Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program

The Kim Lamphier Bikeways Network Program provides grant support for a wide range of bicycle network development activities. The program supports projects that maximize bicycle access, fill missing links in the state’s bicycle network, and enhance last-mile connections to work, school, shopping, and transit. The Bikeways Program seeks to leverage past investments in bicycle facilities, complement existing state, local, and federal programs, and promote biking as a fun, healthy transportation mode.

To be eligible for funding through the Bikeways program, a project must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Access to Transit: Project is located within 3 miles of a rail transit station (or major bus transit hub);
• Missing Links: Project provides or enhances bicycle access along missing trail links, as identified in MDOT’s statewide trail network vision document, “Maryland Trails: A Greener Way to Go,”;
• County Priority: Project is identified as a transportation priority in a County’s most recent annual priority letter submitted to MDOT;
• Sustainable Community: Project enhances bicycle circulation within or access to a Maryland Sustainable Community Area;
• Main Streets: Project enhances bicycle circulation within or access to a designated Maryland Main Street;
• Access to Low-Income Area: Project enhances bicycle circulation within or access to a Census Tract within which 50% or more of householders have incomes below 60% of the area median income;
• Access to Points of Interest: The project enhances bicyclist access to a major institution (e.g. university) or important tourist or heritage attraction or central business district (as evidenced by land uses)

The Bikeways Program supports the implementation of projects that improve the safety and connectivity of the State’s bicycle transportation system. The following project types are eligible for support:

• Design
• Minor Retrofit
• Construction

For additional information regarding these project types, see: https://www.mdot.maryland.gov/OPCP/Bikeways_Program_Overview_2022.pdf#page=4

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