading “Why is the ICC so empty? How long will it stay that way?”
by Gene Bisbee
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As you can guess from our cycling gear, this photo was taken in the early 1990s. It was 1994, in fact, the first and maybe only time that the 4.3-mile-long eastbound span of the Bay Bridge on US Route 50 was closed to everyone but bicyclists.
The photo was taken by Bob Gilbert, a former colleague at the Annapolis Capital newspaper who loved shooting pictures from anything up high. I just stumbled across this photo and some others from the CAM tour recently.
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Continue reading “Remembering Cycle Across Maryland; crossing the Bay Bridge”