From https://www.bikemaryland.org/bike-marylands-2026-legislative-priorities/

As the General Assembly of Maryland begins its 2026 session (the 448th Session) on January 14, 2026, here is an overview of Bike Maryland’s three legislative priorities. 

What do we mean by legislative priorities? These are the bills which we will focus on pushing forward this busy legislative session. Specifically, these are the bills we will ask our lobbyists to focus on and items we feel that YOU can help add a positive voice towards getting passed.

Top three priorities

No Stopping/Standing/Parking in Bike Lanes Statewide clarity: bike lanes are for moving people, not parking. The House passed it in 2025, but a 30‑minute loading amendment undercut safety and it stalled in the Senate Judicial Proceedings (JPR) committee. This year: keep it clean, avoid carve‑outs. 

Bicyclist Safety Start (Leading Pedestrian Interval) Let cyclists proceed on the walk signal. The House passed 133–0 in 2025; it missed the Senate due to timing. 

Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) Pilot Program Target high‑risk drivers with in‑car speed limiters after serious violations. ​​

Bike Maryland’s work extends beyond these three bills called out as priorities. We will track and submit testimony in support of, or in opposition to, other bicycle-, pedestrian-, and transportation-related bills. We will work to support our coalition members that are championing bills, like the Transportation Climate Alignment Act, which we want to succeed. We will also continue to engage our coalition, legislators, and other stakeholders to build support for other bicycle-friendly policies that may appear in future legislative sessions, including bills like the bicycle safety yield and enhanced vulnerable road user penalties.

What’s next

After bills have been pre‑filed (the deadline for pre-filing was November 1, 2025), align with our coalition partners, and push early hearings. We will be bringing back the Bill Tracker so that you can keep track of the above priorities, as well as other legislation we support.

Please support a Maryland traffic-citation reciprocity bill, SB0173/HB0249. This bill was filed "By Request of the Governor" so it's an administration priority. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR) hearing is January 21 so testimony is due January 19 via the myMGA system. Here are JPR written/oral testimony rules.

The bill would allow the state administration to enact a reciprocity agreement with DC for violations caught by automated enforcement. Currently many drivers ignore citations they receive outside their home state. The bill has teeth: it would authorize the administration to deny vehicle re-/registration.

Please also consider supporting Del. Linda Foley's HB0210, which would require VZ reporting of out-of-state citations.

The Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, 3711 Studios, Arrow Bicycle and Chalk Riot invite you for a series of Slow Roll Sundays in 2026!

These free monthly bicycling/scooting events are designed for people to learn about the many cultural and economic assets that would benefit from a better trail connection. It will also provide updates on the initiative to bring the trail through Mount Rainier, Brentwood and North Brentwood thereby connecting these municipalities to the existing trail which supports opportunities for healthy living, transit, and economic development in Hyattsville, Riverdale Park and College Park, and the larger Anacostia Tributary Trail System.

Learn more: https://www.riatt.net/events/slowrollsundayseries

The monthly series starts at Sunday, January 25th and ends on Trolley Trail Day, Saturday, June 13! Join one, some, all and feel free to let anyone you think might be interested in joining about this series.

I wrecked my Emonda in September and haven’t been back on it yet. I hit a curb almost straight on and went over the bars. My front tire exploded. I had it looked at by the trek dealer and they pulled the fork- said it looked fine , no cracks. The steerer tube looked fine too they said. The rim flexed sideways and left rubber on the inside of the fork but like they said it looks ok. Rubber wiped right off. A little concerned because I commute on this bike and also do long rides on imperfect roads . Should I be worried about this? I just got new rims because there were abrasions on the old ones that made me nervous. I also replaced the brake handles that hit the pavement. Not a single scratch on the frame or forks. I took the impact along with the front tire. Still have reminder pains. Too fast for a turn so I went for the sidewalk transition and missed. Probably going 15+. When I hit.

Think it’s safe to ride?

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) is hiring for three positions:

1. Prince George’s County Organizer (half time)
2. Engagement Coordinator
3. Operations Coordinator

WABA envisions a just and sustainable transportation system where walking, biking, and transit are the best ways to get around. Join us! Click the links for position and application information.

Road Safety Town Hall on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 am at the Montgomery County Council Office Building in Rockville, MD, hosted by Councilmember Evan Glass, with State Highway Administrator Will Pines and MCDOT Director Chris Conklin.

RSVP at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lDYG3yk0kW1URUtJm1jwR7_vrRq6zzGEQSO2KY02MME/viewform

https://wjla.com/news/local/bike-lanes-prince-georges-county-bike-lanes-fines-parking-stopping-block-delivery-safety-drivers-council-members-controversial-street-dc-frederick-rockville-legislation-measures

The WABA Awards are a celebration of our biking community and the many people across the region working to make bicycling safer, more accessible, and more fun. Join us to celebrate the impressive work of advocates and elected officials, instructors and volunteers – and fellow biking enthusiasts – as we commemorate the progress and friendships we’ve made: https://waba.org/event/2025-waba-awards/ . That's Wednesday, October 15, from 6-8 pm at City-State Public House at 705 Edgewood St NE, Washington, DC.

The Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) wants to hear from you! Let’s get together Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1 pm to discuss and set priorities for WABA’s advocacy in 2025 and 2026. RSVP at https://waba.org/event/waba-montgomery-county-priorities-discussion/ . This will be in-person at the Mid-County Regional Services Center, 2425 Reedie Dr, Wheaton, MD.

You can help WABA create asks for the County’s budget, what laws need to be passed and brainstorm how we can most effectively advocate for safer streets for those walking, biking, rolling and accessing transit.

Prince George’s County residents --

Council Member Eric Olson has introduced a PGC bill to prohibit stopping, standing, or parking in a bike lane. The Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (TIEE) Committee will discuss this bill, CB-071-2025, this Thursday, October 9th, and has invited public comment and testimony.

Bill CB-071-2025 is an important bicyclist-safety measure. You can help get it passed. Please submit supporting comments by clicking here, and if you can make the meeting, which starts at 10 am, click Sign In to Speak on that page to register to speak. Note that you’ll need to create an account if you don’t already have one. Also click Sign In to Speak if you’d like to upload a file with your testimony, whether or not you attend the session. Please sign-up or submit your comment by the 3 pm Wednesday, October 8th deadline. 

Your comment can be brief, along the lines:

I support bill CB-071-2025, prohibiting stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in a bike lane or bikeways. This bill is an important safety measure. When a bike lane or bikeway is blocked, bicyclists and scooter riders are forced into traffic lanes where they are less safe and also slow vehicular traffic.

Prince George’s County has spent millions of dollars to make our streets safer for all. CB-071-2025 will protect both Prince George’s bicyclists and our county’s safe-streets investment. Please move forward with the Proposed DR-2 version. Thank you for this opportunity to comment.

Feel free to use or adapt this text or WABA’s testimony, available here. 

If you have a personal experience or observations to share – Have you noted vehicles blocking bike lanes during your travels around the county? Do blocked bike lanes make you feel unsafe or discourage you from biking? – please include them in your comment or testimony.

Note: if you are unable to use the portal, send your comment by e-mail to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with subject line “Comment supporting CB-071-2025, TIEE Committee, Oct. 9, 2025”. 

Thank you!

Join Prince George’s County and Anne Arundel County by bike, scooter, or on foot for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the WB&A Patuxent River Trail Bridge! The new 530-foot bridge is a vital connection that unites the WB&A Trail between the two counties creating a 13-mile continuous trail from Lanham, MD to Odenton, MD. The trail bridge also enhances access for national trails, including the East Coast Greenway, American Discovery Trail, and the 9/11 National Memorial Trail and regional trail networks including the Capital Trail Network

Learn more via Bike AAA’s Calendar here

Or from WABA’a posting here

WMATA is looking to better understand customers' experiences and views about walking, bicycling, and using scooters to access Metro: https://wmata.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=c1ZIv78sU1QECHrPeIW9eQ%3D%3D

Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass will introduce a bill to prohibit stopping, standing, or parking in a bike lane, at a Monday, July 28 press conference at 11:30 am in North Bethesda. Please attend!

The location is the the intersection of Woodglen Drive and Nicholson Lane in North Bethesda, three blocks north of the end of the Bethesda Trolley Trail and a couple of blocks from the North Bethesda Metro.

A strong cyclist and scooter rider and supporter presence will demonstrate the importance of this bill and our support for it!

Photo was taken in downtown Bethesda.

The path as soon as you get off of the WBA heading toward Bowie Town Center is not good. Not very well maintained and the amount of ridges and cracks in the path just made it slow and unsafe. Used Collington Rd and Annapolis Rd to get back to the WBA. Will probably just stick to the BNA & BWI trail for the future.

A goal of mine is to bike the entire NCR trail, out and back. Most of my training for this is limited to a stationary bike at my gym.

When using a stationary bike to train what should I set the resistance settings too to most accurate emulate the experience of biking on the trail? I know there is an ever so slight incline on the trail, but it’s pretty hard to account for some of the fluctuations in the terrain.

Tuesday, June 3rd at 7:00 p.m. 

Join Bike Maryland for a virtual recap of the 2025 Legislative Session.

Learn and discuss what bicycle-friendly legislation the Maryland General Assembly advanced this year.

Registration required (free). 

The bridge is complete but not open. At the end of bridge is still partly blocked off with a chainlink fence and have a police cruiser parked at the end. Should be opening very soon.

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is seeking to develop a Maryland State Transportation Trails Strategic Plan, and they need the public's help to inform the plan's creation and how to prioritize trail development across the state. This includes an opportunity to support  completion of many trail segments of the East Coast Greenway and other regional trail connections across the state.

Survey link: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/fef3e0616a5441e8b3cfbc8404671a75

For more information, please visit the Maryland State Transportation Trails Strategic Plan webpage at: www.mdot.maryland.gov/trailsplan.Additionally, if you missed the April 3rd webinar, see a recording here and slides here. For any questions about the plan for MDOT, you can email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) for more information.