{"id":176833798,"date":"2010-08-09T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T16:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=176833798"},"modified":"2010-08-09T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T16:29:58","slug":"still-fighting-the-trails-bring-crime-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=176833798","title":{"rendered":"Still Fighting the "Trails Bring Crime" Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

by washcycle<\/span><\/p>\n

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Richard Layman writes on his blog<\/a> about an item that didn’t make it into Western Baltimore County pedestrian and bicycle access plan – contradicting the claim that bike trails bring crime.<\/p>\n

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Basically I wrote that while it is true that some crime incidents do
\nhappen on shared use paths, statistically the number of incidents is
\nless than in either commercial areas or residential areas abutting
\nshared use paths.<\/p>\n

I said the reality is that more crimes are committed in association with
\n the use of automobiles than with bicycles, but that people do not
\nrespond by recommending that the entire street network be shut down,
\nautomobiles be banned, or that no new streets should be constructed,
\nbecause the street network abets crime.<\/p>\n

Typically, after trails are constructed and begin to be used, opposition
\n dwindles. So why do we have to go through the contentious processes
\neach time we try to create new trails?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He even quoted the local police chief<\/p>\n

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The theory behind the
\nprogram is that by mapping crashes, police can learn which areas are
\nmost likely to have such problems and station their officers in a
\n\u201chighly visible\u201d way to deter speeding and distracted driving.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n The same is also done in high-crime areas, police said. One helps the
\n other, Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson said, because
\nvehicles are often used in the commission of crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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by washcycle Richard Layman writes on his blog about an item that didn’t make it into Western Baltimore County pedestrian and bicycle access plan – contradicting the claim that bike trails bring crime. Basically I wrote that while it is true that some crime incidents do happen on shared use paths, statistically the number of … <\/p>\n

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