Nominees for the Rusted Chain Award

Secretary of Transportation Robert L. Flanagan
With obesity rates on the rise, with state roads being the most hazardous for cyclists and pedestrians, with more schools prohibiting biking or walking and being a buses only school, with more of school budgets being consumed by the high price of gas, with MDOT coming in under budget at least two years in a row by at least $40 million, with a state surplus of money this year, with this being an election year, with Baltimore planning to build over a 100 miles of bike lanes with a little over $3 million you would think he would be a little more responsive to accommodating bikes and pedestrians especially on critical projects. But no, the I-95 widening project is a car only project and bikes and pedestrians don

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.