BikePed Beacon -- April 2010
| April 2010 |
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| IMAGINE 2060 |
| BIKE TO WORK DAY! |
| TAX BENEFITS |
| IN THE NEWS |
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A Regional Bike and Pedestrian Newsflash
REMINDER! Bike to Work Day May 21, 2010  |
Stephanie Yanovitz
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CAN YOU IMAGINE 2060?
Contribute your ideas to help make this region and our communities great places to live and work -- for you, your children, and your children's children.
Workshop participants will have an opportunity to share their values and ideas about how future transportation initiatives can make the region a better place to live. Later public workshops will deal more specifically with the planning process to achieve this vision. Pascal Senior Center 125 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Registration begins 30 minutes prior to each workshop. Additional details about transit access and driving directions, links to join the imagine 2060 e-mail list or the Facebook and Twitter online communities, and how to RSVP for an upcoming public workshop can be found by visiting the link below. |
Citizens and organizations from all around the Baltimore region are invited to take part in a groundbreaking series of public workshops to imagine the future of transportation.
BIKE TO WORK DAY!Registration open and more rally details.
 The 13th Annual Bike to Work Day (B2WD), hosted by the members of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC), will be held on Friday, May 21, 2010. Regional rally site coordinators are busy making arragements for bicyclists to party. At the rally site, riders will receive a free t-shirt, bicycle resources, and a Bicycle Commuter Guide for Employees and Employers, as well as be entered to win prizes (including a folding bike). If you are interested in being a sponsor for B2WD please contact BMC's Stephanie Yanovitz at syanovitz@baltometro.org. You don't have to wait until Bike to Work Day to start commuting by bike, transit, carpool, or walking! Information and help is always available on the B2WD web site. |
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TAX BENEFITS
The Bicycle Commuter Act
Since January 2009 a tax benefit for bicyclists has been available. If you ride your bike for a substantial portion of your commute, accept only the benefit for bicycling (not transit too), and use the fringe benefit for your bicycle then you can qualify.
Talk to your human resources department and your employer. Biking to work can improve productivity, build employee morale and reduce health care costs and monthly parking expenses.
Your office can start by appointing a Bike to Work Day coordinator and providing incentives and challenges for bicyclists. Ride as a group on Bike to Work Day.
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BIKE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES Print out the Bike and Benefit Card!
Bike and Benefit Card  |
>>Become a Bicycle Friendly Business
| In The News, Events, and Other Useful Links |
EVENTS
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| IN THE NEXT ISSUE May's BikePed Beacon will focus on Safe Routes to School and Street Smart Pedestrian and Bicyclist safety. With the good weather, longer daylight hours, and the end of the school year approaching our streets are used even more by the most vulnerable users. Send your stories and article ideas to syanovitz@baltometro.org. |
 Stephanie Yanovitz Senior Transportation Planner 410-732-0500 x1055 syanovitz@baltometro.org |
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