{"id":192548968,"date":"2011-02-07T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=192548968"},"modified":"2011-02-07T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:49:28","slug":"county-bill-2-11-work-session-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=192548968","title":{"rendered":"County Bill 2-11 Work Session Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Bike Baltimore<\/p>\n<p>Today, I was joined by Carol Silldorff of Bike Maryland and Charlie Murphy to testify in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.baltimorecountymd.gov\/Documents\/CountyCouncil\/bills\/b00211.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Baltimore County Council Bill 2-11<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>which will create the <strong>Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee<\/strong>.&nbsp; This legislation was introduced by David Marks (District 5) and Tom Quirk (District 1) to \u201crebalance the signficance and role of streets and roads&nbsp;within the County\u2019s communities so that they serve the needs of all transportation users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This bill also provides for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>restriping roads when being resurfaced or reconstructed<\/li>\n<li>creating a citizen group to work with county agencies<\/li>\n<li>adopt a complete streets policy<\/li>\n<li>develop sustainable transportation protocols<\/li>\n<li>prepare and maintain a 6-year pedestrian and bike program that coincides with the Capital Improvement Program<\/li>\n<li>recommend amendments to the county code<\/li>\n<li>develop a bike parking policy for county government buildings<\/li>\n<li>incorporate new standards for road construction and reconstruction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a very legitimate plan, almost identica&nbsp;to what Baltimore City has undergone over the past 3 years.&nbsp; Yet, some county council members are not convinced this is a good idea.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you live in the county, specifically the 4th, 6th and 7th Districts, please contact your council member and support Bill 2-11.&nbsp; Not sure what district you live in?&nbsp; Check it out <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/egov2.baltimorecountymd.gov\/votingweb\/Address.aspx?pageid=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill 2-11 is up for vote next Monday, February 7th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like Charlie said, <em>\u201cThis bill is not about us.&nbsp; It\u2019s about our kids and our grandkids\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikebaltimore.org\/county-bill-2-11-work-session-update\/\">https:\/\/www.bikebaltimore.org\/county-bill-2-11-work-session-update\/<\/a>oldId.20110207134928520<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Bike Baltimore Today, I was joined by Carol Silldorff of Bike Maryland and Charlie Murphy to testify in support of Baltimore County Council Bill 2-11&nbsp;which will create the Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee.&nbsp; This legislation was introduced by David Marks (District 5) and Tom Quirk (District 1) to \u201crebalance the signficance and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=192548968\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;County Bill 2-11 Work Session 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-192548968","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\/192548968","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=192548968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192548968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192548968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192548968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192548968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}