{"id":163500409,"date":"2010-03-08T08:46:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T08:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=163500409"},"modified":"2010-03-08T08:46:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T08:46:49","slug":"western-county-pedestrian-bicycle-access-plan-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=163500409","title":{"rendered":"Western County Pedestrian &#038; Bicycle Access Plan Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>[Please note the draft of Part One of the Bike Master Plan is up for reveiw.]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Normal\">Richard Layman, Bicycle &amp; Pedestrian Planner<\/span><br \/><span class=\"Normal\">410-887-3521<br \/><a title=\"E-mail Richard Layman about the Western County Ped and Bike Access Plan.\" href=\"mailto:rlayman@baltimorecountymd.gov?subject=Western%20Bike%20and%20Ped%20Plan%2E\">rlayman@baltimorecountymd.gov<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-width: 0px; text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"white-space: normal;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorecountymd.gov\/bin\/p\/m\/websitemapweb.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The Western Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan will&nbsp;be an &#8220;action plan&#8221; for constructing pedestrian and bicycle improvements in the urban sections of the western part of Baltimore County.<\/p>\n<p>The main impetus for undertaking this plan comes from Baltimore County&#8217;s <em>Master Plan 2010.&nbsp;<\/em> The master plan describes the need to improve the variety of transportation options available to its citizens.&nbsp; It calls for a county-wide plan for developing and improving bicycle and pedestrian facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master Plan Goal for Pedestrian Facilities:&nbsp;<\/strong> Develop and maintain pedestrian facilities that provide desirable levels of accessibility and safety for pedestrians, and encourage walking for both utilitarian and recreational purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master Plan Goal for Bicycle Facilities:<\/strong>&nbsp; Develop and maintain bicycle facilities that provide an adequate level of convenience, mobility, and safety for bicyclists at all levels of experience, and encourage bicycle trips for utilitarian, recreational and commuting purposes.<\/p>\n<h2>Western County Planning Activities<\/h2>\n<p>The plan is being developed by an advisory committee composed of representatives from the community and county and state government, and&nbsp;will be based on the needs and desires expressed by the citizens who live or work in the area.&nbsp;It will&nbsp;identify specific projects to be implemented and provide recommendations for phasing and funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The committee is currently reviewing a draft of the first section of the plan concerning&nbsp;&#8220;Engineering\/Facilities for Walking and Bicycling.&#8221;&nbsp; Because the file size is large, it is available for viewing as <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"View Part One of the draft Engineering section.\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.baltimorecountymd.gov\/Documents\/Planning\/bikeandped\/Western%20Plan\/PartOneEngineering.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part One<\/a> (PDF) and <a title=\"View Part Two of the draft Engineering section.\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.baltimorecountymd.gov\/Documents\/Planning\/bikeandped\/Western%20Plan\/PartTwoEngineering.pdf\">Part Two<\/a>&nbsp;(PDF).<\/p>\n<h2>Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning E-newsletter<\/h2>\n<p>Sign up to receive the latest information about pedestrian and bicycle planning activities by subscribing to the <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe to the County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan E-Newsletter.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorecountymd.gov\/Subscribe\/bikeped\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">County&nbsp;Pedestrian&nbsp;and Bicycle Access&nbsp;Plan E-Newsletter.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Walking and Biking Survey<\/h2>\n<p>Please take this <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Take the online survey.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/RQTZ2VQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online&nbsp;survey<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;identify areas for walking and bicycling improvements in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Western plan area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Please note the draft of Part One of the Bike Master Plan is up for reveiw.] Richard Layman, Bicycle &amp; Pedestrian Planner410-887-3521rlayman@baltimorecountymd.gov Introduction The Western Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan will&nbsp;be an &#8220;action plan&#8221; for constructing pedestrian and bicycle improvements in the urban sections of the western part of Baltimore County. The main &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=163500409\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Western County Pedestrian &#038; Bicycle Access Plan Update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163500409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-the-metro-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163500409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163500409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163500409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163500409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163500409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163500409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}