{"id":262529818,"date":"2013-04-27T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=262529818"},"modified":"2013-04-27T12:56:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:56:58","slug":"bike-safety-summits-get-an-enthusiastic-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=262529818","title":{"rendered":"Bike safety summits get an enthusiastic green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via U.S. Department of Transportation<br \/>\n,,,<br \/>\nLast month at the National Bike Summit, I said &quot;It&#8217;s time to take the bicycling renaissance to the next level.&quot; And I proposed to help do that by changing the conversation from &quot;Bicycling has earned a seat at the transportation table,&quot; to &quot;Like all forms of transportation, bicycling must be safe.&quot;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nAfter all, whether you&#8217;re driving a tractor-trailer, sitting in the back seat of a minivan, or pedaling a bike, the road safety you enjoy shouldn&#8217;t depend on the number of wheels you&#8217;re riding on.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nWhen I say that safety is this Department&#8217;s number one priority, there&#8217;s no exception for bikes. With more bicyclists on our streets, helping them ride safely is not a luxury; it&#8217;s part of our obligation.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fastlane.dot.gov\/2013\/04\/bike-safety-summits-get-the-green-light.html\">https:\/\/fastlane.dot.gov\/2013\/04\/bike-safety-summits-get-the-green-light.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via U.S. Department of Transportation ,,, Last month at the National Bike Summit, I said &quot;It&#8217;s time to take the bicycling renaissance to the next level.&quot; And I proposed to help do that by changing the conversation from &quot;Bicycling has earned a seat at the transportation table,&quot; to &quot;Like all forms of transportation, bicycling must &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=262529818\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bike safety summits get an enthusiastic green light&#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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262529818","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\/262529818","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=262529818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262529818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262529818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262529818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262529818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}