April 2008 Maryland BPAC Meeting Minutes

I just recently discovered that the meeting minutes for the Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee are online.

MBPAC’s full Committee meets bi-monthly, usually on the second Friday of the month, from 9:30 AM to Noon.  Meetings are held at the MDOT Headquarters at 7201 Corporate Center Drive in Hanover, MD with the exception of the February meeting, which is held in Annapolis. Subcommittee meetings are held as needed. Committee meeting minutes are available upon request.

All meetings are open to the public with the exception of MBPAC’s annual retreat meeting, held in August.

Anyway, I'll try to catch us all up on what's going on in the DC area. The minutes are short on details I'm sorry to say.

1. There was some interest in the ICC trail and building a complete trail.

2. They discussed Safe Routes to School

3. The committee asked state Director of Bicycle and Pedestrian Access if bike access would added to the new Nice Bridge in light of recent legislation permitting the Chairperson of MdTA to designate bicycle and pedestrian access on vehicular crossings on a case by case basis.

Michael replied that until Governor O’Malley signs this bill into law it is premature to expect the inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations in the Nice Bridge improvement plans

4. Mr. Jackson announced that there would be an April 14 meeting of the Regional Trail Safety and Design Task Force to look at ways of improving trail crash and injury data collecting and reporting and ways of standardizing some trail traffic control design features.