{"id":183748106,"date":"2010-10-28T17:08:26","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183748106"},"modified":"2010-10-28T17:08:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:08:26","slug":"why-build-bike-access-when-no-one-bikes-because-of-the-lack-of-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183748106","title":{"rendered":"Why build bike access when no one bikes because of the lack of access?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harry W. Nice Bridge plan stalled with no funding for construction<br \/>\nBy Phyllis Cook<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nSupervisor Cedell Brooks questioned the need for the bridge to have a bicycle\/pedestrian path and also wanted to know how much that added to the cost.<br \/>\n\u201cNobody rides bicycles that much on U.S. 301 because 301 really doesn\u2019t have shoulders to accommodate bicycles,\u201d Brooks said.<br \/>\nSaying the cost range for the bicycle\/pedestrian path is estimated at $70 million\u2013$90 million, Smith added, \u201cWe are getting direction from Federal Highway (Administration) for any major projects to begin incorporating all modes of transportation on all our highway projects.\u201d<br \/>\nSmith also said that counties on both sides of the river have planning for bike routes in the future, adding there would be connecting points and it would tie into Wayside and Barnesfield parks.<br \/>\nSupervisor James Mullen said he agreed with Brooks, saying \u201cThere\u2019s not that much bicycle traffic on the Virginia side.\u201d He added, \u201cNobody rides a bike on the shoulders.\u201d<br \/>\nSupervisor John LoBuglio also criticized the bicycle\/pedestrian path, saying, \u201cI too have reservations about, you know, spending that kind of money in these times, you know, $70-90M. That is a huge amount when we\u2019re basically mostly worried about traffic itself.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n*****************************************************************************************************************<br \/>\n[B&#8217; Spokes: My first point is that 10% of the total project cost for bike\/ped is not that big of deal. Federal policy (law?) is that you cannot nix the bike\/ped portion unless it&#8217;s over 20% of the total project costs. Next, bike accommodations have to begin somewhere.]<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalpress.com\/king-george\/2136-harry-w-nice-bridge-plan-stalled-with-no-funding-for-construction\">https:\/\/www.journalpress.com\/king-george\/2136-harry-w-nice-bridge-plan-stalled-with-no-funding-for-construction<\/a>oldId.20101028170826323<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry W. Nice Bridge plan stalled with no funding for construction By Phyllis Cook &#8230; Supervisor Cedell Brooks questioned the need for the bridge to have a bicycle\/pedestrian path and also wanted to know how much that added to the cost. \u201cNobody rides bicycles that much on U.S. 301 because 301 really doesn\u2019t have shoulders &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183748106\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why build bike access when no one bikes because of the lack of access?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183748106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183748106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183748106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183748106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183748106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}