Bicycle advocates urge care on the roads
There are a lot of good points in this article and I love all the points they touch on but if you are a reader of this blog there's not much new info except the following bit. Why I think this is important to emphasize this, is because our state over focuses on trails holding up Columbia as a prime example of accommodating bicyclists. Well, how does that work out anyway....
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County Executive Ken Ulman, who describes himself as a recreational cyclist, said that while Columbia was among the first communities in Maryland to have designated bike paths, "they didn't think destinational, getting from your house to the mall safely on a bike. … Particularly in downtown Columbia, there are big, sweeping roads that allow vehicles to go very fast."
Ulman said the proposed redevelopment of downtown Columbia is "getting us to focus on streetscapes and complete streets with sidewalks and bike lanes and parking areas."