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Cycle to Celebrate Blackwater Refuge
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is hosting a bike ride to celebrate Blackwater
National Wildlife Refuge and the Bay. The ride is being held on Saturday, October
14 from 10 am to 4 pm near Cambridge, Md.
Friends and supporters of the Chesapeake Bay are invited to spend a day touring
Dorchester County and Blackwater Refuge, which at this time of year offers
spectacular scenery, a host of migrating waterfowl and a variety of biking, birding
and walking opportunities.
Stop in at the Open House at Stump Farm (directions below) to get your cue
sheet/route map (25 mile or 5 mile cycling routes offered) and to enjoy music, local
exhibitors, kid’s activities, and local food all day.
Baltimore County Council Public Hearing scheduled for Bike Master Plan
The Baltimore County Council has scheduled a public hearing on the Eastern County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan.
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It’s time for a New Energy Future
Stylish bike clothing?
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Cycling to Work Enjoys a Rebirth
Early in the 20th century, bicycling to do errands or to work was common in the United States, and seeing bikes on racks on the back of streetcars was not unusual. Commuters often used a combination of walking, cycling and taking mass transit. Even in the 1940s, bicycling was still a major means of transportation for not-too-distant trips.
But that began to change in the 1950s and 60s, when car use rapidly accelerated, fueled by the building of the high-speed Interstate highway system, heavily subsidized through federal funding. Ultimately crisscrossing over 40,000 miles, the new freeways chiseled through cities and towns, sometimes splitting neighborhoods in two, and created new pathways for development and sprawl far away from urban centers.
Bicycling and walking increasingly took a back seat to driving or riding in cars. By 1990, the Federal Highway Administration called bicycling and walking "the forgotten modes" of transportation.
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Quote for the day
Congressman Earl Blumenauer once said: "Let’s have a minute’s silence for all those Americans who are currently sitting in traffic on the way to the gym to ride a stationary bicycle."