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All done for now

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I’m going to stop posting on here for a long while. Possibly forever.

When I first started this site, my employer was the Annapolis Capital, a wonderful paper that (at the time) had no running or transportation blogs. Now, however, I work for the Baltimore Sun, which within the last year has launched both a wonderful transportation blog and, more recently, a very nice running section. Since these vastly outdo my blog in terms of quality and quantity, I’m happy to say that it’s now quite redundant.

That said, I’d still love to see you at a Friday meetup, as those will continue.

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Bike and pedestrian advisory group

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Photo credit: sxc.hu

Photo credit: sxc.hu

Maryland’s advisory committee for cyclists and walkers meets next week at this time in Hanover (of all places). Here’s the meeting information, for those lucky enough to have Fridays off:

Friday, October 9, 2009
Maryland Department of Transportation
Helen Delich Bentley Conference Room
7201 Corporate Center Drive -2nd Floor
Hanover, MD

Transit directions from downtown Baltimore

A full list of Maryland’s pedestrian/cycle public meeting times can be viewed here.

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Dubai trains get a lonelier launch

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
September 9 was planned as a big day for Dubai.

September 9 was planned as a big day for Dubai.

The government folks in Dubai were set to launch both a new record-holding skyscraper and a major piece of the transit system today.

And then they weren’t set to launch them both anymore after all.

But it still looks like it’s going to be a nice rail system, complete with wi-fi and other splendid tricks. It should go a long way toward repairing a perceived weakness in the city, which has long been viewed as less pedestrian-friendly than some other cosmopolitan metros. Details on the new trains can be found here.

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At the request of a commenter…

Sunday, August 16th, 2009


View Running meetup spot in a larger map

This was a good suggestion. Thanks to Richard for the comment.

Now I just need to manage to show up. I’ve missed it the last two weeks.

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Holiday schedule

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

A reminder: Metro is operating on a Saturday schedule tomorrow.

http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2652

Weekend options – April 11

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Here are some choices for this week:

What I’ll be doing: Something that’s Not Here. We’re going to visit family.

Other options: A chance to throw pacing to the wind and go completely nuts.

In the future: A 50K, a run on the beach and a test of your city knowledge.

As always, you can see a full list of upcoming road races, transit events, training rides, walks, and runs via the on-foot calendar of events.

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One close call, but no big problems

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Well, that was a relief. Despite the Washington Metro’s Red Line mishap, everything seems to have turned out ok.

Now our Baltimore MARC schedule (and prices!*) can go back to normal.

* See this old story if that comment about MARC prices makes no sense.

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Style change

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

I normally try to avoid making this a blog about itself, but this change is worth mentioning.  I’ve switched to a new publishing system, going from Blogger to WordPress.

I’m now using a modified version of the Deep Silent theme. In changing looks, for the new year, I decided to use as many current design cliches as I could manage, so there are shinies, grit, swirlies and, as always, a nice garish color indicative of either corporate greenwashing, Web 2.0 or horrible cat indigestion. I thought about adding scan lines and gradients to the header as well, but I figured the shoe and title would be completely invisible/illegible if I did that. Enjoy!*

*And let me know if you see any obvious bugs in the new template. Thanks.

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