A cyclist riding on the shoulder of the road gets hit in Charles County.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/22/AR2005072201968.html
By Christian Davenport and Paul Duggan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, July 23, 2005; Page A01
Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents
From 1963 to 2002 the percent has risen from 4% to 16 %.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/overfig1.GIF
Economic Impact of Investing in Bicycle Facilities: A Case Study
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY CONCLUDES THAT:
- Bicycling activity in the northern Outer Banks provides substantial
economic benefits to the area
Bicycle Traps Coming to Utah
You’ve heard of speed traps but have you heard of a bicycle trap?
https://radio.ksl.com/index.php?nid=19&sid=205392
Build it and they will come
"The bike lane on Valencia Street was the [SF] Bicycle Coalition’s first big success. When those bike lanes were striped after a long campaign, biking increased 144 percent, according to city counts."
https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/10/CMGL7CDNMK1.DTL
Baltimore: Code Red air quality alert 7/12
Summertime is here, and yesterday much of Baltimore celebrated our first Code Red air quality alert with the usual routine- getting stuck in traffic.
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California: No safety standards on trails
The California Association of
Bicycling Organizations (CABO) is asking for financial help in a legal action to
correct a judicial mistake.
COURTS ALLOW DANGEROUS DESIGN OF
BICYCLE PATHS
COURTS SAY ALL BICYCLE PATHS ARE DIRT TRAILS
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You think you have it bad
Yu Qiang, Shanghai, China spends an hour for his 7 mile commute and he hopes that other people will use the new subway by his house so the roads will have less traffic on them and he can still use his car.
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Professional analysis of the
I found the age group, number of lanes and time of day break downs very interesting:
https://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/ctanbike/24.pdf
https://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/ctanbike/24b.pdf
The history of the bike path
Excerpt:
Post motorisation (Pre World War II)
In Germany, the National Socialist regime was committed to promoting the mass use of private motor cars and viewed the bicycle as an impediment to this goal. For the National Socialist authorities, the exclusion of cycle traffic from main routes was viewed as an important pre_requisite to the attainment of mass_motorisation.
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