https://bikeportland.org/2013/05/30/kids-are-the-true-indicator-species-of-a-bike-friendly-city-87599
[B’ Spokes: Seriously just look at the pictures and ask yourself "Why don’t we want this here?" Oh because the roads have to be made unsafe for cyclists… really? I realize most would say "The roads are unsafe but that leads to a conversation where either the design of the road and its laws governing it use should change (very rare) or we need to maintain the status quo (more average,)]
Baltimore Farmers’ Market & Bazaar
April 7, 2013 – December 22, 2013 | 7:00AM – 12:00PM
Every Sunday underneath the Jones Falls Expressway at Holliday & Saratoga streets
While strolling through Maryland’s largest producers-only market, shoppers can revel at the sight of a vast quantity of foods, including crisp fruits and vegetables, poultry, seafood, beef, pork, lamb, bison, goat, rabbit, fresh baked goods, flavorful herbs and organically raised and produced milk, yogurt, butter, eggs and cheese products. Additionally, dozens of food vendors add spice to the market with multicultural cuisine such as popular pit beef sandwiches, omelets and breakfast burritos, crepes, wood fired pizzas, pies and quiches, soups, noodles and dumplings. Vegan items are sold as well.
The bazaar offers shoppers a variety of unique crafts and collectibles including jewelry, handbags, hair accessories, clothing, rugs, pottery and wooden items, stained glass and photographs.
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TfL plans to fine motorists and dock points from licences for ignoring Advanced Stop Lines
[B’ Spokes: Here’s some ideas that might help make Maryland a bit safer for non-motorists.]
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By Simon_MacMichael, Road.cc
London’s Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, plans to deploy CCTV cameras to catch motorists illegally entering Advanced Stop Lines (ASLs), with transgressors being fined £60 and having 3 penalty points put on their driving licence.
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“We know how many cars go into advance stop boxes — probably more than 50 per cent of the time. Maybe they don’t known they are meant to stay out of them.
“At present, you have to have a police officer standing at the junction or in a police car. What we can do is stick a camera up and do automatic enforcement. That will sort out the problem.”
The Standard points out that fines imposed on drivers for ignoring ASLs or mandatory cycle lanes [cars entering bike lanes (or parking in them)]
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https://road.cc/content/news/84623-tfl-plans-fine-motorists-and-dock-points-licences-ignoring-advanced-stop-lines
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[B’ Spokes: Could you imagine automated enforcement of no parking in the old trolley lane around the inner harbor?]
Do Bicycle Helmet Laws Really Make Riders Safer?
By ERIC JAFFE, The Atlantic Cities
Typically in transportation — and most social arenas, for that matter — laws promoting safety precautions lead to an increase in public health. Legislation on speed limits, drunk driving, and seatbelt are a few of the most obvious examples. Even bans on the relatively new phenomenon of driver-texting seem to be doing the trick, according to early evidence.
With bike helmet laws, however, the connection isn’t quite so clear.
Take a recent study published earlier this month in BMJ [PDF]. The Canadian research team, led by Jessica Dennis of the University of Toronto, analyzed the rate of cycling-related hospital admissions for head injuries across the country between 1994 and 2008 — an enormous research sample of more than 66,000 people. The size and length of the study allowed Dennis and collaborators to track the injuries against the emergence of bike helmet laws in various provinces.
What they found initially seemed to suggest that this legislation improved public safety. In provinces with helmet laws, the rate of head injuries among young people decreased 54 percent and the rate among adults decreased 26 percent. At the same time, in provinces without the laws, the rate among youth riders dropped only 33 percent and among adults remained constant. (It bears mention that the study was the first to examine the effects of helmet laws on adults.)
But upon closer inspection, according to Dennis and company, this positive effect failed to stand. On the contrary, the researchers concluded that head injuries were decreasing across the country at a rate that wasn’t "appreciably altered" by the new helmet laws. Other rider health initiatives — namely, public safety campaigns and the introduction of better bike infrastructure — rendered the contribution of helmet laws "minimal":
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https://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/05/do-bike-helmet-laws-really-make-people-safer/5732/
Walking or Bicycling to Work Influenced by Others
Via Health News Digest
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — People who walk or bike to work are likely to influence their co-workers and partners to do the same, according to health researchers.
"Social influences are important, specifically interpersonal influences, such as spouses and co-workers," said Melissa Bopp, assistant professor of kinesiology, Penn State. She emphasized that community and employers also significantly influence whether people choose to actively commute.
More than 80 percent of American adults do not meet the guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, according to Healthy People 2020, a federal initiative that sets national objectives and monitors progress concerning the health of the population. Regardless of a chronic disease or disability, any regular physical activity can improve health and quality of life. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends at least two and a half hours of moderate-intensity aerobic activity a week or one hour and 15 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity a week for adults.
Active commuting (AC) — physical exercise, such as bicycling or walking, as a way to travel to and from work — is one way to help adults integrate the recommended activity into their daily routine.
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https://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Exercise_480/Walking-or-Bicycling-to-Work-Influenced-by-Others.shtml