"Transit Stations Built for Cars Aren’t Built for Transit Riders:"
Hear, hear! This and more points: https://streetsblog.net/2011/06/20/too-many-transfers-too-much-parking-not-enough-multi-modalism/
BBW Summer MTN Bike Group Ride Series
Starting Saturday, June 25th we will be launching our summer mountain bike group rides at Patapsco State Park. Meet at 7am, with wheels rolling at 7:15am sharp.
Meet at Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville (800 South Rolling Road, Catonsville, MD) in the parking lot closest to the tennis courts (see map).
Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, same place, same time. The 2nd Saturday of the month will be a faster paced ride, and the 4th is a ‘no-drop’ style where we stay together.
Participants are asked to bring a working mountain bike (bring by BBW for an inspection), a helmet, water, small snack, and appropriate clothing. Anyone who comes to a weekly ride will receive 20% off all BBW jerseys.
Rides will be led by Alex and another worker-member. Participants must be at least 18 years old. Check the BBW blog for last minute weather cancellations.
For more info follow the link in “Read more”
Bicycles on MTA
A one stop summary of how to combine bicycling with Mass Transit. Policies for MTA buses, rail, lockers and commuter choice program.
https://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/MTA_Bicycles_Brochure.pdf
Cycle Maryland 2011
Bicyclists – Show the Governor Your Appreciation of Cycle Maryland!
Governor O’Malley is Promoting Bicycling – Let’s Support Him!
Governor O’Malley rides with Carol Silldorff (Bike Maryland ED)
at the Cycle Maryland Kick-Off
Please join Governor O’Malley at the 65th Annual Catonsville July 4th Parade to help promote Cycle Maryland. The Governor will be walking the parade route, which goes from Montrose Avenue, down Frederick Road, and finally turning onto Bloomsbury Avenue and ending at Catonsville High School. We are looking for about 10-15 bicyclists to follow the Governor either on foot walking your bike, or riding your bike, while wearing a stylish Cycle MD t-shirt. The parade is from 3 – 5 pm, with line up from 2 – 2:30 pm. After the parade, stay and continue to enjoy the festivities at the Family Fun Fest, with a spectacular fireworks show at dusk. Click here for more information on the Catonsville parade, festival and fireworks. If you would like to participate in the Catonsville Parade with Governor O’Malley, please contact Tracey Hartman via email here or (410) 974-2316.
Governor O’Malley is very eager to continue to promote Cycle MD and is excited about the opportunity on the 4th of July in Catonsville, when approximately 60,000 people will be watching. Cycle Maryland officially launched on Saturday June 18th, in beautiful Queen Anne’s County. Read more about the kickoff here. Click here to learn more about Cycle Maryland.
Carol Silldorff tells the crowd, “”We promote bicycling because planning and public health research all indicate that the best places to bike are the best places to live,” said Silldorff. “We know that bike friendly places allow people of all ages, races and economic backgrounds to enjoy healthy recreational opportunities and to travel via bicycle to and from destinations in their communities.”
Bicycle advocates urge care on the roads
There are a lot of good points in this article and I love all the points they touch on but if you are a reader of this blog there’s not much new info except the following bit. Why I think this is important to emphasize this, is because our state over focuses on trails holding up Columbia as a prime example of accommodating bicyclists. Well, how does that work out anyway….
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County Executive Ken Ulman, who describes himself as a recreational cyclist, said that while Columbia was among the first communities in Maryland to have designated bike paths, "they didn’t think destinational, getting from your house to the mall safely on a bike. … Particularly in downtown Columbia, there are big, sweeping roads that allow vehicles to go very fast."
Ulman said the proposed redevelopment of downtown Columbia is "getting us to focus on streetscapes and complete streets with sidewalks and bike lanes and parking areas."
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It Only Comes Around Once a Year: Decorated Bike Contest for Fourth of July Parade
Enter your bike into the contest and ride in the Severna Park parade.
By Leslie Hunt
It’s time to start thinking about decorating- not the house- but the bikes! At least help grab the decorations now since the annual Fourth of July Parade is right around the corner, or actually starting up the road at St. Martin’s In-the-Field Church and Our Shepherd Lutheran Church at 10 a.m. on July 4.
The annual event, sponsored by the Greater Severna Park Chamber of Commerce features floats, cars, marching bands and one of the highlight for kids -the decorated bike contest.
Registration for the contest is from 9:15 to 10 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce, 1 Holly Ave. There is no fee to enter.
Each year, the Greater Severna Park Chamber of Commerce, as part of its Independence Day festivities, sponsors the Decorated Bike Contest. Children are encouraged to decorated their bikes, tricycles and wagons, and enter the contest. There will be Hugs the Clown, bicycle obstacle course, and information on bike safety to round out the day, said Linda Zahn, CEO of the Chamber.
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Cyclists pass through Carroll on journey across U.S.
By Caroline Hailey, Times Staff Write
Over the next week, cyclists who have already logged nearly 3,000 continual miles will ride through parts of Carroll County on the way to their final destination, Annapolis.
The cyclists are part of the Race Across America, where they ride solo or in two-, four- or eight-person relay teams through 12 states from Oceanside, Calif., to Maryland’s capital city.
Mount Airy Bicycles, off Old National Pike, will serve as the race’s 52nd time station, where the lead cyclists were expected to arrive late Thursday. Larry Black, founder of the bike shop, said cyclists should be coming through the area for the next week.
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Re-calibrating green building certification in two cartoons
from Switchboard, from NRDC › Kaid Benfield’s Blog by Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
By now, we all know that an otherwise “green” building in a relatively inaccessible location is just a pretender, given that it will generate far more in carbon emissions than the building’s technology purports to save. Conversely, even an ordinary building in a highly accessible, urban location is better for the environment than most anything that goes up in a greenfield. It’s best to have both, of course: great technology in a great location.
Alas, our current green building rating systems like LEED don’t work that way, even if they are inching in that direction. So my friend, the multi-talented architect and visual artist Dhiru Thadani, has a suggestion or two. Enjoy:
Move your cursor over the images for credit information.
Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog’s home page.
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Cyclists relieved stoplight coming to College Park trolley crossing
by Liz Skalski, Staff Writer – Gazette
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“I think we need to do more about pedestrian and bike safety generally in the county and this is a step in that direction,” Olson [Prince George’s County Councilman Eric Olson (D-Dist. 3) ] said. “We need to be encouraging walking and biking as alternatives to driving and making our communities more walkable.”
City Councilman Patrick Wojahn (Dist. 1) said that as an avid bicyclist he is looking forward to the light’s installment.
“Cars have failed to stop, even with the flashing yellow lights that exist there now. It’s a bit scary,” Wojahn said.
Olson said he is aware of at least two or three collisions at the crossing over the years that have left pedestrians with broken bones.
“A red light is really the best option and that’s a view I shared from the beginning,” Olson said. “A red light is unambiguous; a red light means ‘stop.’”
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Maryland Cycling Survey
from WABA Quick Release by Shane Farthing
Maryland cyclists, please take a moment to complete this short survey. As explained in an email by Maryland SHA Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator Dustin Kuzan:
This is part of the governor’s Cycle Maryland campaign and the idea of the survey is to collect more data on our cyclists throughout the state of Maryland, get their feedback on the current map and what features should be added to a bicycling map, as well as collect data on why other people do not bike. Anyone that has already taken the survey since it was sent from another source should refrain from taking the survey again.
Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CycleMaryland
And please feel free to forward, Facebook, tweet, and re-tweet to engage as many Maryland cyclists as possible.