Allison Bourg wrote a good article about the county’s update to the Pedestrian and Master Plan. The purpose of the article was to publicize the public meeting on June 11, 2013, but it did feature yours truly because I met Allison over at Parole Towne Center for her to snap a few pictures for the… Read More Capital Article about AA County Transportation Cycling
Annapolis as portrayed on the city web site, is for the most part, a very walkable city: “Take time to walk in our city and peer over the garden gates. Visit our many shops or relax on a water taxi in our harbor.” However, once you leave the historic downtown core and head out the… Read More Parole and Mobility
Anyone who lives in or has visited Annapolis has been down West Street, which is roughly divided into “inner” (Church Circle to Chiquapin) and “outer” (Chinquapin to MD Route 2. It is as James Howard Kustler always says in his podcasts about urbanism, “it’s a place that no one wants to be” that is ostensibly… Read More What I Would Change about Outer West Street
Annapolis City Council Meeting, January, 9 2012 Mr. Mayor and Council Members, thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Annapolis Bicycle Master Plan. Auto-based transportation certainly has its place in our city and provides many benefits. However, auto dependence has many negative consequences, such as pollution, sprawling development patterns, unattractive urban development and… Read More Statement of Support – Annapolis Bicycle Master Plan
Over the last year I have come to the realization that I will never amount to much as a competitive cyclist from a Palmares standpoint, meaning I’m never going to win races or even place in races, and thus my Palmares (“List of accomplishments”) will never get beyond my first race – 1st place in… Read More WTF, Cleveland?
Appearing in Annapolis Capital Punishment, September 23, 2010 Guest Editorial by Loyal Reader Alex Pline (ACP says thanks!): The “slots” question is probably the most contentious issue we’ve had on the ballot since, well, the lasts “slots” question. Just like last time, every interest group is going full tilt. As such, it’s pretty difficult to… Read More Slots or No Slots, That is the Question… Again
ABRT did the Bike Doctor/St. Michael’s Century on the eastern shore this past weekend. It was a beautiful day for it; low humidity, sunshine and cool temperatures. This is one of the things I love about the “century season” in the fall and I try to do as many as possible (Bay Country, Civil War,… Read More St. Michaels Century – Another View
3 days of fixed gear riding in Ft Myers was a welcome change from the dreary Mid-Atlantic winter.… Read More Florida Tempo
The Seagull Century last Saturday marked, at least for me, the end of both the “Century Season” and the season as a whole. I think that is especially true given the very fall like weather we are having this week. This year I did 4 centuries along with a number of ABRT riders: Rick’s Solomon’s… Read More The End of the (Century) Season
In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 ABRT did spring training camps near Malaga Spain ( Villanueva del Rosario) hosted by Idlebreaks. We typically did two groups and I went in 2008 and 2009 with the “non-Elite Team” group. Wow, what a difference a week makes! At the risk of gloating about how nice the weather… Read More 2009 ABRT Spain Training Camp
Team Pline 