– Environmental Defense
The League of American Bicyclists is promoting Bike-to-Work Week from May 14-18, and Bike-to-Work Day on May 18. Biking is the ultimate in clean transportation, emitting no greenhouse gases whatsoever. Plus it keeps you fit and it’s fun.
Still not sure? Check out our stories from people who bike to work daily. If you decide to join in, tell us your experiences!
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Cop Charged In Bike Assault Road Rage Incident That Was Caught On Tape
It was a crime caught on tape by some unsuspecting students taking video for a class project – a driver getting out of his car to allegedly assault a cyclist who prevented him from turning at a yellow light. The kids caught the entire thing as it unfolded at Queen and Bay on Tuesday afternoon and turned their evidence over to police. They’ve now made an arrest and the suspect is almost as surprising as the footage itself – he’s a cop.
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Crosswalk Memorials for Pedestrians Killed by Motorists
Recently, in Lisbon, Portugal city officials hired artists to repaint crosswalks using the names of pedestrians killed by motorists. It was the highlight of "Safe Street Week" and has since been adopted by other countries as a method of creating awareness against the dangers of negligence.
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Beating the pump
A News 2 story on YouTube that covers a fellow in Tennessee that added a $150 electric motor hub to a regular bike.
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Bike Thief Thwarted by Dyamic Heroines!
Watch Agent Chaos and Agent Trouble of The
Sprockettes
reenact their amazing recovery of a stolen bicycle.
FIGHT EVIL CRIME!
Watch Video Here
May Bike Events
Bike To Work Day 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. on May 18
* War Memorial Plaza (100 N. Holliday St.), Baltimore
* City Dock, Annapolis
* County Office Building (220 S. Main St.), Bel Air
* Courthouse Square (400 Washington Av.), Towson
Register for prizes https://www.baltometro.org/content/view/258/230
Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture race
This weekend is the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race. If you have never been this is a great day out on your bike. The sculpture brake test and safety check is at 8am at the American Visionary Art Museum with the race starting at 10am. The race will take in American Visionary Art Museum, Federal Hill, downtown Baltimore, A quick dip in the water at Canton then on to Paterson Park.
If you have never seen the race before they first thing you should know is that it is not about winning. The most coveted prize is the Mediocre Award for finishing in the middle. Each entry must be a human powered work of art designed to travel on land, through mud, and into deep harbor water.
For more information see the Spectator Guide at https://www.kineticbaltimore.com/KSR/SpectatorsGuide.asp
Bicycle wins in biker vs. car errand race
The car took 20 minutes to run a set of prescribed errands, while the bike took 10 minutes.
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The errand race was part of "Walking the Talk/Closing the Gap: Transforming Environmental Values into Sustainable Practices," a series of events held by the UF office of sustainability, department of religion and department of political science.
Dedee DeLongpr;, director of the office of sustainability, said the goal is to make people with environmental values begin acting environmentally. DeLongpr; said the errand race tied together three important ideas: alternative transportation, shopping locally and supporting local agriculture.
DeLongpr; said the importance of shopping locally and supporting local agriculture is helping reduce the amount of shipping in the United States.
"Everything is interconnected," she said.
Poppell said he was helped in the race because he didn’t have to worry about parking, like Christensen did, and he was able to use more roads that didn’t have traffic lights or stop signs.
Christensen said the little things hurt. The time it takes to leave the car, lock the car, put on the seat belt, they all added up, he said.
Christensen, who used a Flexcar Civic hybrid, said he knew it would be a challenge trying to beat a bicycle during rush hour.
"It was fun to try anyway," he said.
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Bike Bucks
The NIH Bicycle Commuter Club’s NIH Bike Bucks pilot program wherein registered participants EARN "Bike Bucks" that they can spend with participating vendors. Commuters earn five NIH Bike Bucks for every 100 miles that they ride to work on a bike instead of in a car. So far, in the coldest months of the season (Jan to March) our initial twelve pilot participants logged over 4000 miles and earned hundreds of bike bucks!
This concept was modeled on community incentives programs like the Ithaca Hours program in Ithaca, New York and the Recycle Bank in Philadelphia, PA. We’re now up to over 40 registered NIH Bike Bucks participants and 4 participating vendors…..
So far the program is limited to NIH and FDA employees and contractors, and only miles commuted to and from work count towards Bike Bucks. I would be more than willing to help other Institutions establish their own such pilot programs. All it takes is a champion, some vendor support and someone willing to track the registrations, loggers, vendors, miles and bucks!
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FDA cyclists complete workouts and ease traffic congestion all on the way to work
by Danny Jacobs | Staff Writer Gazette
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As the FDA becomes more and more part of the White Oak neighborhood, officials are searching for ways to keep its impact on roads to a minimum. To that end, Aaronson and dozens of other employees bike to work each day, many riding more than 10 miles each way. The cyclists cited the economic, environmental and fitness benefits, as well as the satisfaction biking brings.
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