City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0045R

• File #: 08-0045R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Celebration of Bike to Work Week - May 12-16, 2008
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/5/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/5/2008
• Title: In Celebration of Bike to Work Week - May 12-16, 2008 FOR the purpose of declaring May 12-16, 2008, Bike to Work Week in the City of Baltimore and showing support for the Baltimore Metropolitan Council sponsored Bike to Work Day 2008, which will be celebrated in the Baltimore region and across the nation on May 16, 2008.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/5/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
5/5/2008	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
5/5/2008	0	City Council	Adopted

* 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 Holton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Celebration of Bike to Work Week - May 12-16, 2008

FOR the purpose of declaring May 12-16, 2008, Bike to Work Week in the City of Baltimore and showing support for the Baltimore Metropolitan Council sponsored Bike to Work Day 2008, which will be celebrated in the Baltimore region and across the nation on May 16, 2008.
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Bike to Work Week is a national event in the United States and will be observed in the City of Baltimore from May 12-16, 2008, to promote bicycling as a healthy and economical form of transportation to the workplace, to demonstrate a non-polluting transportation option, and to celebrate those who bicycle commute throughout the year, most specifically those urban commuters who live in the City of Baltimore and commute to work in the city limits.

BiketoWork Day promotes a “clean commute” and kicks off Clean Commute Month in the Baltimore region. May is the beginning of the groundlevel ozone season, when we hear about Code Red and Orange Ozone Action Days. On those days, the air is dangerous to breathe – especially for the young and for the elderly. Single occupancy vehicles produce 20% of the dangerous ozoneemission pollution in the Baltimore area. Bike commuting can improve the air we breathe.

Between 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. on May 16, bicycle commuters throughout the...