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SAVE THE DATE! – The 2009 One Less Car
Symposium will be held on February 4th at the
Miller Senate Office Building in Annapolis.
Everyone is welcome to meet and greet their
legislators!
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| The Bike Commuter Tax Credit – What you need to know! |
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Bike commuters are now eligible for a tax
credit! Learn more here!
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See Rep. James Oberstar speak
at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in
Seattle. Thanks to John Wetmore from Perils
for Pedestrians for this video!
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The Consolidated Transportation Program is
Maryland’s six-year capital budget for
transportation projects. If it’s not in the
CTP it probably won’t get built. Learn more
about the CTP and the public input process here
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Friends,
It saddens me to say that I will be leaving
my post as Executive Director of One Less Car
this month. It’s been a great twenty-two
months and I’ve had a wonderful time working
with all of you.
One Less Car is a very small non-profit and I
would be lying if I said its been easy
juggling a full schedule of events, advocacy
and administrative minutiae. But looking back
I see a lot for OLC members to be proud of –
Bicycle racks on all MTA buses, the repeal of
the state ban on bikes and peds on MdTA
bridges, the OLC BRAC report, the Fall ’08
Bike Summit, the Baltimore transit summits
and, of course, CAM and Tour du Port.
I know that OLC will continue on
a path where advocacy will be a central
focus. Marylanders need a strong advocate for
bike and pedestrian issues and OLC can
certainly fill that role.
Carol Silldorff, a former consultant for
Baltimore Green Week, will be the Interim
Executive Director of One Less Car starting
in Mid-December. I hope you will all join me
in wishing her the best of luck.
Richard Chambers, Executive Director
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A Message from One Less Car President, Greg Cantori
As you all know, One Less Car has been very
lucky in having Richard work with us. His
passion for alternative transportation shows
by his literally walking the talk by busing
and biking around Baltimore since he came on
board. His efforts in getting 100% of MTA
buses fitted with bike racks was a real win
for those who need to make a bike/bus
transition. And his efforts to strengthen the
voices of bicyclists and transit riders has
been a genuine success. We wish him well!
Some organizational updates – We want to
welcome our newest board members: Tom Taylor,
John Purcell and Bruce Herman. They each
bring vital experience and interests that
will surely help One Less Car in aggressively
pursuing our dream of less cars on our roads.
Towards that end, our board will begin a
planning process to not only look at viable
ways to reduce car use, but to measure our
success with goals and outcomes that will
hold all of us and our public officials fully
accountable in making our roads less crowded.
Welcome Tom, Bruce and John!
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Support the CYCLE CLAUS RAFFLE!
HELP MAKE THIS A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY
SEASON FOR 12 BALTIMORE CITY CHILDREN BY
GIVING THEM NEW BICYCLES!
BUY YOUR $5 RAFFLE TICKETS ONLINE – Just go to
https://www.onelesscar.org/support_donation.php
and
make a donation based on the number of
tickets you want (i.e. a $50 donation = 10
raffle tickets).
With the proceeds from the
Cycle Claus
raffle One Less Car will be buying 12
bicycles (or
24 if 5000 tickets are sold!) for Baltimore
City children from lower income homes. One
Less Car believes that every child should
have the joy of riding a bike. It is also
our way of promoting healthier living by
helping to fight childhood obesity.
Not only will OLC be buying 12 bikes
(including all safety equipment) for the
children, but their families will receive a
gift certificate to a local grocery store to
go towards their holiday meal.
And the winner of the raffle gets his or
her choice of either a Fisher X-Caliber
Mountain Bike or a Trek 2.3 Road Bike,
courtesy of Joe’s
Bike Shop of Mount Washington!
Want more info? Contact David Schapiro at dschapiro@onelesscar.org
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