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2025 Bike Maryland Symposium

Date: Tuesday, February 11
Time: 8:30am - 3:00pm

The Bike Maryland Symposium is a day in Annapolis where you can network with like-minded Maryland cyclists and advocates and your Maryland legislator to discuss Maryland cycling issues that matter to you

We will gather at the Annapolis City Hall, 160 Duke of Gloucester Street in the main hall.  We will drink coffee, eat pastries, listen to State officials, review our advocacy plans for the 2025 session, and hear from the Bike Maryland leadership about the revitalized organization.  We will hear speakers and review legislation we will be lobbying for, from 9:00am-11:30am and then walk to the Maryland State House for meetings with delegate and Senate offices from 12-1:30pm.

An optional lunch will then take place at Market House at 1:30pm

Please plan on coming to Annapolis on February 11.

 Registration is REQUIRED and FREE, please register early, the number of registrations is limited

Agenda

 

8:30am – doors to City Hall open – coffee and pastries from The Big Bean
9:00am – Welcome messages from Annapolis Mayor Buckley, Bike MD Board Chair Peter Gray and others
9:30am – 10:00am – “Environmental Benefits of Active Transportation” – Professor Megan Latshaw Johns Hopkins University
10:00-10:15am – Prince George’s County High School students present on their work under a Safer streets grant by the Maryland Highway Safety Office
10:15-10:30am – Break
10:30-11:30am – Presentation of Bike Maryland’s 2025 legislative priorities and ABC’s of lobbying your Delegates/Senators
11:30am – walk over to the State House
12:00-1:30/2:00pm – meetings with Delegate and Senator offices
1:30-3:00pm – meet at Market House for lunch and schmoozing

 

Parking

Downtown Annapolis is crowded during the Maryland legislative session and the nearby Hillman Garage adjacent to Annapolis City Hall is open but may fill up.   Payment is made by a phone app.  You might consider parking outside the downtown area and walking or biking to Annapolis City Hall.

For additional details describing Annapolis parking, see 2024 MDGA Parking Guide

For a map of all Annapolis parking options, please visit https://www.annapolisparking.com/parking-locations/garages-and-lots/

Lunch

We encourage you to join us for an optional lunch gathering following the legislative meeting

Lunch will be at 1:30 pm at Market House 25 Market Space,City Dock, Annapolis. From State Circle, walk down Cornhill St. to Market House.

There will be a seating area reserved for Bike Maryland attendees and you can select, order and pay for your food and drink as you arrive.   This gathering will provide time to network with other attendees and to debrief on the legislative meetings.

Walking Directions

Click HERE for walking/biking directions from Annapolis City Hall to the Miller Senate Bldg (House across the street) to Market House

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