If you’re concerned about fracking, come learn more and meet fellow fracktivists this Saturday in Charles Village, 12-1pm. It’s a pot luck picnic. Part of the Global Frack Down happening across the world.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
12:00pm until 1:00pm in EDT
Abell Open Space – 32nd Street between Abell Ave. and Guilford Ave.
Join Food & Water Watch and Environment Maryland for a potluck picnic to Stop the Global Frackdown!
Come learn about fracking, what it could mean for Maryland and Baltimore, and find out how you can help stop it before it starts!
If you can, please bring something for the potluck.
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78 Degrees and Sunny Skies!
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- Larry’s Ride and Run – September 22, 2012
- TOUR DU PORT – Register TODAY for the September 30th Event!
Larry’s Ride and Run – September 22, 2012.
Forecast is 78 Degrees and Sunny Skies!
Pre-event registration CLOSES THIS Thursday at noon.
Get the discounted rate of $35; day of event rate $45.
Location: Spring Meadow Farm in North West Baltimore County
Enjoy the scenic and challenging terrain of Baltimore’s farm crested hills when you participate in the 3rd Annual Larry’s Ride and Run event at Spring Meadow Farm. Choose from three different bicycle routes or join in the run! Afterward, come back to the farm for barbeque, kid’s events, music, a farmer’s market and so much more.
Click here to register and to learn more about Larry’s Ride and Run!
Tour du Port – Register TODAY for the September 30th Event!
Location: Baltimore City’s Canton Waterfront Park
The 19th Annual Tour du Port has 5 completely NEW routes ranging from 12 to 65 miles! Experience Baltimore’s premier bicycle tour, Tour du Port! Routes travel through historic neighborhoods, charming port areas and beautiful city and state parks throughout Baltimore City, Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties. After the ride, enjoy a celebration including live music, exhibitors, lunch, and more!
Click here to register and to learn more about Tour du Port!
Receive $10 off when you register for BOTH Larry’s Ride and the Tour du Port. Click here to register and receive your discount.
Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Own a Custom Bike Maryland Jersey! Please place your order now to guarantee your ownership of this special item.
You can still order merchandise here or on the Tour du Port or Larry’s Ride event registration forms. Click here if you want to purchase merchandise but will not be able to attend an event.
Sleek custom bicycle jersey!
Custom wicking t-shirt!
View larger images on the event registration forms.
Walking Rates in America Improve, Still Pitiful
by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog
There’s a new report out from the Centers for Disease Control that finds nearly 40 percent of American adults had not walked for a ten-minute period in the previous seven days. Yikes.
The CDC reports that Americans are improving, but still walk at an astonishingly low rate. Photo: Thedogtrainingsecret.com
Believe it or not, that’s an improvement over the 2005 results, when just over half of all Americans had found the time and energy for a ten-minute walk in the course of a regular week.
Could this somehow be tied to the fact that in this country we’ve developed a transportation system where $1.7 billion urban interchanges are a matter of course, but where Congress takes aim at a much less expensive national program to help children not get killed while walking to school?
Yes, according to Walk Arlington’s Commuter Page Blog:
Despite the encouraging news, experts conclude that far too many people are still not getting enough exercise to improve their health — less than half of U.S. adults get the recommended amount of physical activity of 2.5 hours a week. The CDC says that walkable, pedestrian-inclusive communities are key to encouraging Americans to travel by foot. The report encourages employers and state and local governments to support walkability — and fitness — by developing new sidewalks, paths, and other safe places that encourage people to walk for work, errands, and recreation.
This news comes on the heels of another CDC report containing alarming new data on U.S. obesity rates. There is not a state in the union where less than 20 percent of the population is clinically obese. The car-oriented South and Midwest regions of the country ranked worst.
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Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Members
https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/planning/PBAC/members.html
[This reference may come in handy.]
The sooner we realize that transportation is about moving people efficiently…
Howard County Bicycle Master Plan — First Citizen Workshop Saturday
The first citizen workshop meeting for development of the first Howard County Bicycle Master Plan is this Saturday morning:
Workshop 1 – September 22, 2012 (Miller Branch Library; 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
Other upcoming workshop events:
Workshop 2 – October 3, 2012 (East Columbia Branch Library; 6:00 p.m.-8:45 p.m.)
Workshop 3 – October 24, 2012 (JHU – Applied Physics Lab, Building 1, Parsons Auditorium; 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
Workshop 4 – November 7, 2012 (Glenwood Branch Library; 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
Workshop 5 – November 2012 (Elkridge area)
Workshop 6 – November 2012 (Savage/North Laurel area)
A survey and interactive map have been added to the county’s bike master plan website.
https://bikehoward.com/
BAHC has worked with the County Government for the past 4 years to get to this point. Now we need to have cyclists attend each of these events to ensure that our views are expressed and to demonstrate the interest and commitment of the HC cycling community. Please plan on trying to attend one – or more – workshops.
Forward this to your listserves and to cycling friends.
Jack
Jack Guarneri
President, Bicycling Advocates of Howard County (BAHC)
https://www.BikeHoCo.org
Maybe they need a relaxing hobby
A cargo bike is just a human powered SUV with VIP parking.
From the National Women’s Bicycling Summit … can a person with 9 kids give up her car? Sure. Watch the inspiring video:
Paving paradise?
City wants new road, 96 parking spaces at Patterson Park
Read more at Baltimore Brew
If you would like to see this stopped there is a Facebook page
Not in the Brew article: sign the petition here.
Cyclist Hurt After Crash on Davidsonville Road
Medics transported a 21-year-old man to Shock Trauma after the collision at about 8 a.m. Monday.
By Tim Lemke, Crofton Patch
A bicyclist was seriously hurt Monday morning after a collision on Davidsonville Road.
Lt. Cliff Kooser of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said units responded at about 8 a.m. Monday to a report of a crash involving a car and bicycle in the 2100 block of Davidsonville Road.
Medics transported a 21-year-old man to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Kooser said the man’s injuries were described as serious, but not life-threatening.
Kooser said officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department and Crofton Police Department also responded to the scene.
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