Hey all: DC metro has reduced the cost of bike lockers to $120 per year from $200 starting this July. Plus Greenbelt station has a slew of new racks on the...
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Leslie Tierstein
leslie.newscale
Aug 1, 2012 2:40 pm
Good news re: the connection between Bladensburg and Anacostia. Lack of said connection has been really annoying. Another lack-of-connection that has been...
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Jim Titus
jimtitus
Aug 1, 2012 2:47 pm
It remains to be seen whether MDOT will take the advice of advocates and do an alternatives analysis, or simply design the more expensive detour trail to avoid...
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David Cranor
volcrano
Aug 1, 2012 5:50 pm
One of the bike/ped grants issued by Maryland last month was for a Feasibility assessment and preliminary design of WB&A Trail bridge over Patuxent River ...
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Jim Titus
jimtitus
Aug 1, 2012 9:40 pm
Folks I am trying to figure out where SHA posted R4-11 signs this week. I have seen R4-11 signs on MD-953 and MD-704 today. If you can tell me of state...
According to the linked post on GreaterGreater Washington, SHA policy for posting R4-11 signs is as follows: Â ...every state highway where bicycles are not...
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bowmandj@...
bowmandj2001
Aug 2, 2012 6:23 pm
If anyone has registered for the 2012 Civil War Century, and you find you are not able to do the ride, please let me know. I have a friend who will be visiting...
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nm_taylor
Aug 5, 2012 2:06 am
I totally agree with Helen's point. I have experienced the most hostility from motorists along roads such as MacArthur Blvd and Sligo Creek Parkway in...
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drey samuelson
drey_samuelson
Aug 5, 2012 4:16 pm
________________________________ August 4, 2012 If Kant Were a New York Cyclist By RANDY COHEN THE rule-breaking cyclist that people decry: that’s me. I...
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Geof Gee
geoffreygee
Aug 5, 2012 7:24 pm
Felix Salmon's reply, "Why it's not OK for cyclists to run red lights" ...
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drey samuelson
drey_samuelson
Aug 5, 2012 11:37 pm
I see nothing wrong with crossing empty intersections--cautiously, of course--regardless of whether a red light is present; most pedestrians do it, and many...
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Darryl Anderson
djandersonjd99
Aug 6, 2012 12:58 am
I love to bike, but do not get to do it as often as I would like. I would like to respond to Mr. Cohen's article because it overlooks my principal objection to...
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James Wagner
james_w_wagner
Aug 6, 2012 4:02 am
While the basic sentiment of being concerned about hurting another person is admirable (though, hardly exceptional in that it's a basic component of decency),...
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P.C. Kohler
kohl57
Aug 6, 2012 4:06 am
Just another reason I wouldn't line a birdcage with the New York Times let alone want to share a road anywhere on the planet with the author of this "excellent...
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drey_samuelson@...
drey_samuelson
Aug 6, 2012 8:22 am
Well, if you wait for red lights to change before entering an intersection regardless of time or circumstance--even at 6 AM, when there is no car, pedestrian,...
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Mark Blacknell
markblacknell
Aug 6, 2012 11:59 am
Indeed! If everyone would just stop thinking and obey, society would be a better place! Good lord. Whether it offends your sensibilities or not, there's...
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Jim Titus
jimtitus
Aug 6, 2012 12:36 pm
Darryl, I think you are conflating the ethics of stop-sign running with the ethics of queue jumping. One can legally pass a line of cars stopped at a stop...
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James Wagner
james_w_wagner
Aug 6, 2012 1:23 pm
Blinding obeying is hardly the answer. That's what has allowed the law to become so convoluted, unfair, and miss-used in the first place. Thinking about our...
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P.C. Kohler
kohl57
Aug 6, 2012 1:23 pm
Why do so many cyclists act like spoilt children? You want all of the "rights" as road users yet you cannot accept any of the responsibilities even as basic as...
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James Wagner
james_w_wagner
Aug 6, 2012 1:24 pm
Very nice distinction. Also, as is always pointed out, if the cyclists overtakes the automobile again, then the driver gained nothing by passing. It was...
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Sam Felis
samfelis
Aug 6, 2012 2:32 pm
So let me get this straight: You not only don't jaywalk, nor speed, but you also stop at every stop sign and red light and continue only after coming to a...
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Jonathan Krall
jonathankrall
Aug 6, 2012 3:18 pm
... As I read it, the essay was coming out in favor of the Idaho Stop law, which has been in place for 30 years and has proven to be safe and effective. The...
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Jonathan Krall
jonathankrall
Aug 6, 2012 3:53 pm
... Weird. In a debate about ethics, Mr. Salmon opens with this: 'Randy Cohen, the NYT’s former Ethicist columnist, has now attempted an ethical defense of...
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geoffreygee
Aug 6, 2012 4:19 pm
... cyclists ... passing. ... accelerates ... reason I ... moving ... the ... deal ... From what I observe, there are common notions of right-of-way taught and...
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drey samuelson
drey_samuelson
Aug 6, 2012 4:35 pm
So, just to be clear (since you didn't respond to my question), you're on your bike at a red light at 6:00 a.m., there's no car, no pedestrian, nobody, in...
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James Wagner
james_w_wagner
Aug 6, 2012 4:39 pm
Who's being spoiled? Who's being pampered? The situation is the total opposite, gross neglect. Bicyclists aren't even being considered except to keep them...
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P.C. Kohler
kohl57
Aug 6, 2012 4:39 pm
... As I read it, the essay was coming out in favor of the Idaho Stop law, which has been in place for 30 years and has proven to be safe and effective. The...
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P.C. Kohler
kohl57
Aug 6, 2012 4:39 pm
... "So let me get this straight: Â You not only don't jaywalk, nor speed, but you also stop at every stop sign and red light and continue only after coming to...
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Jim Titus
jimtitus
Aug 6, 2012 4:45 pm
On a bike, I stop at red lights in that situation, but not stop signs, though I slow as much as most cars. The people who say that no cyclist obeys the...
