Biking in Baltimore
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Happiness is a Dutch bicycle On page 32 of his new book, Happiness: Lessons from a New The Netherlands, by a good bit. Why? Dutch bicycles, if you want my opinion. Holland has no monopoly on Layard’s big seven — family relationships, Here’s why the Dutch norm of bicycling everywhere creates more |
The dover post is running a story on the new Delaware Bike Master plan (https://www.deldot.gov/static/projects/bike_and_ped/bike_facilities/index.html). The Department of Transportation project manager believes that the creation of the master plan will make cycling safer by making bikers routes more predictable and roads more accessible. It will also promote neighboring neighborhoods. They are planning 92 miles of statewide trails, 102 miles of regional tails and 307 recreational miles in Kent County. The full story is available at https://www.doverpost.com/pages/newsbicycle.html
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New York times
BUSINESS/FINANCIAL DESK | July 29, 2001, Sunday
By JULIAN E. BARNES (NYT) 1981 words
Late Edition – Final , Section 1 , Page 1 , Column 3
ABSTRACT – New data from Consumer Product Safety Commission shows number of head injuries among bicycle riders has increased 10 percent since 1991, in period when bicycle helmet use has risen sharply and ridership has declined; given ridership decline, rate of head injuries per active cyclist has increased 51 percent just as bicycle helmets have become widespread; safety experts say helmets do not prevent accidents from happening, but are extremely effective at reducing severity of head injuries when they do occur; say helmets can reduce severity of brain injuries by as much as 88 percent; experts are mystified as to why injuries are on rise; some cycling advocates contend that rising numbers of aggressive drivers are at fault; others suggest that many riders wear helmets improperly; specialists in risk analysis say riders using helmets may feel inflated sense of security and take more risks; photos; chart (L)
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Yesterday evening at 5:46 p.m. officers from the 6th District responded to a report of a bicyclist struck in the area of Great Seneca Highway and Quince Orchard Road. Officers and Fire Rescue arrived on the scene and found a 15 year old male had been struck near the intersection while attempting to cross the roadway and later died of his injuries. The young man has been identified as Rageim Wade of the 700 block of Clopper Road in Gaithersburg.
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THE AUTOMATRIX IS A MARKETING-GENERATED DREAM WORLD BUILT TO KEEP US UNDER CONTROL, IN ORDER TO CHANGE A HUMAN BEING INTO AN OIL DEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE ADDICT.
The AutoMatrix Revealed: The oil and automobile industries spend over ten billion dollars a year on advertising, and billions more on lobbying, to keep you plugged into the system.
I know that you’re afraid. You’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin.
-Most officers have never received any bicycle specific training. How do police officers know which laws to enforce, both for bicyclists and motorists, to improve bicycle safety if they do not know about the leading causes of bicycle crashes?
-By increasing knowledge of the rules of the road for bicyclists and for motorists relating to bicyclists, law enforcement officers can better serve the community and potentiallly save a life.
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New York Times
By GINA KOLATA
Published: June 3, 2005
For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team of specialists into a state, West Virginia, to study an outbreak of obesity in the same way it studies an outbreak of an infectious disease.
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The report linked below from the Portland State University College Of Urban Public Affairs studied 43 large cities in the US to measure the impact of new cycling facilities on cyclist numbers. According to the authors, results “support the assertion that new cycle lanes in large cities will beused by commuters”.
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A simple story of road-rage, all he did was try to shake her bike and she is the one that fell over. Luckily bystanders came to the aid of the bicyclist, Kristin Hall, 23.
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By way of contrast in this case that occurred in Maryland, this article appeared in the news which involves a case that happened in a close by Delaware location.
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