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B'More Involved is designed to provide you with helpful information on
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can B'More Involved! In this issue:
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Imagine 2060 -A new dialogue
about the region's future
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Take the imagine 2060 survey or
join them online
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Bike to Work Day 2010 is May
21st! Are you registered?
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B'more Involved: Give Clean
Commuting a Try This May!
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Seeking Pennsylvania-Baltimore
Commuters for Survey
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Distracted Driving Video
Contest - Deadline extended
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| IMAGINE
2060 - PUBLIC WORKSHOPS BEGIN MONDAY, APRIL 26 |
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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.
Citizens and organizations from around the Baltimore region are
invited to take part in an exciting new series of public workshops to imagine
the future of transportation.
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. A workshop will be held in each of
the region's six jurisdictions:
Monday, April 26, 6 - 8 p.m.
Pascal Senior Center
125 Dorsey
Road, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Wednesday, April 28, 6 - 8
p.m.
Westminster Senior Center
125 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD
21157
Thursday, April 29, 6 - 8
p.m.
Planning Board Meeting Room
105 West Chesapeake Ave., Towson, MD
21204
Monday, May 3, 6 - 8 p.m.
State
Center, Building 4
201 W. Preston Street - Atrium, Baltimore, MD
21201
Tuesday, May 4, 7 - 9 p.m.
Howard
Community College, Duncan Hall - Kittleman Room
10901 Little Patuxent
Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044
Tuesday, May 11, 6 - 8 p.m.
County
Administrative Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room
220 South Main Street, Bel
Air, MD 21014
Registration begins 30 minutes prior to each workshop. Additional details
about transit access, driving directions, and how to RSVP for an upcoming public
workshop can be found by visiting the link below.
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IMAGINE 2060 SURVEY OR JOIN ONLINE COMMUNITIES |
| Here are two other ways
you can connect to the new imagine 2060 initiative |
The
BRTB is looking for widespread input from around the region. Whether you can
attend a workshop or not, please take a few minutes to complete the imagine
2060 values survey.
>> Take the
survey |
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Imagine 2060 is now
on Facebook and Twitter. Join these online communities for the latest news,
current information, and additional ways you can be involved.
>> Join imagine 2060
on Facebook
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| BIKE TO WORK DAY IS
FRIDAY MAY 21. ARE YOU REGISTERED? |
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at rallies throughout the region on May 21st |
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The 13th annual Bike to Work Day, sponsored by the Baltimore Metropolitan
Council, will be celebrated at rallies across the Baltimore region on
Friday, May 21.
Rallies are being scheduled at locations throughout the Baltimore region,
including:
- Anne Arundel Co/Annapolis - City Dock, Annapolis
- Baltimore City - War Memorial Plaza at City Hall
- Baltimore County - Courthouse Square
- Carroll County - County Office Building
- Harford County - Government Center
- Howard County - The Mall in Columbia
Additional employer-based rallies and events at local universities -
including Morgan State University, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
(UMBC), College of Notre Dame - Maryland, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Northrop
Grumman, and Sinai Hospital - are also being planned! Check the Bike to Work
Day web site for the latest details.
Registration to Ride!
Over 450 people have already registered! Sign up today and attend a local
rally to receive a free t-shirt, be entered to win prizes (including a folding
bike), a "Bike to Benefits" card, and a Bicycle Commuter Guide for Employees and
Employers.
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| SEEKING
PENNSYLVANIA-BALTIMORE COMMUTERS FOR SURVEY |
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sought on ways to expand or improve services |
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 A transit service that runs buses between York, Pa., and northern
Baltimore County is seeking information from commuters on how it could better
serve riders who work in Maryland.
Rabbitransit, the York County transit agency, has been operating
buses to Hunt Valley and Timonium for about a year as part of a federally
financed, three-year trial. Now, it is conducting a survey of Pennsylvanians who
work in Baltimore County in an attempt to learn how the system could better
serve them.
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| B'MORE
INVOLVED: GIVE CLEAN COMMUTING A TRY THIS MAY! |
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Upcoming events
and opportunities from around the region |
I'm
doing my share for clean air!
 | May is Clean Commute Month!
Ah, May! It's the time when the
days become noticeably longer and flowers are in full bloom. It's also the month
when both temperatures and pollution levels rise throughout the Baltimore
region. A lot of that pollution-as much as one third-comes from tailpipe
emissions.
That's why May is Clean Commute
Month and why the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and the Clean Commute
Partnership are asking citizens to explore transportation options and try at
least one alternative to driving alone.
Clean Commute options include riding transit, biking, teleworking, and
carpooling. Give it a try this May. Find out how at www.cleancommutemonth.com or look for our Clean Commute
Month booth at these great events:
- Towsontown Festival on Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2
- Baltimore Flower Mart on Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8
- Carroll County Herb Festival at Piney Run Park on Saturday, May
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Public Meeting - West
Baltimore Bike/Pedestrian Loop and Street Improvement Project - Wednesday May
5The Baltimore City Department of Transportation will hold a public
meeting on Wednesday, May 5 at 6 pm to discuss two projects: (1) West Baltimore
Street Improvement Project and (2) West Baltimore Bike/Pedestrian Loop. The
meeting will be held at Bon Secours Community Support Center (26 N. Fulton
Avenue). westbaltimoremarc.blogspot.com
Get a $25 Coupon to Plant a
Tree
The State of Maryland has a goal for Marylanders to plant 1 million
new trees by 2011. To encourage residents to plant trees, the state is offering
a free coupon for $25 towards the purchase of a new tree.
Patapsco Heritage Trail Bike
Ride - Saturday, May 15
Join other cyclists on a spring
bike ride along the Patapsco Heritage Trail. Cost: Five dollars
for non-members; free to Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway
members. Free trail map included. Participants must pre-register by noon on
Friday, May 14 at patapscofriend@gmail.com or call 410-480-0824. For more
information, e-mail Jim Apgar at apgarjim@juno.com.
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| TEEN DISTRACTED
DRIVING VIDEO CONTEST |
| Seeking teens interested
in helping to stop their friends from driving while distracted!
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 Ever been in a car when the driver's busy texting instead of
driving? That's distracted driving and that's scary.
That's why we're challenging all teen
drivers in schools in the Baltimore region to show us their best ideas about how
to stop distracted driving.
*Deadline Extended* Entries must be
posted by April 30, 2010. Voting begins May 1st.
If you are a young driver or have family or friends who are, please
participate or encourage them to participate. This is a great opportunity to
spread our message that Distracted Driving is Dangerous!
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Monica Haines Benkhedda
Public
Involvement Coordinator
410-732-0500 x1047
mhaines@baltometro.org
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