Maryland 8 Hour ozone Exceedance days
2006
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What makes drivers angry?
A ranking of 45 objectionable behaviors of road users, 4 of those relate to cyclists:
* Cyclists who fail to use appropriate lights at night
* Cyclists who ‘run’ red traffic lights
* Cyclists who fail to wear helmets
* Cyclists who blatantly disobey road rules, e.g., ‘running’ red lights, failing to wear helmets, failing to use appropriate lights at night
Some interesting tidbits:
– Heavy vehicle operators are the most annoyed by cyclists, and motorcyclists are the least bothered — even less than other cyclists. Motorcyclists are particularly not bothered by cyclists who don’t wear helmets.
– Drivers over 35 are much more annoyed by cyclists than younger drivers. The annoyance is pretty level until age 35, but increases steadily with age thereafter. Older drivers are particularly bothered by cyclists without lights.
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The Car on Trial
From CBC:
This Canadian on-line radio show puts the car on trial with facts and figures from both Canada and the United States. (In two parts under a half hour each.)
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Mail from Baltimore Spokes
Since it looks like my postings are getting a bit more diverse I thought I would remind everyone that has a login account you can select which topics you are interested in. So if you are just interested in the Biking in Baltimore topic then you have an option to get notifications on just that topic.
After logging in select Preferences in the User Function box on the left and then in the Emailed Topics box just select the topics you are interested in.
And conversely you can create an account (see above) and get daily notifications in the topics of interest.
Tree Planting Dec 2nd in Carroll Park
Come Plant Some Trees & Bring a Friend!
When: December 2nd, 2006 from 9:00 am-12:30 pm
Where: Carroll Park
(We will meet near the tennis courts at 9am)
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Bike Rush Hour Amsterdam
Have you ever wondered what it would look like to have a lot of people commuting by bike? Take a look at this YouTube video.
Bicycle Crash Statistics/Facts
Rain barrel workshop on November 30
What is Rain Water Harvesting and Why is it So Important?
Whenever it rains in our area, much of the water doesn
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Velodrome Proposed in Baltimore City
From the Daily Record:
As if his plan to turn an industrial waterfront in Southwest Baltimore into a "second downtown" was not grand enough, developer Patrick Turner thinks a new velodrome would be the perfect capstone to that project.
If Turner has his way, however, Baltimore will get one. He wants to build a velodrome as part of the massive project he is planning on the shores of the Middle Branch, a finger of the Patapsco River just two miles south of the Inner Harbor. A velodrome is an arena with banked tracks made specifically for bicycle racing, best known for its function in Olympic contests. Amateurs can ride public tracks for recreational purposes, but relatively few such arenas exist in the United States.
The ribbon cutting Allegheny Highlands trail
For those of you who enjoy trail riding a note of importance. In Cumberland on Dec 14th at 1:00 PM the Allegheny Highlands trail of Maryland will open the last like of trail between Cumbland and Pittsburgh. The ribbon cutting by the Gov Erlich will complete this 335 mile trail from DC to PIttsburgh.