Bike symposium in the news

By Ron Cassie, The Examiner

Baltimore County - Baltimore County Del. Jon Cardin, probably more than any other Maryland elected official, has hands-on knowledge of the hurdles bicycle commuters face.

Cardin rode a bike daily from Mount Washington to downtown Baltimore as a University of Maryland law student. Today, he still rides regularly from his Timonium home to his law office in Baltimore. He

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The

The hearing went well with One Less Car, Baltimore Bicycling Club and Baltimore Spokes testifying in favor of the bill with amendments. Those opposed

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Legislative Weekly Report

Each year, the Maryland General Assembly meets for 90 days in Annapolis to act on more than 2,300 bills including the State's annual budget. The 2007 MD General Assembly session began on January 10 and will run through April 9, 2007.

During the session, BMC publishes a weekly report on the status of transportation, air quality and community development related legislation introduced in the general assembly.

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Legislators Introduce "Right-Hook Bill"

Synopsis:
Prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle from overtaking and passing a bicycle, an electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter that is going in the same direction unless the driver can do so safely without endangering the rider of the bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter; prohibiting a driver of a vehicle from intentionally interfering with the movement of a person who is riding a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter; etc.

First Reading Environmental Matters
Hearing 2/6 at 1:00 p.m.

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HELP: Bike Commuting Project

This request came in from one of the local lists and since this needs to be done before Feb 09 I thought I would help to promote the request here.
I would like assistance in putting together a display for this Friday Bike/Ped Symposium in Annapolis. The event last year focused on bike paths and recreation, but did not have much on bike commuting and I would like to create a display highlighting bike commuters.

I would like to put together a quick display of bike commuters from around MD. If you are a bike commuter, please take the time to email me with the following:

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Wheels on Ice: Slip-Sliding and Loving It

<img width="131" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20070205113226140_1.jpg" alt="">By STEPHEN REGENOLD - New York Times
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Ice bike racing, a subgenre of the subgenre of winter cycling, is a hybrid discipline where spiked tires bite solid ice on twisting, circuitous courses cut from a mantle of snow. Riders pedal hard on straight-aways, then slide and fishtail through the turns. Frozen lakes and rivers serve as the medium of the sport, which mixes elements of a sprint road race with a dirt bike rally.

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It is the schools

An interesting letter in the Sun where Susan A. Seim of Lutherville givers her view on what is driving people out to suburbia.
I promise you it will not be trash or parking problems that will force many of these prosperous residents out of the city.

It will be the schools. Period.

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I was only protecting the environment by trying to kill cyclists

Lubbock Texas

<img width="122" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20070204173316998_1.gif" alt="">&quot;David G. Knape, 62, of Lubbock staged at least a year-long campaign against unsuspecting cyclists, according to police reports. He stretched wires between trees at &quot;neck level&quot; and put nails and glass in the pathway of cyclists.&quot;

Why?

&quot;Knape told the detective he was only trying to protect the environment.&quot;
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&quot;... Knape, who now faces two felony charges of attempted aggravated assault with a weapon. Each count is a third-degree felony, carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.&quot;

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Cars conquering the Bicycle Kingdom

By Geoffrey York in The Globe and Mail
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Visiting Western leaders are always impressed by the decreasing number of bicycles, seeing it as an example of rising affluence. But the reality is that many Chinese have reluctantly given up their bicycles not because they can afford a car but because of the rising pollution in the streets, the increasing unpleasantness of the ride and the growing threat of being hit by a car.

Those dangers have become a hot subject in the media. A recent survey by Chinese state television found that 43 per cent of bicyclists have cut back on biking -- and only 11 per cent said it was because they had bought a car. More than one-third of those who quit bicycling said the main reason was the mounting danger in the streets.

&quot;Cars take over our bicycle lanes, and we're very angry about it,&quot; a young man told the TV program. &quot;If a bicyclist is hit by a car, he'll certainly be injured. There needs to be a lane for us.&quot;

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