Howard
County Bicycle Advocacy Forum
Monday
October 18, 2010
Hosted by: Bicycling Advocates of
Howard County (BAHC)
The
goal of this Forum is to provide the bicycling community of Howard
County an opportunity to meet and share information with other local
cyclists, local and state officials/planners, and regional advocacy
groups on issues relating to improving bicycling safety and
accessibility in our community.
Date
& Time:
Monday, October 18, 2010
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Check-in/Registration
(and free pizza/soft drinks) begins at 5:30pm -
Presentations/Discussion
from 6 – 9pm
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The
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Building 1, Parsons
Auditorium (Address: 11000 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723) -
Rt
29 South from Columbia, Exit 15 (Johns Hopkins Road) West, enter APL
at second entrance (past Pond through pillared gate), Building 1
Lobby is at end of entrance Road. -
All
parking lots available after 5pm (do
not park in gated Visitor
Parking)
Tentative
Agenda:
-
Welcome/Introduction
– Bill Kelly VP BAHC /Forum Moderator -
Local
Bicycle Advocacy – Jack Guarneri, President BAHC -
DNR
Trails Summit/HC Trail Connectivity – John Wilson, DNR Trails
Coordinator -
Road
improvements and Plans – Mark DeLuca, Deputy HC Public Works
Director -
SHA
Regional Planning for HC – John Concannon, District 7 State
Traffic Engineer -
Bike/Ped
Survey and Future Bike/Ped Master Plan – Brian Muldoon, HC
Transportation -
Bicycling
Law/Legislative Agenda – Carol Silldorff, One Less Car -
Law
Enforcement – Chief of Police McMahon/Capt McKissick, HCPD -
Fairfax
Advocates for Better Biking (FABB) Activities – Fionnuala Quinn,
FABB -
Regional
issues on Bike Accessibility and Connectivity – Stephanie
Yanovitz, Baltimore Metro Council -
Road
Ahead/Wrap-Up – Bill Kelly VP BAHC /Forum Moderator
Join
Us:
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The
Bicycling Advocates of Howard County was founded in 2008 as an
advocacy coalition by the APL Cycling Club, the Glenelg Gang (of
Baltimore Bicycle Club), the Howard County Cycling Club and the
Mid-Maryland Triathlon Club. BAHC is now a §501(c)4 tax-exempt
organization. You can get on our listserve by joining Friends of
BAHC on yahoo groups:
(https://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsofBAHC/)
Make sure you include the link for the the evite:
https://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/GONPWZHBHUQKSAFZDFLX/HoCoBikeForum
so
we can get a good headcount.
