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• Plan Maryland Kicks Off Public Forums
  PlanMaryland is designed to create a better and more sustainable future for Maryland. We need to do a better job of steering development toward areas that already have roads, schools and other public infrastructure.  The MD Department of Planning is holding 13 PlanMaryland public forums, or meetings, throughout the state. You are invited to attend and participate in these meetings and help shape Maryland's future - Learn More. 

• September 21st Safe Routes to School Grant Applicant Seminar
  Click Here to view the flyer with all the information and the registration form. Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested in developing a Safe Routes to School program in their area. Includes two mini-training sessions between the main sessions - one on infrastructure compliance and one on planning and developing your program. For those that attend one of the mini sessions, lunch will be provided.  

• September 23rd Lecture: Toward a Bicycle Culture: Rethinking Urban Life on Two Wheels
  Inaugural Lecture of the Center for the Study of Place, Community, and Culture, Department of American Studies, UMBCLibrary Gallery, 4-6pm; Zack Furness, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies, Columbia College Chicago.  Zack Furness will discuss various ways in which the bicycle has been put to use as a tool for critically examining the relationships between space, place, community, and mobility in the United States. By drawing attention to a range of political and cultural practices that include public protest, street/performance art, media production, and the establishment of non-profit community centers, Dr. Furness looks at how a burgeoning counterculture of bicyclists are actively redefining the meaning of “pedal power” and illuminating the prospects of a more sustainable, convivial vision of city. Zack Furness is Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at Columbia College Chicago and the author of One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility (Temple University Press, 2010). Learn More.
   

• September 28, 2010 from 1-3pm Elkton Bike Plan Advisory Committee Meeting
  At the Elkton Municipal Building - agenda items include:
  • review updated schedule
  • review on-road bicycle facility types
  • explore off-road component of network
  • discuss education/encouragement/enforcement
  • review draft recommendations and set priorities
  For additional information contact Tamika K. Graham

• September 30 Cities For Cycling/OLC Fall Bicycle Forum
                           
  

  One Less Car partners with the Baltimore Department of Transportation to host the National Association of City Transportation Officials Cities for Cycling (C4C) Summit / Fall Forum! The September 30th event is an important step toward a smart, clean and green commuter friendly Baltimore. Traditionally, the One Less Car Fall Forum is held prior to the start of the Maryland General Assembly session to bring together leadership, advocacy groups and the general public to discuss city, county and state bicycle advocacy and program opportunities. The September 30th Thursday Evening Forum will be interactive, educational, free, and open to the general public. It will include an array of bicycle infrastructure, advocacy initiatives and programs that have been successful in other cities with a Q&A session at the end. Friday, October 1st will include meeting opportunities followed by a bicycle tour of recently improved Baltimore bike facilities.  Times and locations to be posted soon.           
   
• October 3 2010 Tour du Port Bike Event!
  Register Now For Discount Rate.
  
  
  
  Baltimore’s Canton Waterfront Park, October 3rd, 2010 - Registration 7 to 9am, Register HERE. Route lengths: 12, 26, 40, 50 and 63-mile options. Join thousands of bicyclists for the 17th Annual Tour du Port! A super cool bicycle event for a terrific cause! The Tour travels through 12+ historic neighborhoods, waterfront areas and scenic parks. The Tour includes rest stops with food, interesting exhibits, sag support and a celebration featuring lunch provided by Whole Foods Harbor East and Whole Foods Mount Washington locations and live music! All proceeds support One Less Car, a non-profit organization dedicated to walking, bicycling and mass transit alternatives. Your support helped us pass the 3 foot law and makes it possible for us to focus on bicycling safety legislation and infrastructure! This is Baltimore's Premier Bicycle Event - the 17th Annual Tour du Port is Here - a Super Cool Event for a Super Cool Cause!  Lots of great custom merchandise for sale too.  
   

• October 14, 2010 Transportation Advocates
  7:30 a.m. at the Bain Center [5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia, MD 21044]. Special presentation and forum for public input to the Transportation Commission of Howard County. This Commission was established by County Executive Ken Ulman to research and make recommendations on: Administration and operations of the Howard County bus system; Structure for transportation planning and operations in the County and the region; and Efficient and sustainable ways to handle public transit and paratransit services. The forum is to give the Transportation Advocates an opportunity to give our views on what the future of transportation should look like in Howard County and the region. Those wanting to speak should contact Sharonlee Vogel, Chair of Transportation Advocates at sharonleevogel@gmail.com  

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