Bikes taking over Annapolis this Wednesday
BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD IN ANNAPOLIS;
AWARDS TO BE GIVEN TO LEGISLATORS AND ACTIVISTS
ANNAPOLIS The ninth annual Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Symposium
will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 from 8:30 am to 4 pm at the
President's Conference Center, West, Miller Senate Office Building.
Attendees will learn about the recently passed federal transportation
bill
SAFETEA-LU and how it will
affect
transportation funding for Maryland.
Other topics to be discussed includes Safe Routes to School, bicycle
and
pedestrian friendly roads, trails being planned and built, and
legislation
that will affect bicyclists and pedestrians in Maryland.
The full day event will include:
* Awards presented to legislators and activistswho have advanced
bicycling
and walking in Maryland
* SAFETEA-LU presentation by Bob Chauncey,Director for Policy Analysis,
National Center for Bicycling and Walking
* Presentations by the Maryland Bicycle andPedestrian Committee
* A talk on how to use signage to integratebicycling into larger
transportation networks by Michael Jackson, Directorof Bicycle and
Pedestrian Access, Maryland Department of Transportation
* Information tables with representatives frombicycling, pedestrian,
planning, environmental, health, and tourism groups
* Trick riders from Joe