The 12th Annual Maryland Bicycle Symposium The 12th Annual Bike Symposium in Annapolis on February 4th was a huge success!  Although the weather caused school closings in many counties approximately 400 to 500 people attended.  Additionally, there were twenty exhibitors displaying projects and engaging the audience.   The high attendance indicates that people care deeply about promoting bicycling as a means of alternative transportation.  As our population grows it is critical that a safe infrastructure, along with laws protecting bicyclists, are intact. John Porcari, Maryland Secretary of Transportation, gave an upbeat report on MDOT’s work on Bike Projects in Maryland and Delegate Jon Cardin Chair of the Legislative Bike Caucus gave an overview of the many Bike Bills being considered this session in Annapolis. Jim Swift, Chairman of the Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (MBPAC), gave a presentation on MBPAC. Presenters Charlie Denney of Alta Planning + Design, Stephanie Yanovitz of VHB, and Bill Schultheiss of Toole Design kept all the audience in their seats before lunch by educating the attendees on bicycle safety and answering questions. Senator Jim Rosapepe presented Senator Brian Frosh with an outstanding Bike Accomplishment award from OLC and Jim and Jane Hudnall received a special OLC Award for all their many years of making these Symposia successful. Bill Kelly was presented a Senate Proclamation by Senator Rosapepe for his many years of Bike Service to the Maryland. The symposium takes place because of the many hours of volunteer service Bill and Jim dedicate to the coordination of the event.  The awards were followed by interesting and informative talks from Eric Gilliland of WABA, Sergeant Chris Davala of the Maryland State Police and the International Police Mountain Bike Association, and Caron Whitaker of America Bikes. The symposium was taped by John Wetmore and the recording will be linked to the OLC website.  OLC’s new website will be up by month’s end with exciting opportunities for interacting with you through a blog, action alerts and more! OLC is a non-profit organization that really needs your help during this tough period to continue to advocate and produce events like the Symposium that are free to the public.  To make a donation by check please make the check payable to OLC and mail to:  One Less Car, 1209 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.  To donate via credit card visit  https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/onelesscar/donation.jsp. Save the date of October 4th 2009 for this year’s Tour du Port - Baltimore’s Premier Bicycling Event!  There will be rides from 14 to 40 miles and we are working to develop a 63-mile metric century as well.  All proceeds go to OLC to promote bicycle use and safety.  On the day after Tour Du Port, (Monday Oct, 5, 2009) the Fall Bike Forum will take place at John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD from 6 to 9 p.m. Thank you all! Carol Silldorff, M.P.A. Executive Director One Less Car

2009 Bills to SUPPORT:

House Bill 97 Criminal Law: Manslaughter by Vehicle
* This is a very important bill – the hearing took place last week before the Judiciary Committee. If you live in committee members district - ask your delegates to support this bill that:
* Makes it a misdemeanor for a person to cause the death of another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
* This bill will make our roads inherently safer for bicyclists and pedestrians by improving the standards of justice and encouraging safer driving by conveying the message that criminally negligent driving behavior is not tolerated.
* Closes the current loophole in Maryland’s law and holds people accountable for causing the death of another as a result of driving, while sober, negligently, taking substantial risk and deviating from the standard of care that would be exercised by a reasonable person.
* Increase the penalties and provides jail time for those who currently pay a $500 fine and do not serve any time in jail Not place the ordinary driver at risk for severe penalties
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/HB0097.htm

Senate Bill 428 - Three Foot Bicycle Safety Bill
* This very important bill increases safety for bicyclist by requiring a driver of a vehicle to pass a bicyclist at a distance of 3 feet.
* Requires a driver to yield the right of way to a person who is riding a bicycle in a designated bicycle lane.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/SB0428.htm

Senate Bill 98 - No Text Messaging While Driving
* Prohibits a person from using a text messaging device to write, send, or read a text message while operating a motor vehicle.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/sb0098.htm

Senate Bill 152 - Arrest for Leaving a Scene of an Accident Involving Injury
* Requires a police officer to arrest with or without a warrant a person who the police officer has probable cause to believe has committed a specified offense of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in bodily injury or death.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/hb0152.htm

Senate Bill 15 - Funding for Bike-Ped Access to Schools
* Authorizes local governments to use specified highway user revenues for sidewalk construction; specifying State policy regarding sidewalks, footpaths, and bicycle trails.
* Requires regulations that give priority to and provide financial
assistance to county boards for public school construction or public school
capital improvements that incorporate sidewalks, footpaths, and bicycle
trails that facilitate and encourage usage by students as an alternative to
transport by school bus.
* Hearing took place on 1-28 before the Budget and Taxation Committee. If you live in districts of committee members ask your senators to support the bill.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/sb0015.htm

Senate Bill 250 - SUPPORT SB 250 only with Amendment to Include Bicycles
* Authorizes the driver of a motorcycle at an intersection where traffic is controlled by a traffic control signal to proceed through a red signal under specified circumstances if a visible vehicle sensor operating the traffic control signal does not detect the presence of the motorcycle.
Amendments:
* Bicycles are less likely than motorcycles to be detected by sensors.
* Traffic lights are often set to skip a cycle if there is no vehicle waiting.
* A law-abiding cyclist now might have to wait through several cycles before a vehicle comes that is detected by the sensor.
* By waiting for a vehicle to come and trip the sensor, a cyclist is often put into a more dangerous situation due to conflicts with other traffic, especially turning traffic. This change in the law would allow a cyclist or motorcyclist who is not detected by a vehicle sensor to treat a red light like a flashing red light when the wait has been two minutes or one complete cycle of the light.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/sb0250.htm


2009 Bills to OPPOSE:

House Bill 187 Mandatory Helmet Law
* HB 187 would extend current law requiring helmets for cyclists under age 16 to cyclists and motor scooter drivers of all ages. It also defines a mo-ped as being a bicycle. It looks like someone wanted to make sure the bicycle helmet law includes mopeds and motor scooters, and while at it they removed the “under 16” so it would apply to everyone. If passed, this would make Maryland the first state with a statewide mandatory helmet law for adult cyclists.
* Instead of this bill, bicycle education opportunities and low cost or free helmets are needed.
* The bill does not have a provision stating, "failure to wear a helmet may not be used as evidence of contributory negligence." Any helmet bill should have language similar to the "contributory negligence" clause in the seat belt law.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/hb0187.htm

House Bill 25 Scooter Road Restriction
* This bill prohibits motor scooters from roads where the posted speed limit is over 30 mph, which will reduce opportunities for people to travel by means other than automobile. Some people depend on motor scooters for basic transportation necessary to get to work, school and shopping.
* Current law prohibits bicycles and motor scooters from roads where the speed limit is over 50 mph.
* There is concern that changing the law to prohibit motor scooters where the posted speed limit is over 30 mph could lead to the same prohibition on bicycles.
If the intent of the bill is to reduce the reckless use of motor scooters, there are existing laws on reckless driving that could be better enforced.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/billfile/HB0025.htm

For directions and a map to the symposium, see http://www.ohbike.org/symposium/directions.htm.

Symposium Schedule (tentative):

7:30 am Exhibitor Setup

8:30 am Registration

9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Greg Cantori – President, One Less Car
Delegate Jon Cardin - Chairman, Maryland Legislative Bike Caucus
John Porcari - Maryland Secretary of Transportation

9:30 am The Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (MBPAC)
Jim Swift – Chairman, MBPAC

10:00 am Building Complete Streets
Charlie Denny – Senior Associate, ALTA Planning + Design
Stephanie Yanovitz – Maryland State Highway Administration
? – Toole Design

11:15 am Grand History Trail
Stephen Miller – Coordinator of Trail Development, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Kelly Pack – Manager of Trail Development, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Noon Free Lunch and 2009 Legislative Award

1:15 pm Enforcement: the Third Rail of Bicycling Advocacy
Eric Gilliland – Executive Director, Washington Area Bicycle Association
Chris Davala – International Police Mountain Bike Association

2:30 pm Bicycling as part of the Transportation Reauthorization Bill
Caron Whitaker – Campaign Manager, America Bikes

[One Less Car supported bill]
Synopsis:

Requiring the Governor to include a specified appropriation to the Transportation Trust Fund under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority from financing the Intercounty Connector; requiring the Authority to retire specified bonds secured by a pledge of future federal aid in a specified manner; repealing provisions of law concerning the financing of the Intercounty Connector; etc.

[Note by my understanding of the bill it does not eliminate all funding just the GARVEE bonds.]

Hi Bike Advocates. Happy New Year. As you are putting together your new 2009 Event Calendar, Please Mark Wednesday February 4, 2009 for the 12th Annual Bicycle Symposium in Annapolis from 9:00AM to 4:00PM and plan to attend. There are several very important Bike Related Issues that need to be discussed and your expertize and in put are greatly needed:

1.Several Bike Related Bills Pending in Annapolis
2. A Major Change for/at the Bike Coordinator Office at SHA
3. Maryland Rated at 35th Place out of 50 States in LAB Bike Friendly States Survey.
4. Major Discussion on the Curb-Lane Striping Changes on State Roads.
5. Sec. Trans John Porcari's ruling to NOT Have Bikes(ON Road) on any part of the ICC Toll Road Corridor. And
6. General Well-Being of Biking in Md.

Announcing the Cycle Claus Raffle Winners   One Less Car (OLC) is pleased to announce that Marianne Freedman of Baltimore is the winner of the OLC Cycle Claus raffle. She is the lucky recipient of a beautiful bicycle being donated by Joe’s Bike Shop of Mt. Washington! Marianne entered the raffle through the One Less Car website (a new OLC website will be launched in February of 2009). Tatiana Melo and Stephen Franzoni are the gift certificate winners.    We would like to thank everyone involved in the raffle – the folks that purchased tickets, Joe’s Bike Shop and S’ghetti Eddies, as well as, David Shapiro who developed and coordinated all matters concerning the raffle! Thank you all!   The purpose of the raffle was to purchase 12 bikes for disadvantaged children for the holidays. There was not any profit made from the raffle as all proceeds went toward purchasing prizes and the 12 bicycles. The goal was to give a gift of a bicycle to children - to bring happiness and with it the hope that the children would experience the freedom that comes from bicycling.   Every day One Less Car advocates for providing safe and effective transportation alternatives for all citizens through education, lobbying, and facilitation between our communities, governments, and state and local representatives. We believe that Maryland can be an example of the economic and social good that comes from a society where everyone – regardless of age, physical condition or economic background - has the opportunity to bike, walk or use mass transit to get where they need to go.   One Less Car wishes you a joyous holiday season!   Carol Silldorff, M.P.A. Executive Director One Less Car 1209 North Calvert Street Baltimore, MD 21202 410-960-6493 direct www.onelesscar.org

Moving On

A Message from One Less Car President, Greg Cantori Support the CYCLE CLAUS RAFFLE! Public comments on MARC and commuter bus cuts must be received by December 26th! Checklist of Maryland's Bike Problems Last chance to stop the Intercounty Connector 12 Steps for a safe and comfortable bike commute SAVE THE DATE! - The 2009 One Less Car Symposium will be held on February 4th at the Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis. Everyone is welcome to meet and greet their legislators! The Bike Commuter Tax Credit - What you need to know! Bike commuters are now eligible for a tax credit! Learn more here! It's getting cold out there! Here's some great Wintertime bicycling tips from the Great White North SIDEBAR TITLE See Rep. James Oberstar speak at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in Seattle. Thanks to John Wetmore from Perils for Pedestrians for this video! SIDEBAR TITLE The Consolidated Transportation Program is Maryland's six-year capital budget for transportation projects. If it's not in the CTP it probably won't get built. Learn more about the CTP and the public input process here

Friends, It saddens me to say that I will be leaving my post as Executive Director of One Less Car this month. It's been a great twenty-two months and I've had a wonderful time working with all of you. One Less Car is a very small non-profit and I would be lying if I said its been easy juggling a full schedule of events, advocacy and administrative minutiae. But looking back I see a lot for OLC members to be proud of - Bicycle racks on all MTA buses, the repeal of the state ban on bikes and peds on MdTA bridges, the OLC BRAC report, the Fall '08 Bike Summit, the Baltimore transit summits and, of course, CAM and Tour du Port. I know that OLC will continue on a path where advocacy will be a central focus. Marylanders need a strong advocate for bike and pedestrian issues and OLC can certainly fill that role. Carol Silldorff, a former consultant for Baltimore Green Week, will be the Interim Executive Director of One Less Car starting in Mid-December. I hope you will all join me in wishing her the best of luck. Richard Chambers, Executive Director A Message from One Less Car President, Greg Cantori As you all know, One Less Car has been very lucky in having Richard work with us. His passion for alternative transportation shows by his literally walking the talk by busing and biking around Baltimore since he came on board. His efforts in getting 100% of MTA buses fitted with bike racks was a real win for those who need to make a bike/bus transition. And his efforts to strengthen the voices of bicyclists and transit riders has been a genuine success. We wish him well! Some organizational updates - We want to welcome our newest board members: Tom Taylor, John Purcell and Bruce Herman. They each bring vital experience and interests that will surely help One Less Car in aggressively pursuing our dream of less cars on our roads. Towards that end, our board will begin a planning process to not only look at viable ways to reduce car use, but to measure our success with goals and outcomes that will hold all of us and our public officials fully accountable in making our roads less crowded. Welcome Tom, Bruce and John! Support the CYCLE CLAUS RAFFLE! HELP MAKE THIS A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY SEASON FOR 12 BALTIMORE CITY CHILDREN BY GIVING THEM NEW BICYCLES! BUY YOUR $5 RAFFLE TICKETS ONLINE - Just go to http://www.onelesscar.org/support_donation.php and make a donation based on the number of tickets you want (i.e. a $50 donation = 10 raffle tickets). With the proceeds from the Cycle Claus raffle One Less Car will be buying 12 bicycles (or 24 if 5000 tickets are sold!) for Baltimore City children from lower income homes. One Less Car believes that every child should have the joy of riding a bike. It is also our way of promoting healthier living by helping to fight childhood obesity. Not only will OLC be buying 12 bikes (including all safety equipment) for the children, but their families will receive a gift certificate to a local grocery store to go towards their holiday meal. And the winner of the raffle gets his or her choice of either a Fisher X-Caliber Mountain Bike or a Trek 2.3 Road Bike, courtesy of Joe's Bike Shop of Mount Washington! Want more info? Contact David Schapiro at dschapiro@onelesscar.org

Public comments on MARC and commuter bus cuts must be received by December 26th! As you may know, the Maryland Transit Administration is proposing drastic cuts to MARC rail and commuter bus service in the Baltimore and Washington areas. Most dramatic is the proposal to cut commuter bus service from Columbia to Downtown Baltimore to the very bone. If you use MTA commuter services, or if you just happen to think Maryland should be cutting new road projects (like the ICC) before cutting essential transit service, please contact MTA BEFORE DECEMBER 26th! Click here for information on who to send your letter or email to.

Checklist of Maryland's Bike Problems Below is a list of some of the reasons why the League of American Bicyclists ranked Maryland a lowly 35th in their annual ranking of bike-friendly states. One Less Car strongly encourages you to read over the list and demand that the Maryland Department of Transportation address these issues. We believe that this checklist should serve as a workplan for MDOT staff as they move forward on improving bike accessibility. No 3ft or greater safe passing law Existence of a discriminatory mandatory bike lane law No Complete Streets or Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation policy (Note: the state has language encouraging bike/ped accommodations, but no plan for ensuring that these accommodations are actually built) No Mountain Biking Plan No CO2 Reduction Plan that includes bicycle usage No policy requiring bike parking at state owned facilities No system in place to determine percentage of state highways that have paved shoulders No dedicated state funding source for bicycling projects or programs No questions regarding the responsibilities of motorists towards cyclists on driver's test Bicycle safety is not addressed in Highway Safety Plan No education of officers on cyclist rights & responsibilities through academy or continuing education Information on cyclists rights and responsibilities not made available to traffic judges

Last chance to stop the Intercounty Connector In a time when billions of dollars are being taken away from sustainable transportation projects statewide Governor O'Malley has chosen to continue his support of the multi-billion dollar Intercounty Connector highway project. In case you did not know, the ICC is a proposed toll highway that will connect Laurel to Montgomery County. If built, Maryland taxpayers will be out billions of dollars that could be used on everything from schools and parks to bike infrastructure and mass transit. Learn more about the ICC boondoggle here.

12 Steps for a safe and comfortable bike commute Start off easy Don't feel you have to go the distance Figure out your route Test it before you commute Find a bike buddy Learn the rules of the road for bicycles Investigate parking Devise a cleanup plan Carry flat fix essentials Learn emergency adjustments Inspect your bike before every ride Perform routine maintenance

COME DRESSED IN THE COLORS OF YOUR HOLIDAY

AND WEAR LOTS OF BELLS

A HOLIDAY PARADE OF BIKES

NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF RIDERS

Note: This is a casual ride - not an official One Less Car Event - a cue sheet will be provided but most of the riding will be on city streets.

On December 6th a group will leave David's house on 519 W. 40th Street to take a ride to the Fells Point Christmas Celebration. The departure time is 10:00 AM (giving the sun enough time to wake up) as long as the temperature at 9:00 AM is over 35 degrees and it is dry outside. If you are interested in riding please send an E-Mail to d.schapiro"at"att.net, There is no cost to ride for OLC members or to anyone who purchases a raffle ticket on the morning of the ride (available at the starting location).

ALSO

It's Time to Finally Stop the ICC

MTA Cuts Could Slash Commuter Service in Baltimore & D.C. Areas Your Input Needed for Baltimore Bicycle Map Public Hearings on Baltimore's Red Line Coming Up Checklist of Maryland's Bike Problems OLC Executive Director Speaking Engagements for November Barry Childress of Baltimore Spokes took some great photos of Tour du Port 2008. See them here Bike Parking at Train Stations Around the World Take a look at this cool article. Ever see train stations with this much bike parking in the USA? It's getting cold out there! Here's some great Wintertime bicycling tips from the Great White North SIDEBAR TITLE MTA's Trip Planner is up and running! Just type in your starting point and destination and you'll get information on the quickest transit route there SIDEBAR TITLE The Consolidated Transportation Program is Maryland's six-year capital budget for transportation projects. If it's not in the CTP it probably won't get built. Learn more about the CTP and the public input process here Purple Line Hearings set for November The Purple Line is a major transit project that will be connecting Bethesda to the New Carrollton Metro. Find out about the schedule for public hearings on the Purple Line here.

Everyone, The Intercounty Connector (ICC) is an 18.8 mile toll road currently under construction in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. This enormous highway project will cost Marylanders more than $3 billion dollars to build and will destroy thousands of acres of forest, farm land and wetlands. It's construction will also lead to hundreds of people losing their homes. Exactly why Marylanders need this road is not entirely clear. The concept that traffic congestion can only be alleviated by more highway construction is a 1950's era belief that has - for some strange reason - continued to flourish among our business leaders and in the halls of power in Annapolis. Maybe they forgot that the Baltimore and D.C. beltways, I-270, I-83 and just about every other major road project in the state was supposed to make traffic jams a thing of the past. They told us that more roads would mean less time stuck in our cars. Were they right? Even more wrongheaded is the claim from the state's business leaders that the ICC will bring greater economic growth to Central Maryland. This is a flawed assumption at best and fails to recognize the enormous environmental and social ills that come from putting more cars on our roads. What makes the ICC even more of a risky gambit is our state's current financial situation. Due to a major projected budget shortfall, Governor O'Malley cut $1.1 billion from transit and road projects and $300 million more from education, public safety, health and environmental protection. The MTA system alone is slated to see dramatic cuts to commuter bus and rail service (see next article). But for some reason Maryland keeps throwing millions in taxpayer dollars at the ICC. In FY 2009, the Governor plans to take $65 million from the General Fund (which should fund schools, health, safety and other needs), and $30 million from the Transportation Trust Fund, and put it towards the ICC. This money should instead be used to shore up the MTA. Although the State has already begun to clear cut forests and bulldoze houses for the ICC, the Governor and the Maryland General Assembly can still cancel this destructive, wasteful project and liberate billions in funding and debt capacity to invest in real transportation alternatives. If you think Maryland has better priorities than building destructive highways, tell Governor O'Malley. You can send him an email here. Or you could call his office at 1-800-811-8336 If you would like to tell you local state delegate or state senator how you feel, please send them an email as well. You can find your state representatives in Annapolis here. Thank You! Richard Chambers, Executive Director MTA Cuts Could Slash Commuter Service in Baltimore & D.C. Areas At a time when record numbers of Marylanders are turning to buses and trains to avoid high energy costs, the State of Maryland has decided to make dramatic cuts to it's already strained mass transit system. Included on the chopping block is ending all commuter bus service on the #310 & #311 from Columbia to Baltimore, the #412 from Bel Air to Baltimore and the #921 from Annapolis to New Carrollton Metro. Other commuter bus and MARC rail routes would see either decreased service or total elimination. To see a complete list of proposed cuts click here Without effective mass transit Maryland cannot become a healthier, wealthier and more sustainable place to live. These proposed cuts are draconian and will certainly lead to more traffic, more stress and more pollution. Hearings will soon be held for the public to give its input on the cuts. The hearings schedule can be found here. TELL THE GOVERNOR TO STOP THE CUTS TO MTA! Contact his office via email here Your Input Needed for Baltimore Bicycle Map One Less Car is in the process of developing a Baltimore Bicycle Map. Our hope is that some of you will be able to help us. Take a look at a draft of the map here and give us your view on our proposed routes. Tell us about your route to work or school. Do you have a better way to go? Public Hearings on Baltimore's Red Line Coming Up The Maryland Transit Administration in conjunction with the Federal Transit Administration will hold four public hearings regarding the Red Line Corridor Transit Study - a proposed 14 mile east-west transit system that would serve Baltimore from Woodlawn in the west to Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus in the east. The project aims to increase transit mobility and accessibility, improve connections to existing transit systems, and stimulate community revitalization and economic development. The hearings will be on the following dates: Thursday, November 6th, 4PM - 9PM, Lithuanian Hall, 851 Hollins Street, Baltimore, 21201 Saturday, November 8th, 10AM - 3PM, Edmondson-Westside High School, 501 N. Athol Avenue, Baltimore, 21229 Wednesday, November 12th, 4PM - 9PM, UAW Hall, 1010 Oldham Street, Baltimore, 21224 Thursday, November 13th, 4PM - 9PM, Woodlawn High School, 1801 Woodlawn Drive, Baltimore, 21229 Checklist of Maryland's Bike Problems Below is a list of some of the reasons why the League of American Bicyclists ranked Maryland a lowly 35th in their annual ranking of bike-friendly states. One Less Car strongly encourages you to read over the list and demand that the Maryland Department of Transportation address these issues. We believe that this checklist should serve as a workplan for MDOT staff as they move forward on improving bike accessibility. No 3ft or greater safe passing law Existence of a discriminatory mandatory bike lane law No Complete Streets or Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation policy (Note: the state has language encouraging bike/ped accommodations, but no plan for ensuring that these accommodations are actually built) No Mountain Biking Plan No CO2 Reduction Plan that includes bicycle usage No policy requiring bike parking at state owned facilities No system in place to determine percentage of state highways that have paved shoulders No dedicated state funding source for bicycling projects or programs No questions regarding the responsibilities of motorists towards cyclists on driver's test Bicycle safety is not addressed in Highway Safety Plan No education of officers on cyclist rights & responsibilities through academy or continuing education Information on cyclists rights and responsibilities not made available to traffic judges OLC Executive Director Speaking Engagements for November November 7th, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Annual Planning Conference, Chesapeake College, Panel Discussion on "Where are our Eastern Shore Roads Taking Us"? November 13th, Corridor Transportation Corporation Transportation Summit, BWI Marriott, "Building a Constituency for Transit" November 20th, Meeting of the Howard County Transportation Advocates, Bain Center in Columbia, "Advocating for Better Transportation in Howard County" November 21st, Annual Conference of the Maryland-Delaware Chapter of the American Planning Association, Loews Annapolis, "Transportation Alternatives = Better Communities"