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Baltimore hearing on tolls a yawner – but some getting a free ride

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - Jun. 14 (News) - For the second hearing on the proposed fat toll hikes, a grand total of six people testified in Baltimore on Monday evening, wrapping up the meeting of the Maryland Transportation Authority in about 45 minutes. That was 20% more witnesses than the five people who testified at last week’s hearing in Shady Grove.

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ON THE HOOK — City Council aims to rein in trespass towing business

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Investigative Voice - By Stephen Janis - Jun. 05 (News) - A new bill that will be introduced at Monday’s City Council meeting may give business owners and residents a way to fight back against the so-called “trespass tow” industry, a loose consortium of independent towing companies that tow wayward cars off private lots throughout the city.

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Police mistake leaves driver in Krasnopoler case with lesser fine, fewer “points”

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - May. 28 (News) - The family of 20-year-old Baltimore bicyclist Nathan Krasnopoler, left comatose after a crash involving an 83-year-old motorist, is “really surprised” that the driver was allowed to pay a lesser fine due to a police mistake, their lawyer said.

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Automatic “walk” signals restored in Fells Point

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - May. 27 (News) - Fells Point residents who felt a change in the walk signals there was making their neighborhood less pedestrian-friendly and possibly dangerous got their wish this week: the Baltimore city Department of Transportation is restoring the automatic “walk” signals at key intersections.

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Transportation officials say ICC is not to blame for toll hikes

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Megan Poinski - May. 15 (News) - Large increases in tolls on Maryland’s bridges and tunnels were proposed last week, but Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley said angry motorists should not be directing their blame at the new Intercounty Connector.

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Mayors say walking and biking, not highways, should be top priority

Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew editors - May. 04 (News) - If they had greater control over federal dollars, U.S. mayors would have far different transportation priorities than the states that now hold the power of the purse.

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Conflict over crosswalks

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Fern Shen - May. 02 (News) - There were some tense moments last week at a sidewalk meeting of Baltimore transportation officials and Fells Point residents angry about changes the city has made to walk signals at certain intersections.

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Changes to Fells Point lights and crosswalk signals “anti-pedestrian,” parents say

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Fern Shen, Gerald Neily - Apr. 26 (News) - Asked if they'd noticed a change in Fells Point traffic signals and walk lights making it tougher to cross east-west streets, childless people all gave me a blank look, while parents with kids knew immediately what I was asking about.

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Better late than never at ICC as I-95 roars by

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - Apr. 22 (News) - We waited a long-time for the Prince George's County executive to show at the event on I-95 at the Intercounty Connector. But the developers of Konterra had been waiting decades longer for an interchange that they finally got by swapping land with the state so it could finish the last leg of the ICC.

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Growing Pains

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Michael Byrne - Apr. 20 (News) - Standing on a street corner for hours on end counting bicycles one by one might not rank as the most exciting thing in the world. It’s more exciting than watching paint dry, but not exactly a coveted task, particularly at 7 in the morning.

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Where the Bike Lanes End

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Michael Byrne - Apr. 20 (News) - You don’t have a cycling network without connectivity. Spreading bike lanes around the city like so much chopped spaghetti might be the cheapest, most politically acceptable strategy, but at the end of the day, it looks like the city is refusing to do more than test the waters. Here are a few places that need some help, quick.

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Two Wheels Good?

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Michael Byrne - Apr. 20 (News) - Supply? Check. Demand? Check. Cyclists? Nope. So, what’s missing here? The problem is that there’s an empty space on the supply side of the equation: bikes.

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Transportation Innovation Featured in Downtown Strategic Plan

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Sam Hopkins - Apr. 19 (News) - Baltimore's Downtown Partnership is featuring innovation in transit-centered building development and improvements to the city's actual public transportation systems as critical factors for the city center's success. The 2011 Downtown Baltimore Strategic Plan includes Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) district plans for the area surrounding Lexington Market, and prioritizes the elimination of surface-level parking lots.

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Auto manslaughter bill supported by cyclists passes

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - Apr. 12 (News) - A seven-year crusade by activists to make vehicular manslaughter through negligence punishable by a jail sentence was passed by the General Assembly in the final hours of its 2011 session.

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Driver in Krasnopoler case cited for negligent driving, failure to yield

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - Apr. 12 (News) - Using a provision of Maryland’s new “3 foot law” that went into effect in October, prosecutors have brought traffic charges against the 83-year-old driver whose February collision with Nathan Krasnopoler left the 20-year-old bicyclist comatose.

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GM White Marsh Highlights Habitat, Hybrids

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Sam Hopkins - Apr. 12 (News) - General Motors is still recovering from its declaration of bankruptcy in June of 2009, and reorganization across the company is now resulting in increased community outreach at GM's transmission production facilities in White Marsh, north of Baltimore.

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Hopkins cyclist hit by car has permanent brain damage

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:11:25 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - Apr. 05 (News) - Nathan Krasnopoler, the Johns Hopkins sophomore whom a motorist hit while he bicycled on University Parkway last February, has sustained permanent brain damage and has “no hope for a meaningful recovery.”

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Report: Suburban Maryland Excels in Health Care Access, Lags in Air Quality

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Capital News Service - By Jessica Harper - Mar. 30 (News) - While Howard County is the healthiest county in Maryland, Baltimore City sits at the other end of that spectrum.

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State Lawmakers OK Local Road Money Infusion

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Capital News Service - By David Saleh Rauf - Mar. 30 (News) - Maryland counties and municipalities are set to receive a one-time $13.2 million infusion to help maintain and repair battered roads under spending plans recently approved by the House and Senate.

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Otis Rolley’s Big-Ticket Issues

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Jerard Fagerberg - Mar. 29 (News) - One of Otis Rolley’s critics says he has noticed a disturbing pattern in his behavior of late. The 36-year-old city planner and mayoral hopeful has racked up 16 traffic violations on his Mitsubishi in the last year, dating back to March 25, 2010.

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BWI taxi contract extended only 90 days, while drivers ask for living wage

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Megan Poinski - Mar. 23 (News) - About 30 airport taxi drivers filled the seats at the Board of Public Works Wednesday to call attention to procurement problems at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. The drivers inspired the board to unanimously cut the contract extension for the company they drive for, BWI Taxi Management Inc., from one year to 90 days.

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Incentives hold key to future of electric cars

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Capital News Service - By David Saleh Rauf - Mar. 21 (News) - In a small office tucked away in the Chesapeake Innovation Center, SemaConnect engineers hand assemble prototypes of electric vehicle charging stations. The future of the roughly 3-year-old Maryland startup is tied directly to an anticipated boom in the electric vehicle market. And to some degree, the company’s success relies on what happens about five miles away from its headquarters —- at the State House.

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Senate committee approves medical marijuana use, ignition locking for drunk drivers and deadline for governor’s commutations

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - Mar. 18 (News) - In a marathon voting session on almost 50 bills to meet a Tuesday deadline for action , the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Thursday approved a variety of legislation.

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More Than 50 Cyclists Show Up For Nathan’s Ride

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Baltidome - By Baltidome - Mar. 10 (News) - Over 50 cyclists and dozens more supporters showed up for the “Support Ride for Nathan” on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at The Broadview apartments in Baltimore, the location of the accident where Nathan was injured in February.

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Lawmakers seek to ban smoking in cars with children

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Maryland Reporter - By Len Lazarick - Mar. 09 (News) - A bill to ban smoking in a car with a child, which has been stopped in committee four years running, may finally make it to the floor of the House of Delegates. The bill has more sponsors this year than in the past, especially in the House Environmental Matters Committee, where it needs a favorable vote to get to the floor for debate.

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