Launching #IBikeIVote 2020!

In the coming weeks, Bikemore in Action, our 501(c)(4) arm, will roll out #IBikeIVote 2020. Our focus will be the Primary Election on April 28th, 2020, and the candidates running for Mayor, Comptroller, City Council President, and City Council. 

Earlier this week, we sent a candidate questionnaire to all announced candidates for the above offices. They are due back on February 10th, and we will be sharing both a summary of responses for each office/district as well as the full questionnaire in the weeks following. 

You can check out the questionnaire below. City Council candidates were also sent district specific questions about upcoming projects in their districts.

We will also be hosting Transportation Forums for Mayor and City Council President, which will be recorded and live streamed in front of a live studio audience at the Real News Network. The Mayoral Transportation Forum will be held on February 26th at 6:00pm, and the City Council President forum will be held on a date to be determined in March. The format and questions for these forums will be developed in partnership with Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition, other transportation advocacy organizations, and transit riders and operators. 

For the first time, our state delegation has come together to form a transit caucus. We’ve passed a national award winning equity-focused complete streets ordinance. And we have candidates running across the city who understand that access to transportation is critical to escaping poverty and accessing opportunity. 

We look forward to sharing the results of the questionnaire in mid-February, and hope to see you at the forums.

President Street Bike Lane Improvements

The Baltimore Complete Streets ordinance requires Baltimore City Department of Transportation to retrofit improved walking, biking, and transit infrastructure onto streets during routine resurfacing.

President Street began resurfacing prior to the ordinance taking effect, but BCDOT was able to make some last minute changes in the design to add high visibility crosswalks and a flex post buffer to the previous substandard bike lane.

While President Street is still far from a safe, all-ages street, we are thankful for these improvements. We will continue to advocate for BCDOT to extend this separated treatment up Fallsway, creating a more visible and safer Jones Falls Trail while connecting to existing protected bike lanes on Centre and Monument Streets.