Overview

Your input is valuable for the Bikeable Baltimore Region (BBR) project, which will identify a regional bike network that is safe and comfortable for people of all ages and abilities. This bike network will benefit everyone by connecting our local communities and providing safe and equitable access to places people need to go like public transit, schools, work, and parks.

Why a Regional Bike Network?

Identifying a comfortable, continuous, and safe bike network made of prioritized bike facilities will ensure that funds are used where they will have the greatest impact and help cities and counties pursue federal and state funding to design and build the network more quickly. Bike facilities are spaces that support and improve the safety of bicyclists such as a path or bike lane. Bike facilities have also been shown to improve the safety of people walking and driving. Roads are easier to navigate when everyone has a place.

This project focuses on a network made up of comfortable and safe bike facilities, which include separated bike facilities and quiet roads with low car traffic. Nearly 60% of adults are interested in biking more often in those kinds of spaces, while only 5 – 9% of adults generally feel comfortable biking on the road in the same lane as cars or in bike lanes with just a stripe of paint. Imagine being able to comfortably and safely bike from your home to your favorite park, Elkridge to the BWI trail, work to dinner with a friend, the Baltimore Greenway to the NCR Trail, Towson to the Ma and Pa Trail, and so many more places.

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