Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan Newsletter In this newsletter: --Annual Citizen Input Meeting for Projects Scheduled for March 13 Annual Citizen Input Meeting for Projects Scheduled for March 13 Baltimore County’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) is seeking community input to help identify the next round of pedestrian and bicycle projects to be targeted for implementation. Members of the public are invited to voice their preferences on which projects to fund at a Citizen Input Meeting to be held: Tuesday, March 13 at 5 p.m. Jefferson Building Hearing Room (Room 104) 105 West Chesapeake Avenue Towson, MD 21204 The PBAC is looking for projects that will provide County citizens with the greatest benefit at the lowest cost, using state, federal, and private grants. Projects should be ones that have been recommended by Baltimore County’s Eastern and Western Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plans (available at www.baltimorecountymd.gov/bikeped), and have the following characteristics: Relatively low in cost: Due to the many capital needs that have to be met throughout the County, the availability of County funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects is limited. Grant funding, however, can be sought to pay for projects such as bike route signage, bike lane striping, and feasibility studies for shared use paths, as well as sidewalks and other pedestrian improvement projects. Link to significant destinations: Improvements that provide many residents with safer pedestrian or bicycle access to schools, libraries, parks, shopping centers, employment areas or transit stations are especially desirable. Community support: Not all communities are ready to become walkable and bike-friendly. The PBAC wants to target projects to neighborhoods that really want them, and will use them. Contact For more information about either event, please contact Jessie Bialek, Department of Planning, at 410-887-3480 or jbialek@baltimorecountymd.gov. Written comments may also be submitted to this email address. |