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I am sadden to report that one of the people I have ridden with, Hugh Macintosh was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin
I am sadden to report that one of the people I have ridden with, Hugh Macintosh was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin
A STREETCAR SYSTEM FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
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Mayor Dixon's transition report identified the proposed reconfiguration of Pratt Street as a way to try to accommodate the regional Red Line on that very visible and high traffic artery. But the winning entry selected by City judges in the Pratt Street design competition very definitely does NOT accommodate regional transit.
The winning Pratt Street design concept (above) is dominated by a very wide boulevard (approximately 100 feet curb to curb) that would have similar traffic characteristics to Downtown Baltimore's other wide boulevards - President, Light, Conway and MLK Boulevard - which are most definitely NOT transit-friendly places.
Cycling safety 101
By CHRIS HRENKO Correspondent A common complaint of new or infrequent road cyclists and commuters is that they feel exposed and squeezed by auto traffic. In the absence of an extensive system of bike paths and lanes, sharing the road is something that we all have to get used to. That means mastering the fear of auto traffic, and knowing how to ride safely and predictably as it flows around you.
Fortunately it's easy, though it may not seem to be at first. There are times when the real dangers of bicycle commuting become all too evident, most often when you are first starting out, and not yet desensitized to being among a bunch of 3,000-pound projectiles with nothing but a piece of foam on your head to protect you.
Quote for the day
Every time we let a vehicle pass there is a little bit of compromise. But compromise allows the city to function and allows cyclists to function in the city. The trick is not to eliminate compromise but to learn how to work safely within it.--Robert Hurst
The Future of Carbon-Free Transport: Groningen, Netherlands
by Warren Karlenzig The future of carbon-free transport lives strong in Groningen. This Dutch city of 185,000 proves that bicycle transportation can reign supreme: people there make about 150,000 trips by bicycle every day.
Bicycles and pedestrians entirely rule the medieval-era city hub, cruising along on car-free dedicated pathways and short cuts with no traffic signals in some instances. But people also commute on bikes in large numbers from suburban housing spread out around the city to downtown jobs, via a ring-and-spoke network of paths. Overall, 37 percent of area commutes are made on bikes.
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Other so-called northern European "cycling cities" may be more known (Amsterdam; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Ghent, Belgium) but none can match Groningen for its complete vision and high rate of daily velocipedic
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Posted by Elly Blue on June 15th, 2007 at 1:03 pmWhat does the word accident mean?
A mistake, but not just any mistake
Driver-cyclist road rage seems to be on rise
Tuesday, June 12, 2007By Terry Judd
He was taking in the early morning air as he rode his bicycle down Grand Haven's Washington Avenue early Memorial Day morning to catch a 65-mile group bike ride to Allendale and back.
But as he approached Beacon Boulevard, the driver of a pickup truck yelled for him to get off the street and onto the sidewalk. The cyclist yelled back that he had every right to be on the street.
Then it got ugly, according to the cyclist, who asked that his name not be used because of safety concerns.
The truck screeched to a stop and seconds later the two were standing face to face exchanging words and expletives. Then, without warning, the driver slugged the cyclist in the face. The cyclist hit back, knocking the driver to the ground.
"You're lucky I didn't have a gun," the motorist said as he got back into his truck and the cyclist rode off.
Welcome to the latest version of road rage -- car-bike style.
Cyclist tased while leaving an airport by bike
I was rudely accosted, assaulted with battery, and tased at Minneapolis St Paul USA international airport by Airport Police, simply for choosing to leave the airport by bicycle. I had broken no laws. I use a bicycle as a significant part of my daily mode of travel. I have legally cycled to and from airports internationally including 3 of the 4 major London airports, with no problems. I was using my bicycle completely in accord with MN Statutes and Metropolitan Airport Commission Ordinances.
But the police say he failed to obey the sign "NO PEDS BY ORDER OF AIRPORT POLICE"
Maryland
For most Americans, biking to and from work is a tall ask. But, for PJ Park, the 11.2-mile round trip daily bike ride was only the warm up to something much, much bigger.
PJ's bike route from DC to Natal, Brazil.After starting a bike co-op in his home town to share biking tips and repair tools, PJ soon found himself entertaining a radical (some might say crazy) idea
Help velocipede fix it's vise...please!!
So Velcoipede has a bench vise with worn out jaws. They are replacable, but the model is discontinued so I haven't been able to find parts for it.
It would be pretty easy to manufacture this part with tools that can cut hardened steel. The question is, does anyone have those tools and would be willing to make four cuts and drill four holes for us(two cuts and holes per jaw), or insight on where to find parts for old tools.
It would be a shame to have to throw away such a nice tool that should be easily fixable...help us fight against our disposable economy, and actually reuse things instead of buying new ones...
thanks-