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• AAA, others back Md. negligent-killing-by-auto bill
  The legislation would fill a gap between the traffic offense of negligent driving and the felony of vehicular manslaughter -- a charge that is difficult to prove without evidence of extreme negligence such a drunk driving.
  By Michael Dresser, March 11, 2010, Baltimore Sun
   
• Md. bill could remove "gross negligence" standard for drivers who kill
  Too many drivers at fault for deadly car crashes are walking away with nothing more than a fine. That's the argument in support of a bill in Annapolis to toughen the state's vehicular manslaughter laws.
  March 11, 2010, WJZ News
   
• Police advisory board looks to keep Montgomery bikers safe
  A shoulder on some of the winding roads through the rural upcounty is all Tim Guilford and fellow cycling enthusiasts want.
  By Andre L. Taylor, March 10, 2010, Gazette.Net
   
• Chain Bridge closed for next two weekends
  The Chain Bridge will be closed the next two weekends so the D.C. Department of Transportation can complete reconstruction work that has been postponed for months.
  March 11, 2010, WTOP
   
• Pennsylvania Ave. to have dedicated bike lanes
  The center of Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol soon may be reserved for just two things: the president's inauguration and people riding bicycles.
  By Ashley Halsey III, March 11, 2010, Washington Post
   
• Google Maps loves bicyclists
  In a partnership with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Google Maps added more than 12,000 miles of trails, bike lanes, and recommended routes for more than 150 cities (and counties, like ours truly) across the U.S., according to The Official Google Blog.
  By Paul DeMaio, March 10, 2010, CommuterPageBlog
   
• Bike directions added to Google Maps
  Google on Wednesday launched bicycle directions for Google Maps making it easier for cyclists to plan routes in 150 U.S. cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Portland and Washington, DC.
  By Ian Paul, March 10, 2010, PC World
   
• Bike the Blossoms 2010
  WABA will again have its bike valet, and Bike and Roll and NPS will again do tours of the blossoms, via the going out gurus.
  March 9, 2010, WashCycle
   
• More information key to overhaul of DDOT's Web site
  Transportation departments are slowly evolving from construction agencies into mobility services. They still will build and repair roads, but they also will work with communities to create new ways of moving by car, bus, streetcar, bicycle or foot power.
  By Robert Thomson, March 7, 2010, Washington Post
   
• 3 pedestrians struck in separate incidents; 2 dead
  Three pedestrians were killed or critically injured by vehicles in three separate incidents within an hour of one another across the D.C. region Saturday morning, police said. In two of the cases, police said, the drivers did not stop.
  By Matt Zapotosky, March 7, 2010, Washington Post
   
• DDOT launches Potholepalooza
   
• Chain Bridge closed March 12-15
   
• DDOT to remove reversible lanes on 15th Street
   
• Chain Bridge will be closed March 12-15
   
• Draft VA route of East Coast Greenway
   
• How to report a pothole