BALTIMORE BIKE SUMMIT, MAY 1st
The BIKE SUMMIT will now be
held at the WAR MEMORIAL BUIDLING, 101 N. Gay St, 1st
Floor in the Paul Wolman Room.
Enter the building’s north side on Lexington St. Bike Parking will be available here.
Please pass along this information to others attending.
The Baltimore Bike Summit is this Friday, May 1st
Please RSVP ( Nate.Evans@baltimorecity.gov ) if you have not done so already. We are providing lunch and need to plan accordingly.
A mid-day bike ride is part of the agenda. If you would like to participate but need a bike, please let me know by Thursday and we will provide one for you.
If you have any questions, please let Nate know.
Sincerely,
Nate Evans
Bike & Pedestrian Planner
City of Baltimore
Draft Agenda
8:30 am Registration
9:00 Welcome and Kick-off
Robert S. Patten, Senior Transportation Planner, Toole Design Group
Lead author and project manager for the Baltimore Bikeway Master Plan
9:10 Implementing the Baltimore Bike Plan: Not the same car-centric Baltimore
Nate Evans, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner, BCDOT Planning Division
A Progress Report on Implementation of the Bikeway Master Plan
9:35 Large Group Dialogue: Envisioning a Bicycle Friendly Baltimore
Facilitated by Rob Sadowsky, Executive Director of the Active Transportation Alliance in Chicago, IL
Participants will have an opportunity to provide a vision for Baltimore’s future as it pertains to bicycling and public space.
Message from Director Foxx
10:15 Break
10:35 Chicago: A Comprehensive Bike Approach in a Multi-Cultural City
Aldolfo Hernandez, Director of Advocacy, Active Transportation Alliance & Rob Sadowsky
Creative, Successful Approaches to Encouragement, Safety Education, Health, and Marketing
What type of success do good programs generate?
Who needs to be involved in program partnerships?
What role do city agencies play?
11:45 – 1:45 Bike Ride to the Inner Harbor and Lunch
1:45 Introduction to Task Group Discussions
Robert Patten
Group 1: Engineering & Street Maintenance
How do we more completely integrate bicycle accommodations into routine DOT activities?
Group 2: Enforcement & Education/Media Outreach
How do we effectively begin addressing motorist-bicyclists conflict and animosity?
Group 3: New Partners: Health, Arts, Youth, Tourism
How do we encourage more cycling and spread bicycle culture by joining forces with non-traditional partners?
Group 4: The Emerging Trail System
What role should trails & parks play in the Baltimore Bicycle Network and how do we successfully join transportation and recreation missions?
Group 5: Encouragement & Tracking Success
What marketing strategies should be use to encourage more bicycling, especially for transportation, and how do we track success?
Group 6: Bike Culture, Events and Special Places
How do we use events and creation of special places to make bike culture in Baltimore something in which everyone feels welcome and to which all can contribute?
2:00 – 3:15 Facilitated Discussion groups (groups and topics listed above)
3:15 – 4 pm Reports from each Task Group and Wrap Up
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