{"id":186408530,"date":"2010-11-28T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T12:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186408530"},"modified":"2010-11-28T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T12:08:50","slug":"grant-paves-way-for-hyattsville-pedestrian-cyclist-improvements-baltimore-county-eat-your-heart-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186408530","title":{"rendered":"Grant paves way for Hyattsville pedestrian, cyclist improvements (Baltimore County eat your heart out.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bike lanes, sidewalk widening among changes considered<br \/>\nby Daniel Leaderman | Staff Writer &#8211; Gazette<br \/>\nBicycle and walking routes may soon improve in Hyattsville, thanks to an $110,000 state grant for the city to improve pedestrian and bicycle transit.<br \/>\n&quot;We have two of the most-used Metro stations in the area; it would certainly behoove us [for] people to bike and walk there safely,&quot; said Jim Chandler, Hyattsville&#8217;s community development manager.<br \/>\nThere are some bike lanes already in Hyattsville \u2014 such as on Hamilton Street near Magruder Park, Chandler said \u2014 but they don&#8217;t connect to other trails or bicycle routes such as the Anacostia Tributary Trails System.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe funds were award through the state&#8217;s Community Legacy Program, which sponsors revitalization projects by local governments and community development organizations.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n**************************************************************************************************************<br \/>\n[B&#8217; Spokes: Granted there is a need in Hyattsville but what about Baltimore County, there is no need there? Why does it seem easier to get money from a new $4M state funded program to a few projects then tap the much larger $25M in Transportation Enhancement funds from the Feds for even more projects? We pass laws so MDOT will fund these types of projects but MDOT still doesn&#8217;t get it IMHO. ]<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe whole story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazette.net\/stories\/11252010\/hyatnew162855_32550.php\">https:\/\/www.gazette.net\/stories\/11252010\/hyatnew162855_32550.php<\/a><br \/>\nMore about Community Legacy Program: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neighborhoodrevitalization.org\/Programs\/CL\/CL.aspx\">https:\/\/www.neighborhoodrevitalization.org\/Programs\/CL\/CL.aspx<\/a>oldId.201011281208327<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bike lanes, sidewalk widening among changes considered by Daniel Leaderman | Staff Writer &#8211; Gazette Bicycle and walking routes may soon improve in Hyattsville, thanks to an $110,000 state grant for the city to improve pedestrian and bicycle transit. &quot;We have two of the most-used Metro stations in the area; it would certainly behoove us &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186408530\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grant paves way for Hyattsville pedestrian, cyclist improvements (Baltimore County eat your heart out.)&#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-186408530","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\/186408530","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=186408530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186408530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186408530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186408530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186408530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}