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The Bike to Work Day Race (sort of)

[Note: Fictitious though inspired by the days events.]

Sheila Dixon (President of the Baltimore City Council) set an aggressive pace for the Bike to Work Day race from the very start and refused to give up her lead. But Otis Rolley (Director of Planning) was right behind and would not let her slack off the aggressive pace. Even Al Foxx (Director of Transportation) who was near the back of the pack fought to hold his position firm in the race till he encountered a couple of technical problems with the course, namely a storm grate and a pot hole which shaved seconds from his finishing time. Al was overheard saying
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Bike to work

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Photos from Baltimore’s Bike to work day ride from light street
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It

After presentation by Carley Francis
(City Planner) and letters
of support from Planning, Transportation, Mayor

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Matters of Scale

Bicycles per 1,000
people in the United States (mid-1990s)
385
In Germany
588
In the Netherlands
1,000
Percent of urban
travel accounted for by cycling in the United States (1995)
1
Percent in Germany
12
Percent in the Netherlands
28
Percent of adults
that are obese in the United States (2003)
30.6
Percent in Germany
12.9
Percent in the Netherlands
10.0
Total spending on
health as percent of GDP in the United States (2002)
14.6
Percent in Germany
10.9
Percent in the Netherlands
8.8
Persons per hour that
one meter-width-equivalent right-of-way can carry, by mode:
Auto in mixed traffic
170
Bicycle
1,500
Bus in mixed traffic
2,700
Pedestrian
3,600
Suburban railway
4,000
Energy used per
passenger-mile (calories):
Auto
1,860
Bus
920
Rail
885
Foot
100
Bicycle
35

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