Early last month, Baltimore's Mayor Catherine Pugh signed a Complete Streets bill into law.
In addition for prioritizing use by pedestrians, bicyclists and others in street design, the law requires the transportation department to spend the next 13 months implementing the new guidelines, developing community engagement plans and drafting a Complete Streets manual outlining street design and investment priorities.
The law requires the city “to the greatest extent possible, [to] promote walking, biking, and public transit" and “ensure equity by actively pursuing the elimination of health, economic, and access disparities.
And yet BCDOT just presented a budget with $0 for bike lanes for 2019...
https://www.bikemore.net/news/its-the-first-budget-after-complete-streets-and-theres-0-for-bikes
Posted by: Markt322 | January 09, 2019 at 08:28 PM