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\nA Regional Bike and Pedestrian Newsflash<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n


REMINDER!<\/strong>
\n Bike to Work Day
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Registration for Bike to Work Day opened earliier this month and already 400 people have registered! Outreach continues across the region with postcards and posters (contact us if you’d like to help distribute).  <\/div>\n
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May is Clean Commute Month and National Bike Month. Celebrate by showing others how great it is to commute by bike or just ride for fun. With more of us out there enjoying the great riding weather, we may even be able to inspire others and surpass last years Bike to Work Day registration numbers!<\/div>\n
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The March edition of the BikePed Beacon<\/em> reached over 1,000 readers like you, but we’d love to grow or list even further.  <\/div>\n
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Please encourage someone new to sign up to receive the e-newsletter, get Bike to Work Day facebook updates to share, and register to ride on Bike to Work Day.  Chances are if you find a co-worker to ride with, you are more likely to ride. <\/div>\n
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Thank you for all that you do to commute by bicycle.  
 
Stephanie Yanovitz <\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
BikePed Beacon Editor<\/div>\n

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CAN YOU IMAGINE 2060?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Contribute your ideas to help make this region and our communities great places to live and work — for you, your children, and your children’s children.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

\"imagine<\/b>Citizens and organizations from all around the Baltimore region are invited to take part in a groundbreaking series of public workshops to imagine the future of transportation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Workshop participants will have an opportunity to share their values and ideas about how future transportation initiatives can make the region a better place to live. Later public workshops will deal more specifically with the planning process to achieve this vision.<\/p>\n

Attend one of these upcoming workshops!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nMonday, April 26<\/b>, 6 – 8 p.m.
Pascal Senior Center
125 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie, MD 21061<\/span>
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Wednesday, April 28<\/b>, 6 – 8 p.m.
Westminster Senior Center
125 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD 21157<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 29<\/b>, 6 – 8 p.m.
Planning Board Meeting Room
105 West Chesapeake Ave., Towson, MD 21204<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, May 3<\/b>, 6 – 8 p.m.
State Center, Building 4
201 W. Preston Street – Atrium, Baltimore, MD 21201<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 4<\/b>, 7 – 9 p.m.
Howard Community College, Duncan Hall – Kittleman Room
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 11,<\/b> 6 – 8 p.m.
County Administrative Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room
220 South Main Street, Bel Air, MD 21014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Registration begins 30 minutes prior to each workshop.  Additional details about transit access and driving directions, links to join the imagine 2060 e-mail list or the Facebook and Twitter online communities, and how to RSVP for an upcoming public workshop can be found by visiting the link below. <\/span><\/p>\n

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 >> RSVP for a public workshop at www.imagine2060.com<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nBIKE TO WORK DAY!<\/span><\/strong>Registration open and more rally details.   
\n <\/span><\/em><\/span>\"Bike-to-WorkThe 13th Annual Bike to Work Day (B2WD), hosted by the members of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC), will be held on Friday, May 21, 2010<\/strong>.  
 
Regional rally site coordinators are busy making arragements for bicyclists to party. At the rally site, riders will receive a free t-shirt, bicycle resources, and a Bicycle Commuter Guide for Employees and Employers, as well as be entered to win prizes (including a folding bike).
 
If you are interested in being a sponsor for B2WD please contact BMC’s Stephanie Yanovitz at syanovitz@baltometro.org<\/a>.  <\/span><\/p>\n
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You don’t have to wait until Bike to Work Day to start commuting by bike, transit, carpool, or walking! Information and help is always available on the B2WD web site. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Since January 2009 a tax benefit for bicyclists has been available.  If you ride your bike for a substantial portion of your commute, accept only the benefit for bicycling (not transit too), and use the fringe benefit for your bicycle then you can qualify.  <\/div>\n
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Talk to your human resources department and your employer.  Biking to work can improve productivity, build employee morale and reduce health care costs and monthly parking expenses.    <\/div>\n

Your office can start by appointing a Bike to Work Day coordinator and providing incentives and challenges for bicyclists.  Ride as a group on Bike to Work Day.<\/p>\n

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BIKE FRIENDLY BUSINESSES<\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Print out the Bike and Benefit Card!<\/span><\/em>
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Share information on Bike Friendly Businesses with your favorite attractions.  Help build a benefit reward card to promote bicycling and businesses in your neighborhood.<\/span><\/div>\n
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