Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Tuesday $44,500 in funding support for Baltimore City’s Bicycle Safety Education Program. The Baltimore Department of Transportation will partner with statewide nonprofit Bike Maryland’s “Bike-Minded Program” and develop safety awareness through several initiatives, including free children’s bike safety rodeos and free adult bicycle commuter workshops…
- A Bump in the Bike Lane (Changing Media Group)
I looked for information on strides made towards bike sharing programs in Baltimore and didn’t get very far. In November 2011 there were plans for the city to partner with B-cycle to put 300 bikes on Baltimore streets by fall 2012. Like Alta’s partnership with NYC, B-cycle was to be privately funded and use no public subsidies. (Citibank and MasterCard provided $41 million and $6.5 million dollars to fund the NYC fleet, respectively.) I hope they are still moving forward with this plan as I haven’t seen a fancy bike fleet yet…