Bike racks on buses
Attached to the e-mail you sent to Senator Gladden, was the response of Paul Widefeld, MTA Administrator. Mr. Widefeld explained that MTA is ordering buses with bike racks but needs more funding to retrofit existing buses.
During the special session, the legislators approved $400 million a year for transportation. Much of that money is earmarked for specific projects. However, a representative of Mr. Widefeld's office assured me that $1 million will be used for bike racks. It should be a year before this project is completed.
Senator Gladden thanks you for taking the time to share your concerns with her.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline M. Greenfield
Constituent Liaison
Senator Lisa A. Gladden
What to Do in a Bicycle Crash
* The tag number of the car
* The names and phone numbers of any witnesses
* Driver name and contact information
* Police officer name and badge number
Even in cases where cyclists are badly hurt, the police have not always identified the vehicles or driver involved. The ambulance personnel will not include this information in their report
Special Report: Who's to blame - drivers or cyclists?
There has been a lot of buzz in Portland, OR about police bias in reporting bicycle and motor vehicle accidents. This article makes a point that motorists, not cyclists are found more at fault in the Portland Metro area. So how do their ratios hold up to ours?
Alert - MTA violates state law
Q: What part of a bus is allowed to be broken and go without repair, adversely affecting a segment of the ridership population?
A: The bike rack.
All 180 bike racks have been destroyed by MTA drivers and there have been ZERO effort for repair or replacement. MTA drivers have been destroying bus bike racks at a rate close to one a week and no one in MTA thought this is a problem to be dealt with by repair or replacement. It really gets my goat when we fight for a bike facility then it gets taken away, there really should be a law against this
Bianchi one-speed stolen
My Bianchi one-speed is no more..
Locked it up for jury duty downtown at Fayette and St. Paul and when I came out for lunch she was gone.
If you hear/see any sign of an '07 Bianchi San Jose, please give a yell.
Some bike details: Set up as single speed freewheel with threading on the opposite side for fixed. Also may still have my beloved Nitto M-12 front rack bolted directly to the canti bosses. Pedals have clips and straps.
Alert - Help get bike racks on buses
Please help us get all Baltimore City busses outfitted with bike racks.
A fact sheet provided by Richard Chambers of One Less Car. <a href="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=2007110114263080">http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=2007110114263080</a>
I have included the email and some snail mail addresses of the officials we need to influence.
Please, address the letter (or email) to your State representatives and, if applicable, to your City council representative, then copy the other officials.
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Mayor
Back row | Barry Childress | Eva Khoury | Greg Hinchliffe |
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Baltimore Spokes | Baltimore Bike/Ped Coordinator | MBAC Chair | |
Front row | Richard Chambers | Bob Moore | Gary Letteron |
One Less Car | Baltimore Bicycling Club | Baltimore Planning |
And there are other members who were not in attendance that night.