City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0126R

• File #: 09-0126R
• Version: 0
• Name: The Equal Rights for Bikes Task Force
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 4/20/2009
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/11/2010
• Title: The Equal Rights for Bikes Task Force FOR the purpose of creating the Equal Rights for Bikes Task Force to work within the Bicycle Master Plan to promote a safety program for 4-wheel and 2-wheel vehicles by clarifying rules of the road for all vehicular traffic, creating a system for monitoring bicycle-involved accidents, recommending bicycle safety initiatives for the City, and encouraging dissemination of information on bicycle safety throughout the City of Baltimore.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Bicycle, Equal Rights for Bikes Task Force, Resolution, Task Force

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2010	0	City Council	Withdrawn
10/5/2009	0	Community Development Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/23/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/20/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
4/20/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Equal Rights for Bikes Task Force

FOR the purpose of creating the Equal Rights for Bikes Task Force to work within the Bicycle Master Plan to promote a safety program for 4-wheel and 2-wheel vehicles by clarifying rules of the road for all vehicular traffic, creating a system for monitoring bicycle-involved accidents, recommending bicycle safety initiatives for the City, and encouraging dissemination of information on bicycle safety throughout the City of Baltimore.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, using the term pedalcyclists to include bicyclists and other riders of 2-wheeled non-motorized vehicles, tricycles, and unicycles powered solely by pedals, reports that in 2007, 698 pedalcyclists were killed, and an additional 44,000 were injured in traffic crashes. Pedalcylist fatalities occurred more frequently in urban areas (72%), at non-intersection locations (64%), between the hours of 5 and 9 p.m. (26%), and during the months of June (11%) and September (11%).

The Choose Safety for Life campaign reminds Marylanders that by law, bicycles are vehicles, and bicyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as drivers of motor vehicles – but bicycles are less visible, quieter, and don’t have a protective barrier around them. Motorists should drive carefully around a bicyclist;...