Category: Transportation

One Less Car is an advocate for safe and effective transportation alternatives in Maryland. They accomplish this through education, lobbying, and facilitation between communities, governments, and state and local representatives. Their website is a great resource for finding cycling clubs, stores, maps and trails, and commuting and mass transit options. At One Less Car, they believe that people walking, biking, and using public transportation (essentially: people interacting), are all indicators of a healthy, working city.

Clean Commute is part of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and works to improve more efficient means of travel while engaging in air and water quality programs, computer mapping applications, emergency preparedness, public safety, transportation planning and much more. Find out how to get involved and speak out about poor commuter options in and around the city. Tell them what is or isn’t working.

League of American Bicyclists is a non-profit organization working to make this country better for cycling. Their website and events provide a forum for cycling in your area, why people ride, and how to take action on a bike. Some recent work has included a “conserve by bike” amendment to the energy bill and the Bike Commuter Act. Read more about this act.

The Transit Riders Action Council is a non-profit organization that works for a better transit system of all forms in the Baltimore Metropolitan region. The council seeks to better the service for MARC train riders by educating them on key points and giving riders a louder voice in the political system to demand capital investment for expanding capacity.

Located in Knoxville, MD Harvey Coachworks specializes in providing you with the newest developments and products in Electric Vehicle (EV) technology. An example might be converting your gas guzzler with the HCEV Prius plug-in Hybrid kit. Find out if you can convert your existing car, what the costs are, and whether it’s practicable, durable and accessible.

The Baltimore Biodiesel Collective is a "Maryland non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy, promotion, research, and education of environmentally sustainable biodiesel fuel for on-road and off-road vehicle use in government, business, and private use." They are a membership organization that offers support to residents of Maryland interested in biodiesel, the only retail biodiesel fueling (Bio-station) in the city of Baltimore.

Baltimore Spokes is a locally-based bike advocacy blog. It’s full of news and events about how people are helping to improve the conditions for our community bike riders. Find out more about the HB 143 bill which will support safer passing of cyclists and right of way in a bike lane. You can become active in the MD Bicycle Symposium and tell your representatives about your bike advantages and disadvantages. Do you think Baltimore is conducive to cycling? What would make you bike more? You can also take a poll and answer these questions on their blog.