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Bicycle Polo
This is an open invitation to people who wish to check out bicycle polo. We usually play at 4:00pm on Sundays. We usually play for about two hours. Teams are decided by whomever shows up, we try to make them fair. Normally we get about 6-8 players showing up, we’re looking to expand our Polo community a bit, and if enough show up we’ll have multiple teams who rotate in to play the winner of the last chukkar (short game).
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Fewer Americans like to drive, survey shows
From Pew Research Center:
Today 69% of American drivers say they like to drive, down from 79% in a 1991 Gallup survey. And just 23% say they consider their car "something special — more than just a way to get around," barely half of the 43% who felt this way in 1991.
The biggest reason for the cooling of the affair isn’t the recent spike in gas prices. Rather, it appears to be the result of a longer term trend — the growing hassle of traffic congestion, according to a Pew Research Center telephone survey among a nationally representative sample of 1,182 adults (including 1,048 drivers) conducted from June 20 through July 16, 2006.
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Are cyclists heroes?
Posted by Elicia Cardenas on August 1st, 2006
[The following ode was written by new contributor Elicia Cardenas and was originally published to the Shift email list almost one year ago. She wrote it in response to someone who questioned why some cyclists act like heroes or
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Tell us about a bad development near you
From environmentmaryland.org:
Development in Maryland is out of control, and it is paving over our open
spaces, polluting the Chesapeake Bay, and hurting our quality of life. That’s why
Environment Maryland is working to pass policies that will help Maryland grow in a
smarter, more sustainable way.
To prove that uncontrolled growth is a problem, we need to document cases of
sprawling development from all across the state. Do you live, work, or play near a
development that is going up and paving over a farm or forest? Is your local
creek polluted by runoff from a construction site or new development? Write and
tell us your story, and send us a picture if you have one.
Old Lady Pwnz Mercedes Guy
Cyclists and pedestrians have a common headache, obnoxious drivers. And for those of you who wish obnoxious people would get what
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Tell DNR not to sell water from state lands
The Department of Natural Resources wants to sell water from state parks to private developers. These waters sustain the environment around them and should be kept in reserve for emergencies, not sold to the highest bidder.
Email Ronald Guns, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, and tell him that state waters should only be used for emergencies and that any policy to allow the sale of state waters must allow public input in the process.
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Comments sought
What do you think about the Baltimore Region
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MEETINGS START THIS WEEK
Phase II of the Baltimore Region Environmental Justice in Transportation Project continues to move forward as three small groups convene this week and next.
The three groups, called case study teams, are the outcome of a community workshop, held on July 8, 2006 and will focus on the following areas:
Transit Service and Reliability
Congestion and Environment
Public Participation in the Transportation Planning Process
Each of these case study groups will now begin meeting to discuss the specific topic and location to be reviewed. A list of meeting dates and times are listed below. To join a case study team, please attend one of the upcoming meetings or contact the case study group leader.
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COMMUTER STORIES SOUGHT
Attention all commuters