Anapolis Capital has a story about Mr. Sweeney, 70, of Bay Ridge, who has just completed a trip from Montana through Canada and up to Alaska ending in Anchorage with a group of about a dozen other cyclists. He trained for the trip on the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail by lugging 50 pounds of sand with him
<img width="134" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20060912075316388_1.jpg" alt="">Drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than when overtaking bare-headed cyclists, increasing the risk of a collision, the research has found.
Dr Ian Walker, a traffic psychologist from the University of Bath in the UK, used a bicycle fitted with a computer and an ultrasonic distance sensor to record data from over 2,500 overtaking motorists in Salisbury and Bristol.
Dr Walker, who was struck by a bus and a truck in the course of the experiment, spent half the time wearing a cycle helmet and half the time bare-headed. He was wearing the helmet both times he was struck.
<img width="160" height="71" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/2006090216134596_1.gif" alt="">"The City of Hyattsville will host a "Bicycle Friendly Community"workshop from 7 PM to 9 PM on September 21st at the Hyattsville municipal building (4310 Gallatin Street). Mark Plotz and Anne Villacres from the National Center for Bicycling and Walking (<a href="http://www.bikewalk.org">www.bikewalk.org</a>) will be the workshop facilitators.
The amount of tax credit available for hybrid cars varies by the make and model of the car. Tax credit information can be found at <a href="http://www.irs.gov">www.irs.gov</a>. If you plan on buying a Toyota Prius, a popular hybrid car model, you should consider that if you want the full $3,150 tax credit available, you need to purchase it by the end of September. After this month, the tax credit will be reduced by half.
<img width="92" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20060901171513534_1.jpg" alt="">The first state-owned E85 ethanol fueling facility in Maryland opened in August. The facility is at the State Office Center in Baltimore. The goal is to have more of the state