{"id":246477564,"date":"2012-10-23T17:59:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=246477564"},"modified":"2012-10-23T17:59:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:59:24","slug":"audacious-ideas-chris-merriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=246477564","title":{"rendered":"Audacious Ideas &#8211; CHRIS MERRIAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly a third of Baltimore residents do not own a car, the fourth highest rate of any city in the United States. Today, Chris Merriam is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Six years ago, Merriam accepted a job in Lutherville; although he did not own a car at the time, he was told that as a condition of employment, he must buy one. He did, but as he realized the job wasn&#8217;t a good fit, he also struggled with high car and insurance payments.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Merriam moved on from the job, ditched the car, and let his bike guide him to a new path.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore native enrolled in Morgan State University&#8217;s Master&#8217;s degree program in urban planning. He was determined to share his love of biking with his community while helping create a healthier, more affordable lifestyle for Baltimore residents.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audaciousideas.org\/author\/chrismerriam\/\">https:\/\/www.audaciousideas.org\/author\/chrismerriam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly a third of Baltimore residents do not own a car, the fourth highest rate of any city in the United States. Today, Chris Merriam is one of them. Six years ago, Merriam accepted a job in Lutherville; although he did not own a car at the time, he was told that as a condition &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=246477564\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Audacious Ideas &#8211; CHRIS MERRIAM&#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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246477564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246477564","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=246477564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246477564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246477564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246477564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246477564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}