Sunday Streets to pilot 25 October

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The City of Baltimore is expected to issue its first permit for a Sunday Streets event in October 2009. For several years Baltimore's planned "Sunday Streets" has been germinating. The first shoots appeared with the recent unveiling on onelesscar's proposed "Lake to lake" course, linking Lake Montibello with Druid Hill Park.

Now the Roland Park Civic League has secured a City permit to host a homegrown Sunday Streets event.

On 25 October, from 7AM to 1PM, vehicular traffic on Roland Avenue will be blocked from Northern Parkway south to Cold Spring Road. Cyclists, pedestrians, skaters and skateboarders will own the road. Scores of local volunteers will act as safety monitors, minimizing costs.

"We really need cyclists from all over Baltimore to stream into Roland Avenue that morning. The City is watching carefully. If we show a strong demand, a Citywide Sunday Streets could soon follow", remarked Phil Spevak, Roland Park Civic League President.

If successful, onelesscar and the Roland Park Civic League hope to combine forces and link the Roland Avenue and Lake-to-lake routes in a bigger Sunday Streets event in March 2010.

For more information contact: Mike McQuestion (443-912-7655) or Rita Walters (443-610-3403).
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This is great to see, and I hope the city does expand them. I'm not familiar with that neighborhood; I guess this is focused primarily on local residents (particularly families), but can anyone suggest nearby bike-friendly streets to make it part of a longer route? I was disappointed when I checked the map to find that the section in question is only about a mile long, but I'd still like to ride by and show support.
How many miles are you looking for? The Moonlight Madness route goes right through there: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Moonlight-Madness-Baltimore

It is also part of the City's bike network: (Detail blow up:) http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fonelesscar.org%2Fpublic%2Fmaps%2FBikeStreetNet.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=39.330447,-76.628523&spn=0.051054,0.077162&z=14

Which can also be found on our "Trails" page: http://www.baltimorespokes.org/staticpages/index.php?page=20070815081612328

If you never seen the Jones Falls Trail in Druid Hill Park, that might be worth while checking out.