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Re: Why no updates on officer Patrick Pogan? Perpetually ‘under investigation’. UPDATED - Next court Date is May 20th

Cyclosity — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:15:29 -0000

next court date is december 9th

Re: Why no updates on officer Patrick Pogan? Perpetually ‘under investigation’. UPDATED - Next court Date is May 20th

mc — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:12:44 -0000

any updates?

Re: MEGA POST

Cyclosity — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:49:09 -0000

nada

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sweenytod — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:31:44 -0000

what is the camcorder attached to?

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Cyclosity — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:18:44 -0000

unprivatized it..

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dukiebiddle — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:33:46 -0000

On an unrelated subject, I'd like to watch that vimeo video of the Homewood ride, but it is set to private.

Re: MEGA POST

Cyclosity — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:12:40 -0000

to be fair, the bike lane is pretty damn wide up until 33rd street. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lpq/4093200333/

halfway out in the lane is probably fully out of the door zone..

Re: MEGA POST

dukiebiddle — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:33:17 -0000

I'm playing the devil's advocate a bit, so don't take my disagreements too much to heart, but:

If it is only safe to ride in 10% of the bike lane on the outside, what does the other 90% of the bike lane signify, the "give-drivers-the-wrong-impression-of-where-i'm-supposed-to-ride" lane? Whether drivers are riding in the same lane as you when you are both going in the same direction is not particularly relevant to safety in urban environments. Whether they are turning right, left or if they are opening their car doors are all very relevant. Bike lanes don't make you any safer from right turns, and more prone to danger from doors, opposite directional left turning cars, as well as merging traffic from the right side.

I'm fine with the bike lanes on University and Roland, as those avenues are extra wide, the parked car doors are 7 feet away and the cyclist is far enough out from the parked cars to be visible to traffic merging from the right side, but 5 foot strips buttressed right up against parked SUVs? I would very much like to see a study of that particular type of bike lane and see the actual effect they have collision statistics. I'm not confident that they are any kind of improvement, and have a concern that they may increase danger.

Re: MEGA POST

Cyclosity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:28 -0000

door zone schmor zone. 90 percent of doorings can be avoided by riding on the outside line or near it, and watching the cars in front of you for drivers/passengers.

a bike lane is about awareness, and cars usually DONT drive in it.

either way, st paul street is now safer here because you have that much more protection in the form of a solid white line. it's not great but it's better than nothing.

Re: MEGA POST

dukiebiddle — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:17:09 -0000

I need to get that guy who's followed by bike lanes that are NOT painted in the door zone to move into my neighborhood. How do I get that guy to move here? ;-)

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Cyclosity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:36 -0000

OH SH- perhaps this will affect my helmet decision

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joedammit — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:04 -0000

you know Im a specialized dealer...

Re: New Bike lane is painted on St Paul Street

Cyclosity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:23:22 -0000

I would settle for Guiliford if they improved the connection at North Avenue.

Re: New Bike lane is painted on St Paul Street

dukiebiddle — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:37 -0000

I don't know. Guilford takes you right into the heart of downtown too, plus it connects directly with the separated Inner Harbor bike lanes. If that bike lane does not extend past 30th, it sounds to me like it is intended as "'Round Hopkins" infrastructure, but then again I'm really not that much of a fan of painted bike lanes anyway. Of course, I'm fine with separated infrastructure, but I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to be built through a north/south corridor. Otherwise, my preference is a more bike friendly and less auto friendly Guilford Ave. sharrow over a St. Paul bike lane.

Re: New Bike lane is painted on St Paul Street

Cyclosity — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:45:40 -0000

Guilford is supposed to be improved to be more bike friendly and less ideal for cars over the coming years, I think, but it's not a replacement for a bikeway on a main thoroughfare which takes you right into the heart of downtown, like St. Paul.

Re: New Bike lane is painted on St Paul Street

Allan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:38:55 -0000

I'm all for bike lanes, but University to 30th St is about a 5-minute walk. Are there plans to lengthen it in the future?

It would be great to see a lane from Charles Village to downtown, but that would require either running a lane all the way down St. Paul or (my preference) down Guilford two blocks over.

Re: Are Green bike lanes coming to Baltimore?

Cyclosity — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:24:37 -0000

saw it on saturday I think? looks good.

Re: Are Green bike lanes coming to Baltimore?

travelxlight — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:21:04 -0000

There's about a block of this on Falls by the jail now. Must have happened sometime in the past couple of weeks.

Re: 80’s Messenger

Cyclosity — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:15:15 -0000

that's my dad years ago

Re: 80’s Messenger

larsicus — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:50:40 -0000

What's the story here? Love those Dia-Compe gum brake hoods.

Re: Street seen – cyclists blocked from connecting to North Avenue

abc — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:45:19 -0000

City school police command is there?

Re: Street seen – cyclists blocked from connecting to North Avenue

dukiebiddle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:21:18 -0000

It's, at least in part, the Baltimore City Board of Ed; but obviously there is some sort of police command there as well.

Re: Are Green bike lanes coming to Baltimore?

twitter-77376370 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:49 -0000

It was discussed as happening in the next year or so by people at the MBAC meeting last Tuesday, I think.

Re: Street seen – cyclists blocked from connecting to North Avenue

travelxlight — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:23:54 -0000

There's a lot of cops there, but I'm pretty sure that's the school system HQ.

Re: Are Green bike lanes coming to Baltimore?

travelxlight — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:21:30 -0000

This would be pretty cool. Who's saying this?