Day 1

Today we biked just over 40 miles this afternoon from Havre de Grace, MD to Stewertstown PA. Below is my bikeability assessment for three sections of road in Maryland and one section in Pennsylvania:

On a scale of 1-5, please rank the following factors in integer form given the below scale:
(1-very poor, 2-poor, 3-fair, 4-good, 5-very good)

1. The amount of motor vehicle traffic given the amount of through lanes.
2. The physical road conditions taking into account factors including pavement attributes, curb presence, railway crossings, storm drain grates, debris, etc.
3. Your comfort with biking given the speed limit and proximity of motor vehicles.
4. The level of sight and amount of curves of the road.
5. The size of the bike lane or shoulder if present (please circle which one). Bike Lane Shoulder Neither
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Maryland Route 155 (2 miles out of Havre de Grace)
1. 3
2. 5 (very large shoulder present)
3. 4
4. 4
5. Approximately 6 ft shoulder





Maryland Road 543 (1.5 miles from beginning of route on road)
1. 1
2. 2 (fair amount of debris on edge of road)
3. 2 (very close proximity to traffic/no shoulder)
4. 3
5. No shoulder or bike lane present







Maryland Road 165 (1 mile from intersection road 543)
1. 3
2. 4
3. 4
4. 4
5. 8 ft wide shoulder






Pennsylvania Highway 24
1. 2
2. 3
3. 3
4. 3
5. No shoulder or bike lane present in addition to absence of lane markers on the right side of the road.


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The hills of MD and PA were pretty tough. Hoping that the rough day will pay off in the coming weeks.