Comments on: B’more Bike Friendly https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/ Media Strategy | Web Development | Video Production Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:31:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.12 By: Hasdai Westbrook https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/#comment-2698 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:36:48 +0000 http://changingmediagroup.com/?p=38473#comment-2698 I must confess to having once been one of those people entirely ignorant of the bike laws in Baltimore. I’m on my way to being reformed. Adam probably has more specific ideas, but a good place to start if you want to get involved in changing Baltimore to a more bike-friendly culture is Bikemore: http://www.bikemore.net/

Thanks Colin.

]]> By: Colin Seal https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/#comment-2693 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:18:39 +0000 http://changingmediagroup.com/?p=38473#comment-2693 Great story. As everyone has said, the statistics are a surprise. As a cyclist in Baltimore, I will say it is extremely scary at the amount of times I have almost been hit due to non-adherence of the law. My favorite was when several officers saw a car almost hit me and said did nothing. I stopped and had a polite conversation with them, they openly admitted not understanding any of the current laws on cycling on city streets. Looking forward to the next story! Any advice on how to get involved?

]]> By: Adam Conway https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/#comment-2666 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:39:41 +0000 http://changingmediagroup.com/?p=38473#comment-2666 It’s definitely one of the points I want to address in the next few weeks since it highlights a disparity that I didn’t expect to see. Economic, regional, even racial differences I expected, but the level of gender inequality here is quite startling.

]]> By: Hasdai Westbrook https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/#comment-2665 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:22:24 +0000 http://changingmediagroup.com/?p=38473#comment-2665 That statistic really surprised me too. Is there any way to get more recent data, or to account for the disparity?

]]> By: Adam Conway https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/#comment-2664 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:46:35 +0000 http://changingmediagroup.com/?p=38473#comment-2664 From what I’ve seen, the proportion of female bikers is low everywhere, usually no more than 25%, so Maryland is lower than average, but considering the level of bike participation, not so surprising. Since that data ends in 2010, there may be some changes that have happened. I get the impression that there has been an influx of younger people over the past couple of years. Subjectively, I know a fair number of women bike commuters, but I work in the public health sector, which is dominated by women, so it’s hard to say.

]]> By: Nina Schwartzman https://changingmediagroup.com/bmore-bike-friendly/#comment-2663 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:25:48 +0000 http://changingmediagroup.com/?p=38473#comment-2663 Wow, what surprises me most about that infographic is what a small proportion of the bike commuters are women. Can that really be right?

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