{"id":208821435,"date":"2011-08-14T21:57:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T21:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=208821435"},"modified":"2011-08-14T21:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T21:57:15","slug":"r4-11-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=208821435","title":{"rendered":"R4-11 in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Abby Brownback &#8211; Gazette<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n\u201cWe recognize the value of the R4-11 to communicate the rights of bicyclists to use the full lane when the lane is of substandard width,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nR4-11, a square white sign, was approved by the Federal Highway Administration in late 2009, but states and municipalities can alter the sign\u2019s color, size and font, said Shane Farthing, WABA\u2019s executive director.<br \/>\n\u201cWe really do want something that communicates clearly both a warning and a right of usage of that portion of the road,\u201d he [Michael Jackson, the director of bicycle and pedestrian access for the Maryland Department of Transportation] said.<br \/>\nThe Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission supports the use of the signs, said Fred Shaffer, the commission\u2019s planning department\u2019s bicycle and pedestrian coordinator.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen treatments are accepted on a national level, we tend to think it\u2019s acceptable to start incorporating them into development planning,\u201d said Shaffer, who also works with the county\u2019s Bicycle and Trails Advisory Group. The volunteer cohort, organized in 1998 by the county executive\u2019s office, recommends trail priorities and comments on local development plans.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazette.net\/article\/20110804\/NEWS\/708049932\/state-considers-signing-off-on-county-cyclists-request-for-bike&amp;template=gazette\">https:\/\/www.gazette.net\/article\/20110804\/NEWS\/708049932\/state-considers-signing-off-on-county-cyclists-request-for-bike&amp;template=gazette<\/a>oldId.20110814215715331<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Abby Brownback &#8211; Gazette &#8230; \u201cWe recognize the value of the R4-11 to communicate the rights of bicyclists to use the full lane when the lane is of substandard width,\u201d he said. R4-11, a square white sign, was approved by the Federal Highway Administration in late 2009, but states and municipalities can alter the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=208821435\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;R4-11 in the news&#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-208821435","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\/208821435","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=208821435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208821435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208821435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208821435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208821435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}