Soon you might be limited to roads with speed limits that are less then or equal to your maximum speed. That
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The Great Bike Ride and Kids Festival at Druid Hill Park
Join us for the Great Bike Ride and Kids Festival at Druid Hill Park & celebrate biking in Baltimore!
The ride has been postponed.
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Rossville Blvd bridge across I-95
Stay tuned for a possible future action alert. The mastered planed bike route on Rossville Blvd has been trashed by a recent widening project over I-95, in violation of state law.
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Global Warming-Peak Oil Conference
There will be a forum on global warming, peak oil, resource depletion and extinction at George Washington University on September 14 – 16. It has a very strong agenda and costs only $35 for all three days. And if you can’t attend all three days, you pay even less by the day. This is a rare opportunity to see many well respected speakers at a local event open to the public at reasonable cost.
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Sunday, Sept 2, 1-4 5-10:30 pm Wynan Meadow in Leakin Park
Come out in the afternoon for the final day of
Art in the Park 2007
Tour the park and art installations. Meet the
artists. Naturalist & Park history talks.
Sunprint Workshop, Solar Powered Bubble Making,
Larger Than Life Bubbles and Kaliseoscope Tree
provided by GreenCityBaltimore.
Come in for an evening of intertainments- Media
Sprout 5-10:30pm
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The Green Movement in Baltimore
Friday, Aug 31 @ noon & 7 p.m. on Signal- WYPR Radio 88.1 f.m.
Signal’s Lisa Morgan interviews Doug Retzler of
GreenCityBaltimore & Ryan Pattersonson of Parks &
People to discuss GreenCityBaltimore, Photo
Safati, Art on th Trail’s closing
event-MediaSprout and the Green Movement in
Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins adopts climate change policy
President William R. Brody has just announced the adoption of a climate change policy that seeks to make Johns Hopkins a driving force in the development of solutions to what many call a climate crisis.
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Earlier in 2007, Johns Hopkins was instrumental in bringing Flexcar, a car-sharing program that uses low-emission hybrids, to Baltimore. The program, started with four cars on the Homewood campus, began in March and was so successful that the university quickly decided to double the number.
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"The challenge of climate change is huge, but it is not insurmountable," Brody said. "Our university, with its wealth of intellectual resources, can make a difference. Working across divisional lines and in collaboration with partners in academia and in the community, we can put our knowledge and expertise to work attacking and, ultimately, helping to solve this problem."
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Join 1500 Riders at the Civil War Century
Saturday, September 8, 2007…
Join the BBC in Thurmont, Maryland again this year for the cycling event that has everything — famous historical sites, breathtaking scenery, low-traffic roads, and well-marked routes designed for every ability level. As in the past, you can visit the South Mountain and Antietam or Gettysburg battlefield sites — or all three of them if you elect to ride the full century — while cycling through some of the most beautiful countryside east of the Mississippi.
NOTE: Registration and check-in for pre-registered riders begins at 7 a.m.
A ride for everyone: We offer five rides ranging from long and mountainous to short and flat. All routes are well marked and cue sheets are provided.
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Boston
[I want to note that our Mayor and a lot of her staff as well as members of the Mayor
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Low powered motor bikes and the law
There are a lot of legal similarities between motor bikes equipped with a 50cc or less engine (moped or scooter) and a bicycle.
Similarities:
When traveling the speed limit or keeping up with the flow of traffic you are allowed full use of the roadway, typically the safe riding position is center of the lane. (See slow moving vehicle note)
If traveling slower then the above and if:
The road surface continues to include a shoulder or bike lane then we are required to ride there unless an exception applies (making a left turn, hazard, etc.) (See Bike lane note.)
When a lane is too narrow for car and bike to share safely side by side (less then 14 feet wide) the typical safe riding position is in the right hand tire track in the right most through lane.
Otherwise stick to the right most portion of the roadway with a typical safe riding position approximately 2 feet from the curb.
Both are prohibited from using roadways of a speed limit greater then 50mph but can travel the shoulder unless prohibited.
Dissimilarities:
A scooter cannot ride on trails (motor vehicles prohibited) and side paths (wide sidewalks designated for multi-use.)
You cannot take a scooter on mass transit.
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