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Bicycle Friendly Communities Announced
The League announced 18 new Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) and eight renewing BFCs at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference yesterday, September 15. See the complete list of BFCs here.
“The most exciting thing about this round of awards was seeing communities that had implemented past feedback, improved their communities, and achieved a Bicycle Friendly Community designation,” said Andy Clarke, League president.
The third time was the charm for the Charm City, Baltimore, Md. and Knoxville, Tenn. Both received the bronze designation after previously receiving the Honorable Mention the past two times they applied. Other communities climbing the BFC ranks this round include Bloomington, Ind. and Carrboro, N.C., all of which moved from Bronze to Silver designations. Denver, Colo. is another thrilling success story – they rejoined the ranks of silver communities after having been downgraded to bronze for the past five years.
To learn more about becoming a BFC, click here.
The Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, Bicycle Friendly Business and Bicycle Friendly University programs are generously supported by program partners Bikes Belong and Trek Bicycle’s One World, Two Wheels Campaign. To learn more about building a Bicycle Friendly America, visit www.bikeleague.org.
Meghan Cahill
League Director of Communications
Cahill joined the League in December 2008 and has a BA in Media Communications with a concentration in Italian Studies from the College of Charleston.
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September 24th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Congratulations to Maryland’s two Bicycle Friendly Communities. Baltimore (Charm City) – You have come a very long way over the past few years in terms of bicycle access and connectivity throughout the city. I now ride on a striped bike lane for most of my morning commute. Rockville – You are the leader in the Maryland in retrofitting an essentially suburban community to make it not only bicycle accessible, but fully incorporating cycling as a recreation and a transportation mode to your transit centers and throughout your neighborhoods and commercial districts. People now bicycle all over both of the cities. That was not seen 15 years ago. So, what Maryland community will step up and make LAB’s Bicycle Friendly Community list in the next year or two? (Annapolis, Frederick, Salisbury, Bel Air, Cumberland???)
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only one bridge has ped/bike access.
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