Biking in Baltimore
(Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox / July 23, 2009)
Battle lines form over $4.6 billion I-270 expansion proposal I-270. Business, environmental concerns set to clash over a proposed $4.6 billion widening of I-270
Continue reading “An apt response to congestion or outmoded idea that will create more of it?”
Some crazy nut case is trying to ban cyclists from Iowa’s Farm to Market roads so there is a counter petition up to ban motor vehicles from the Farm to Market roads.
Continue reading “Stop sharing Iowa FM roads”
Asheville firefighter charged in roadside shooting
by Josh Boatwright
Police charged a city firefighter with attempted first-degree murder Sunday after witnesses said he fired a handgun at a bicyclist along Tunnel Road, barely missing his skull.
Charles Alexander Diez, 42, apparently fired at the Asheville man after arguing with him about riding his bike on the busy road with his 3-year-old child in a bike seat behind him, Asheville Police Capt. Tim Splain said.
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Continue reading “Stop risking your life or I’ll kill you”
From Wash Cycle:
My wife subscribes to Metro Verdicts Monthly and she pointed one out Montgomery County Circuit Court decision to me the other day.
A cyclist was training for a triathlon when the driver of a truck turned left in front of him. The cyclist was unable to stop or avoid a collision and hit the back side of the truck. After he hit the truck the cyclist fell to the ground. The cyclist suffered multiple fractured ribs, a concussion and body bruising. He missed two weeks of worked. He was nonetheless able to eventually resume his training and ride in the triathlon.
The cyclist argued that he had the right of way,that the driver was 100% at fault and that he sustained serious injuries.
The driver argued that the cyclist was contributorily negligent because the cyclist hit the back of the truck. He also argued that the cyclists was able to continue with his activities, even riding in the triathlon. It doesn’t appear the driver ever argued that he had the right-of-way.
The Montgomery County jury found for the defendant. One reason we need to get rid of contributory negligence.
Continue reading “Bicyclist Loses Lawsuit Against Truck Driver”
Just to note that the original article was a hoax by someone masquerading as the New York Times. We apologize for any false hope the article may have caused. You may now resume your car centric lives.
https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=1490
Continue reading “New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically”
If you have not checked out the rides from City Hall you are missing out on a fun time. Someone asked about Critical Mass in Baltimore IMHO these rides are Baltimore’s version, more fun without any of the negativity that Critical Mass can bring.
The first page of pictures was on Wednesday, nice ride up the Gwynns Falls Trail and back. On the second page starts an event that uncovered a very heart warming story . The Belair-Edison neighborhood could not afford a recreation center so they offered bike rides in Herring Run Park. Then someone stole all the bikes but Velocipede came to the rescue and donated a bunch of kids bikes.
Continue reading “Last weeks rides from City Hall in pictures”
* Street Smart is an annual public education, awareness and behavioral change campaign in the Washington, DC, suburban Maryland and northern Virginia area. Since its beginning in 2002, the campaign has used radio, newspaper, and transit advertising, public awareness efforts, and added law enforcement, to respond to the challenges of pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
* The Street Smart program emphasizes education of motorists and pedestrians through mass media. It is meant to complement, not replace, the efforts of state and local governments and agencies to build safer streets and sidewalks, enforce laws, and train better drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
* The StreetSmart campaign is expanding to the Baltimore Metropolitan area in 2009.
* More information on the StreetSmart campaign is available at https://www.mwcog.org/streetsmart
Continue reading “Maryland Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Initiative”
UPDATE:
Per Maryland Highway Safety Office: all of the SHA safety pages are being updated. This one will look like the choosesafetyforlife.com page.
https://www.choosesafetyforlife.com/bicycle.htm
Continue reading “Per SHA this is bicycle safety???”
Emphasis Area #3d – Make Walking and Crossing Streets Safer
Typically, between 95 and 110 pedestrians are fatally injured on Maryland’s streets and highways each year. Pedestrian fatalities comprise about 20 percent of all traffic deaths. About 12 percent of fatally injured pedestrians are 15 years or younger and another 19 percent are 65 years or older. Nearly 3,000 pedestrians are injured annually, more than one-third of which occur in Baltimore City and more than another one-third of which occur in Baltimore, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties. Pedestrians 15 years of age and younger are particularly vulnerable to being injured – over 30 percent of injured pedestrians are in this age group.
Continue reading “Maryland Strategic Highway Safety Plan”
[From Delegate Al Carr’s Facebook news feed:]
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In a few weeks, workers will start ripping up Edmonston’s main road and replacing it with an environmentally friendly street of rain gardens, porous brick and a drought-resistant tree canopy designed to shade the concrete, filter rainwater before it flows into the river and put people to work.
When the work is done, Decatur Street will naturally treat more than 90 percent of the pollution from the 40 inches of rainwater that sweeps into the Anacostia each year. "We’re a town that’s been beaten up by floods," said Adam C. Ortiz, Edmonston’s mayor and the firepower behind the project. "We have to make things happen for us instead of making things happen to us."
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Continue reading “Paving an Environmentally Friendly Path”