{"id":222721153,"date":"2012-01-22T18:59:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T18:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222721153"},"modified":"2012-01-22T18:59:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T18:59:13","slug":"pal-safety-on-our-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222721153","title":{"rendered":"PAL: Safety on Our Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/tasks\/sites\/bike\/assets\/Image\/PAL-logo280.png\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"Be a PAL\" class=\"borderless\" \/>As more people go on Arlington&#8217;s Car-Free Diet, there are more cyclists and walkers sharing the street with drivers.&nbsp; Whether you&#8217;re on two feet, two wheels or four wheels, everyone needs to be a PAL to safely share the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Being a <strong>PAL<\/strong> means being:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>P<\/strong>redictable &#8211; travel in a predictable way; don&#8217;t make sudden unexpected moves<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong>lert &#8211; pay attention to your surrounds and to others<\/li>\n<li><strong>L<\/strong>awful &#8211; obey traffic laws, whether in a car, on a bike, or on foot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click to enlarge this street scene as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/tasks\/sites\/bike\/assets\/File\/PAL_Small_Image.jpeg\">low resolution image<\/a> (JPEG, 1 MB), or as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/tasks\/sites\/bike\/assets\/File\/PAL2.pdf\">high resolution PDF<\/a> (PDF, 4.6 MB, <a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Reader<\/a> required). It illustrates some useful safety and courtesy tips for walking, cycling and driving. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/tasks\/sites\/bike\/assets\/File\/PAL-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish version<\/a> (PDF, 3.2 MB,  <a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Reader<\/a> required).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/tasks\/sites\/bike\/assets\/File\/PAL_Small_Image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/tasks\/sites\/bike\/assets\/Image\/PALStreetScene.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic: PAL street scene\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/pages\/pal-safety-on-our-streets\/\">https:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/pages\/pal-safety-on-our-streets\/<\/a>oldId.20120122185913390<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more people go on Arlington&#8217;s Car-Free Diet, there are more cyclists and walkers sharing the street with drivers.&nbsp; Whether you&#8217;re on two feet, two wheels or four wheels, everyone needs to be a PAL to safely share the streets. Being a PAL means being: Predictable &#8211; travel in a predictable way; don&#8217;t make sudden &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=222721153\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PAL: Safety on Our Streets&#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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222721153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-you-will-not-see-in-maryland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222721153","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=222721153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222721153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222721153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222721153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222721153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}