Supporting Communities, Preserving Resources and Enriching Lives… Changing Maryland for the better!
May 9, 2014
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Bike2Work Day 2014 bit.ly/b2w-soc
In 1956, The League of American Bicyclists, then known as the League of American Wheelmen, proclaimed May as National Bike Month. In the mid-20th century, the League was working to raise awareness and advocate for bicycling. At that time, their main office was located in Baltimore and although national in scope, their mid-20th century advocacy held a resemblance to today’s Bikemore or Bike Maryland.
Since then, bicycling advocacy has not flagged. More
November 7, 2013
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One of the many photos that you will find on Ryan’s blog. This is a particular favorite of his. Courtesy: Ryan Sigworth
Ryan Sigworth, a GIS planner with the Maryland Department of Planning, has started a new cycling & advocacy blog entitled, The DCyclist. The blog will chronicle adventure, cycling, and cycling advocacy in the Washington, DC region. The blog was launched a few weeks ago starting with the popular Coffeeneuring Challenge occurring during October and November and a recent ride up the Matthew Henson Trail. More
June 27, 2013
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Bicycling has many advantages to the individual from health to pleasure. To the city, bicycling can help spur development and promote economic vitality by getting people to interact with community around them. Many of those benefits are enumerated elsewhere. Instead, this article looks at the areas of tension that occur between cars and bicyclists.
May 8, 2013
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“The communities that embrace the bicycle and all that goes with it NOW will be the successful communities of the next generation.”
–Alex Obriecht, President Bike Maryland & Race Pace Bicycles
Baltimore Bicycle Works baltimorebicycleworks.com
Credit: David Whitaker
This was quite likely several decades ago. From the 1950’s through the 1970’s, you could often find a bicycle shop combined with a local hardware store in communities throughout the U.S. This was a unique 20th century retail combination that was often located on or near a main street or at a nearby neighborhood commercial center.
Retail operated differently decades ago and both bicycle shops and hardware stores often were located in the neighborhood. Sometimes that first paper-route bike or later the Schwinn Stingray, Varsity or Paramount 10-speed was purchased at one of these long gone local hardware & bicycle shops.
Several years thereafter there was a commercial transition More
March 28, 2013
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Who am I you may ask. I am a completely car-free urban planner. No, I am not crazy and I am not a “tree hugger.” I do, however, believe in smart growth, walkable communities and mixed uses. In my line of work I am not alone in these beliefs but often when you dig a little deeper you find urban planners with these beliefs living the car dominated suburban “dream.” I like to practice what I preach so for the last three years I have been totally car-free living in northwest Washington, DC while working in Baltimore – approximately 40 miles from my home. More