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NIH Bicycle Commuter Club Pro-Biking Rally

<img width="127" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20050831200112668_1.gif" alt="">Monday, August 29, 2005 6:30-9:30 am
National Institutes of Health/Medical Center Metro Station
Bethesda, MD

In attendance:
approximately 40 NIHBCC members
Maggie Thompson, Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Elizabeth Preston, League of American Bicyclists
Jack Cochrane, MOBIKE
Barry Childress, baltimorespokes.org
Nancy Breen, Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee
Chris Williams, Bethesda Gazette

Statement to the Press, 9:00 am
made by Angela Atwood-Moore, NIHBCC Commuter Club President
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Charleston SC Bikeway on Bridge

<img width="160" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20050818082145963_1.jpg" alt="">Prior to the construction of the new bridge there was no way to get from the Mt Pleasant area west of Charleston to the city itself other than by car. The director of Charleston Moves, their version of WABA, said that since the new facility was built bicycle usage has really jumped.

- Jack Cochrane
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Soaring Gas Price Good News for Beer Drinkers in Chicago

Chicago Pub Slashes Pint Prices Inverse to Gas Increases

<img width="160" height="98" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20050817124530561_1.gif" alt="">Whether you're a motorist looking to drown your sorrows or a cyclist celebrating the rising cost of gas, a Chicago bar is introducing a promotion that will make everyone thirst for higher gas prices. The Handlebar, a bicycle themed bar and restaurant in Wicker Park is lowering beer prices as gas prices soar above $3 a gallon at the pump.

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Not worthy of the public's trust

I found this on another list and I thought this was good so I thought I would share; from Bruce Rosar:

Those who operate heavy equipment (i.e., most motor vehicles) within the public ways pose an extraordinary danger to the person and property of others. Our government already keeps a watch on such people. If you feel that the government should keep a closer watch, please feel free to advocate for that.

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One Got Fat

<img width="160" height="110" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20050812080528861_1.jpg" alt="">A bike safety film from 1963 promoting vehicular cycling. It has a surreal quality as 10 kids in monkey costumes get eliminated one by one as they violate bike safety rules.

<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/OneGotFa1963">http://www.archive.org/details/OneGotFa1963</a>;
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The Science of Cycling

<img width="124" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20050811163551276_1.jpg" alt="">While the Science of Cycling is a large Web site (there are over 20 pages in six main sections, 20 audio and video clips, interactive javascripts, and lots of images), it is really only an introduction to an enormous and fascinating topic.

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Build it and they will come

&quot;The bike lane on Valencia Street was the [SF] Bicycle Coalition's first big success. When those bike lanes were striped after a long campaign, biking increased 144 percent, according to city counts.&quot;

<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/10/CMGL7CDNMK1.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/10/CMGL7CDNMK1.DTL</a>;
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