"First, we don’t spend our entire lives in cars. We walk everywhere. "
https://www.good.is/post/the-good-city-life-why-new-york-s-life-expectancy-is-the-highest-in-the-nation/
BRTB BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY GROUP September 7, 2011 Minutes Highlights
* Mr. Dan Reagle of the Maryland Transit Administration said that MTA applied for a grant from the Federal Transit Administration to construct a 700 foot path connecting the Lutherville Light Rail station to the neighborhood
[B’ Spokes: This could make for a bike route in the area as topography and lollipop development makes getting through there a bit challenging by bike.]
* By a vote of 6-1-1, Ms. Jessica Keller was selected as the committee’s choice to nominate to the BRTB as the new citizen-pedestrian representative.
[B’ Spokes: very cool, someone who I know and this position has been filled.]
* Ralph Wheeler noted that Baltimore County had submitted only projects on county-owned roads, while other jurisdictions had submitted requests for state roads. It was noted that instructions for submitting bicycle and pedestrian projects should be clarified for future long range plans.
[B’ Spokes: Indeed, better communication and planning between State, county and Metro Planning Organization for bicycle and pedestrian access is needed.]
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Family of Mathieu Lefevre Sues NYPD for Withholding Crash Information
[B’ Spokes: Since some Maryland bicycle crash investigations take an extraordinary amount of time, this case in NYC may be of interest to watch.]
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"NYPD routinely denies access to information on deadly crashes, often based on the claim that releasing even the most rudimentary details would jeopardize crash investigations. The Lefevre lawsuit challenges that practice, based in part on the fact that NYPD has declared that no charges will be filed for Mathieu’s death."
https://www.streetsblog.org/2012/01/04/family-of-mathieu-lefevre-sues-nypd-for-withholding-crash-information/
Romney Wins Iowa, Loses the Rail-Passenger Vote
To keep you updated on transportation policies:
"If this speech illustrates Romney’s true view on public transportation — that it has to pay for itself — advocates have a lot of work to do in educating him before he goes head-to-head with Obama for the White House."
https://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/01/04/romney-wins-iowa-loses-the-rail-passenger-vote/
And there is more here: https://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/01/03/in-iowa-gop-candidates-ignore-transportation-and-urban-issues/
Are our traffic priorities correct?
Via Bicicleta Club de Catalunya
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Why is the ICC so empty? How long will it stay that way?
from Greater Greater Washington by Ben Ross
Travelers on Maryland’s newly-opened Intercounty Connector (ICC) highway see a road that seems empty and overbuilt. Yet the Maryland Transportation Authority, which runs the road, says that traffic is slightly heavier than forecast. Can both be right?
Yes, they can.
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But the state’s forecast also assumes that gas will cost $2.50 a gallon, adjusted for future inflation. If instead, gas costs $10 a gallon in 2030, traffic on the ICC is projected to be about 40% below the $2.50/gallon forecast.
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There’s nothing at all wrong with building for the future. The planners of Metro thought big, and we are all better off as a result. The question about the ICC is whether it was built for the future, or for a past age of cheap gasoline and sprawl that is gone forever.
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Remembering Cycle Across Maryland; crossing the Bay Bridge
by Gene Bisbee
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As you can guess from our cycling gear, this photo was taken in the early 1990s. It was 1994, in fact, the first and maybe only time that the 4.3-mile-long eastbound span of the Bay Bridge on US Route 50 was closed to everyone but bicyclists.
The photo was taken by Bob Gilbert, a former colleague at the Annapolis Capital newspaper who loved shooting pictures from anything up high. I just stumbled across this photo and some others from the CAM tour recently.
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Imagining a City Without Its Public Transportation
Highlight from The Atlantic Cities by Emily Badgerdec
Of course, all these drivers would also need somewhere to put their cars. Today, about 200,000 people a day ride some form of transit to the District’s downtown core. If all those people drove instead, the city would need the equivalent of 166 blocks of five-story parking garages. Wrap all of them around the White House, and it would looking something like this:
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Collateral source rule in Maryland
FYI if you happen to miss work due to a crash with an automobile:
"Maryland has had for – count them – 112 years, that the claimant is paid for time missed from work regardless of whether they used vacation time or their employer paid them out of the goodness of their heart"
From: https://www.marylandinjurylawyerblog.com/2012/01/dear_usaa_an_open_letter_1.html