Thread by @bikemorebmore

Two weeks ago, we testified alongside @ElectRyanDorsey, @leonfpinkett, and Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Commission Chair Jon Laria about @BmoreCityDOT's removal of the line item for new bicycle infrastructure in the FY2020-2026 Capital Improvement Plan. The highlights: (1/10)

Our ED @lizbybike explains how @BmoreCityDOT continues to ignore their own internally developed master plans, adopted by the planning commission for implementation, and how this flies in the face of the recently passed Complete Streets ordinance. (2/10)

Mayor's Bike Advisory Commission Chair Jon Laria explains the importance of building bike infrastructure, and the fact @BmoreCityDOT is doing so too slowly. (3/10)

Councilman @leonfpinkett expresses frustration that @BmoreCityDOT isn't funding its own plans and explains that those plans could make Baltimore a model both in the US and internationally, if only we were to implement them. (4/10)

Councilman @ElectRyanDorsey explains how our city redirects revenue generated from single occupancy vehicles away from @BmoreCityDOT to who knows where instead of using it to mitigate the real harms those vehicles cause to residents. (5/10)

Councilman @leonfpinkett expresses frustration that @BmoreCityDOT has no problem spending millions on plans, but can't seem to find any money to invest in the TIGER grant on one of the most critical East-West public transit corridors in our city. #NorthAvenueRising? (6/10)

Councilman @ElectRyanDorsey explains how he had to go to the state legislature to receive earmarked funds just to get @BmoreCityDOT to consider investing in his district's main street, and how DOT may still forfeit that money through lack of implementation. (7/10)

Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Commission Chair Jon Laria reiterating that @BmoreCityDOT can't just completely remove bicycle infrastructure from the CIP when their own plans, adopted by the Planning Commission, call for it. (8/10)

Councilman @ElectRyanDorsey noting that @BmoreCityDOT's inaction on projects that make roads safer for vulnerable road users is about a lack of will. (9/10)

Our ED @lizbybike summarizes this year's CIP in one sentence.

"How many more years can @BmoreCityDOT consciously put forward a budget like this, knowing the annual outcomes are nearly 10,000 injuries and 50 deaths?" (10/10)