REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR BIKE TO WORK DAY!

• A Bike and Benefit rewards card provides incentives from bike friendly businesses (more info on this in the following article)

• Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) will host rallies at APG and in Edgewood
  Satellite rallies are also being scheduled at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Sinai Hospital. 

• Bicycle mentors are available in every jurisdiction

• Rideshare Coordinators wll be on hand to help you make multi-modal commuting connections.

To participate, simply download your copy of your Bike & Benefit Rewards Card. Then, bike to these bike friendly establishments and receive your B2W benefit. Offers include gifts, discounts, chances to win prizes, and more!

With your Bike and Benefit Rewards Card, you'll also be able to gear up and start biking now in preparation for the regions celebration of Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 21st.       

>> Download your Bike and Benefit Card today!

Baltimore County needs your help to identify improvements to the pedestrian and bicycle network in Western Baltimore County. Please attend one or more of the workshops listed below to share your ideas or complete a survey. All workshops beging at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 6
Randallstown Community Center
3505 Resource Drive, 21133

Thursday, April 8
Pikesville Library
1301 Reisterstown Road, 21208

Wednesday, April 21
Cockeysville Middle School
10401 Greenside Drive, 21030

Tuesday, April 27
Catonsville Library
1100 Frederick Road, 21228

The Maryland Department of Transportation and the State Highway Administration's Highway Safety Office are proud to offer the National Safe Routes to School Training Course on May 5, 2010. This course will provide hands-on training on how to conduct a successful school-based Safe Routes to School Program. 

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 

10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Rolling Terrace Elementary School
705 Bayfield Street, Takoma Park, MD 20912 

• Why Safe Routes to School matter

• Engineering measures that improve access to schools

• Safety education programs and Enforcement techniques

• Ways to increase student walking and bicycling

• Preparing a Safe Routes plan 

The Alliance for Biking and Walking has released the Bicycling and Walking in the United States 2010 Benchmarking Report. A highlight from the reports conclusion is listed below:

"As this report shows, where bicycling and walking levels are higher, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes levels are lower. Higher levels of bicycling and walking also coincide with increased bicycle and pedestrian safety and higher levels of physical activity.

 

Increasing bicycling and walking can help solve many of the largest problems facing our nation. As this report indicates, many states and cities are making progress toward promoting safe access for bicyclists and pedestrians, but much more remains to be done."  

April's BikePed Beacon will highlight Commuter Tax Benefits.  In addition, we'll highlight up-to-date information about Bike to Work Day 2010, including details abut rallies, convoys, bike mentors, and stories of riders from around the region.