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GIVE Maryland - Maryland Community Investment Tax Credit

A donation of $500 or more to Bikemore’s 501(c)(3) from an individual or business can receive a Maryland Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) worth 50% of the donation, in addition to your regular charitable contribution deduction you may be eligible for on your state and federal taxes.

Donations utilizing the Community Investment Tax Credit program will be used to support Bikemore’s Mobile Bike Shop. This flagship program  provides approachable, free access to bike repair services for residents in Baltimore’s most under-resourced communities. 

Working bikes can provide economic empowerment and improve the quality-of-life and health outcomes for disenfranchised communities because they can provide access to everyday essentials like better-paying jobs, access to health care, housing, affordable and healthy food, and closing educational achievement gaps.  

Of course, any donation of any size to Bikemore’s 501(c)(3) may be tax-deductible.  We really appreciate your support no matter what size donation you make. 

Bikemore was awarded a $10,000 CITC grant this year. You can check the status of remaining eligible funds and learn more about the program at the GIVE Maryland website.

Bikemore Endorsement Sweep

We walk, we bike, we roll. We take transit. We want to live in safe, walkable communities accessible to all.

Most importantly, we vote.

Thank you for supporting Bikemore's endorsed candidates. Every endorsed candidate won.

This election was a clear referendum on safer, calmer, more livable streets.

Candidates who threatened to rip out infrastructure and candidates who were impediments to infrastructure lost their races. Candidates promising to make our streets safer and expand access to opportunity for all road users won.

We have a lot of work to do after this election. Bikemore priority legislation that has been held up by current council leadership can be brought back and advanced. Projects that have been long stalled, like the separated lanes on Washington Street, Central Avenue, Eutaw Place, and Sharp Street, now have champions coming into office who vocally support installation.

We can't wait to share our vision for the next term in the coming months, and will be giving previews at upcoming Bike Breakfasts and Happy Hours.

To hit the ground running with the new council in January, Bikemore needs to be well resourced, and we need the financial and staff bandwidth to spend the summer and fall advocating to incoming and re-elected councilmembers.

We can't do this without your financial support. Please consider a one-time, recurring, or increased recurring donation today.

Bikemore Endorses Mayor Brandon Scott for Re-Election

Bikemore is endorsing Mayor Brandon Scott for re-election.

Baltimore needs a mayor that our children can look up to, that they can see themselves in. Our recent history of former mayors is plagued with scandal and single terms. Mayor Brandon Scott has brought stability, credibility, and ethical, honest leadership to the mayor’s office. He can relate directly with our city’s young people who struggle to navigate our public transit system to get to school and after school activities. He was once them, riding those same buses hours each way.

Mayor Brandon Scott adopted the city’s first Complete Streets Manual, prioritizing equity in project delivery. His Department of Transportation has applied for and won tens of millions of dollars in federal grants to improve our most dangerous intersections, improve transit reliability, and remove racist transportation barriers that destroyed communities: including The Highway to Nowhere and Druid Park Lake Drive.

Over the past four years, legislation critical to Baltimore’s ability to compete with peer cities and deliver access to opportunity for its residents has languished in City Council, failing to be heard while time has instead been spent on political grandstanding. We endorsed Zeke Cohen for Council President because he knows we must focus on the root causes of issues in our city, and that we can use our legislative body to address those issues at their core.

With Brandon Scott as Mayor and Zeke Cohen as City Council President, we will for the first time in memory have partners in leadership with the same equity-driven transportation philosophy.

Bikemore has also endorsed the following candidates:

Bill Henry, Comptroller
Ryan Dorsey, 3rd District
Paris Gray, 8th District
John Bullock, 9th District
Zac Blanchard, 11th District

With these leaders in office, Baltimore City will continue its trajectory toward a city designed for people—all people.

Read the full questionnaires from candidates for Mayor, Council President and City Council by clicking below.

Bikemore endorses Zeke Cohen for City Council President, Bill Henry for Comptroller, and in select City Council races

Bikemore is launching our #IBikeIVote2024 campaign with our endorsement of Zeke Cohen for City Council President, as well as endorsements for Comptroller and in select City Council races.

Over the past four years, legislation critical to Baltimore’s ability to compete with peer cities and deliver access to opportunity for its residents has languished in City Council, failing to be heard while time has instead been spent on political grandstanding.

Addressing Baltimore’s transportation failures can not be placed in a queue behind other challenges, but must be seen as a solution to addressing them. Zeke Cohen gets this, and we are confident he will not only allow, but champion an evidence-based legislative agenda.

Bikemore is also endorsing the following candidates:

Bill Henry, Comptroller
Ryan Dorsey, 3rd District
Paris Gray, 8th District
John Bullock, 9th District
Zac Blanchard, 11th District

Bikemore will make a decision on mayoral endorsement after our Mayoral Transportation Forum on Thursday, April 11th.

Read the full questionnaires from candidates for Council President and City Council by clicking below.

Action Alert: City Council Bike Lane Hearing Scheduled for March 7th

On January 22nd, City Council Vice President Sharon Green Middleton announced yet another hearing on bike infrastructure, requested by the Fox45/Sinclair backed Anti-Complete Streets group.

The hearing has been scheduled for 4:00pm on Thursday, March 7th in council chambers. The public can attend in-person or virtually at this link.

The individuals calling for these hearings have been very clear: they want a moratorium on new bike lanes, removal of existing bike lanes, and repeal of Baltimore City’s Complete Streets ordinance.

Please send an email to City Council serving as written testimony for this hearing. Customize it with your own story of why increased investment in safer bike infrastructure is important to you as a resident and taxpayer.