Highlights from Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee December Meeting Minutes


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3. R4-11/Bicycles May Use Full Lane Signs Status Update

Michael Jackson reported that SHA finalized their guidelines for use of the R4-11/Bicycles May Use Full Lane signs and had begun compiling a list of roadways for consideration for sign installation. Their initial list consists of arterials leading out of the District of Columbia and Taneytown in Carroll County. SHA is open to receiving other recommendations and anticipates installing the first signs next spring.


4. Law Enforcement Bicycle Training Video Update

Michael Jackson said revisions on the Law Enforcement Bicycle Training video would resume following authorization of additional funding, an issue that he is currently working on. He said he wished to schedule a meeting with traffic safety experts and bicycle advocates regarding the importance of enforcement as it relates to changing unsafe behaviors associated with traffic crashes prior to resumption of the video revisions. Jim Titus said that the Washington Area Bicyclist Association does not have a problem with police officers ticketing bicyclists for riding on the wrong side of the road, riding at night without lights, failing to yield, or failing to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk, but that enforcement should be even-handed. He recommended that officers target the most serious violations that cause crashes and injuries. Beverley Malone and Greg Hinchliffe also supported citing bicyclists who violate traffic law.


5. Maryland Bikeshare Program Announcement

On November 4th Governor Martin O’Malley announced that Maryland would be funding eighty percent of the costs of the acquisition of materials needed to start bike station programs in Maryland or eighty percent of the costs to conduct feasibility studies for bike station programs according to Michael Jackson. He passed out Maryland Bikeshare Program brochures and said it is his understanding that Maryland is the first state to fund bikeshare programs at a statewide level. He said the deadline for applications is December 15, 2011.


6. Promoting Bicycling and Walking in Cherry Hill
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He [Michael Middleton, Chairman of the Cherry Hill Community Coaltion, ] asked for assistance in developing programs where residents could acquire subsidized bicycles in exchange for money or volunteer service. At the end of his presentation the audience gave a round of applause.

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by B' Spokes

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