Biking in Baltimore
A July 29, 2005 Baltimore Sun article details a partnership between Friends
of Anne Arundel County and the Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks
Department to develop “Planet Walk.” The large-scale public art installation
will be complete in 2007. But for now, fans of art and trails can see the sun
and Pluto – which towers 20 feet above the surface of the smooth, paved trail.
Take a walk on the wild side…
Americans purchased more bicycles than new cars and trucks combined in the past year — and all without employee discounts or zero-percent financing.
Continue reading “Bikes selling better than cars”
Baltimore
Regional Transportation Board
BICYCLE
AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY GROUP
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 4, 2005
(Note
posting of minuets is two months behind do to the approval
process.)
Transportation professionals and advocates don’t always agree on the answer to this common question. Is a bike lane better than a path or a wider lane with no stripe? There is no simple answer and a lot depends on the unique circumstances of a particular roadway in a particular community. But, by reviewing more than 20 bicycle facility selection guides from the US and other countries, consultant Michael King’s latest report for the PBIC suggests that there are indeed some common ranges or parameters within which different bicycle facility types seem to work best.
Continue reading “What’s the best way to accommodate bicyclists?”
Ok, you are in a conversation where people are spewing a
bunch of anti-bike comments, not too sure how to respond? I ran across this that
I thought was a good quip:
Continue reading “You bike-a-phobs!”
A female cyclist was attacked on the CCT Trail on May 21. She was struck several times and her bicycle stolen. One week later a male
cyclist was killed on the Mount Vernon Trail (Daingerfield Island) in a failed robbery attempt. The suspect who was charged with the
slaying has been identified by the May 21 victim as her assailant.
As convictions can be difficult to obtain the police are seeking more information and witnesses. The likelihood of a conviction may
depend on how much quality information the police can acquire.
Continue reading “police are seeking witnesses”
Imagine you live in a place where you do not need to rely on cars and you can do everything by bike. Well that sounds nice but what if you need to move all your household belongings? Then you
Bicyclist and pedestrians are over-represented in traffic fatalities: ten percent of trips are made on foot or bicycle, yet 13 percent of traffic deaths nationwide are pedestrians or bicyclists. Yet federal transportation safety dollars have not been used to address this problem.
In Maryland on average ~ every two hours a pedestrian or cyclist bounces off a car and ends up injured or dead.
https://www.americabikes.org/images/resource/fairshare/fact%20sheet%20-%20Fair%20Share-20051.pdf
The Project for Public Spaces, an international nonprofit organization
dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities, has
recognized the Capital Crescent Trail as one of “21 great places that show how
transportation can enliven a community”. The CCT is described as:
“the most-used rail-trail in the nation, transporting one million
walkers and bicyclists a year to destinations as varied as suburban Bethesda
Row, a trendy restaurant hotspot, and Fletcher’s Boathouse, an angler’s
hangout. A green oasis in the midst of traffic-clogged suburbia, the Capital
Crescent trail connects suburban Maryland to the Potomac waterfront with many
natural and historic destinations in between.”
See the Project for Public Spaces June 2005 Making Places Newsletter for more on the 21 great
places around the world.
For me art is an important part of life and the environment and this transforms a mundane cityscape into something quite marvelous. Anyway the intro from the web page:
Julian Beever is an English artist who is famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. It’s peculiarity? Beever gives his drawings an anamorphosis view, his images are drawn in such a way which gives them three dimensionality when viewing from the correct angle. It’s amazing !!!
https://www.rense.com/general67/street.htm