{"id":198353888,"date":"2011-04-15T18:18:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198353888"},"modified":"2011-04-15T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T18:18:08","slug":"road-diet-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198353888","title":{"rendered":"Road Diet [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[B&#8217; Spokes: Keep in mind that Baltimore County (Green Tree Ln) is the worst example of a road diet in that they made cycling conditions worse not better, but that is not the norm.]<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=21903160&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=9086c0&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=21903160&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=9086c0&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/21903160\">Moving Beyond the Automobile: Road Diets<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/streetfilms\">Streetfilms<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a road diet? Quite simply, traffic-calming expert Dan Burden told Streetfilms, \u201cA road diet is anytime you take  any lane out of a road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first time people hear about a road diet, their initial reaction likely goes something like this: \u201cHow can removing lanes improve my neighborhood  and not cause traffic backups?\u201d It seems counterintuitive, but taking away lanes can actually help traffic flow smoother while improving safety for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Road diets are good for pedestrians: They reduce speeding and make vehicle movements more predictable while shortening crossing distances, usually through curb extensions or center median islands. They\u2019re good  for cyclists: Many road diets shift space from car lanes to create bike lanes. They\u2019re good for  drivers: Less speeding improves safety for motorists and passengers, and providing left-turn pockets allows through traffic to proceed without shifting lanes or waiting behind turning vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s something to keep in mind during this era of lean budgets: Road diets  are a highly-effective infrastructure improvement that can be implemented quickly and at low cost.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/mba-road-diet\/\">https:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/mba-road-diet\/<\/a>oldId.20110415181808875<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[B&#8217; Spokes: Keep in mind that Baltimore County (Green Tree Ln) is the worst example of a road diet in that they made cycling conditions worse not better, but that is not the norm.] Moving Beyond the Automobile: Road Diets from Streetfilms on Vimeo. What\u2019s a road diet? Quite simply, traffic-calming expert Dan Burden told &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198353888\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Road Diet [video]&#8220;<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198353888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198353888","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=198353888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198353888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198353888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198353888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198353888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}