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A more bike-friendly county?
Ron Cassie, The Examiner
Jun 2, 2006 7:00 AM
Baltimore County – Nobody was talking about how Baltimore County got to the point where biking or walking to work or school seems more like a quaint concept than a genuine alternative at the Planning Department
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Cars on the Capital Crescent Trail!?!
Act by June 15th to protect the CCT!
After concept pic ——– Before pic
The popular Capital Crescent Trail, which was recently recognized by the Project for Public Spaces as one of “21 great places that show how transportation can enliven a community”, is under threat from the construction of a boathouse for Georgetown University.
The National Park Service recently released an Environmental Assessment on a proposal to construct a large boathouse for Georgetown University along the popular Capital Crescent Trail. The proposed location for the boathouse would be on land upstream (west) of the Washington Canoe Club near the CCT trailhead in Georgetown. Access to the site would require construction equipment, boat trailers and delivery vehicles to share the use the Capital Crescent Trail for a distance of 800 feet hundred feet.
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Bicyclists are safer when they ride facing auto traffic???
Whenever something like this makes it to print I just cringe and makes me wonder just how effective our educational campaigns are. (And if you are asking what educational campaigns, my point exactly.)
Just to be clear, wrong way riding is one of the major causes of bike accidents and it does not prevent them. The following letter to the editor is wrong.
Bicyclists are safer when they ride facing auto traffic
I’ve read that Delaware has an extremely high rate of bicycle fatalities compared to other states. This is not surprising, considering the unreasonable biking laws in Delaware.
In states like Virginia, bicyclists are required to ride facing traffic. This way, if a car gets too close, the biker can avoid being hit. But Delaware law requires bicyclists to ride with the flow of traffic, with automobiles in back of them. That way, a biker has no idea what drivers are doing without looking backward at them.
If you ride a bike according to Delaware law, all you can do is pray that drivers see you and are considerate. Regardless of the law, I don’t intend to put myself in danger by riding with my back turned away from drivers. I bike facing the traffic.
Cynthia McPherson, Newark
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