Per City Council Resolution, Nate Evans
and the Mayor’s Bicycle Task Force will be working with the Police Commissioner
to educate/train officers in bicycle rights, including the right to be
respected as legitimate travelers of our roadways.
Mary Pat Clarke
14th District,
Baltimore
City Council
550 City Hall
100 North Holliday Street
Baltimore ,
Maryland
21202
410-396-4814 (o)
410-545-7585 fax
marypat.clarke@baltimorecity.gov
B’ Spokes response:
In light of the Yates case, bicyclists in Baltimore City should know that riding on the right side of the street may be deemed by the police to be unlawful where there are parked cars in the right lane.
The City really needs to provide this guidance to cyclists since it is not found anywhere else. (See: https://www.mva.maryland.gov/Driver-Safety/Bicycle/default.htm which is the latest summery from MHSO and note the lack
of can’t split lanes and passing in the same lane.)
I will also assert that many of the sharrow applications encourage bicyclists to “unlawfully” split lanes, thus opening up the city to potential law suites should the police continue in enforcing motorcycle laws on bicyclists (and I will note that these motorcycles laws are in part to prevent motorcyclists from driving like bicyclists and not to prevent bicyclists from riding like bicyclists.)
Or the City can fix the problem at the source, which is my recommendation.
BaltimoreSpokes.org
Just to note I did get a response that my point is acknowledged. oldId.20101204222732181