In 2019, the Town of Ocean City submitted its application to become a Bicycle Friendly Community, a national designation spearheaded by the League of American Bicyclists to honor cities and towns taking steps to develop bikeable communities.
For Ocean City, the BFC designation aligns with its efforts to establish a continual bike route along the resort’s side streets and minimize the need for bicycles to interact with vehicles on major roadways throughout town. But gaining entrance into the program is challenging, a lesson the town learned later that year after receiving an honorable mention for its efforts.
“The League of American Bicyclists is very selective,” said City Engineer Paul Mauser, president of the town’s Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. “They don’t make it easy to get that designation.”
To that end, committee members last week agreed to take another look at the BFC application, which is due in August. Mauser said the goal in reapplying is to earn the town a bronze-level designation.More
Great idea!
The bike lanes in Salisbury are super busy all the time! NOT!!
Just what Ocean City needs…………more traffic hazards with a bunch of grannies trying to keep their balance on a bicycle, wobbling around all over the place.
Why the need and why the importance. How bout filling the mega rooms empty during mid week. Unfilled rooms mean empty parking in the inlet. We saw it all last summer, covid summer before.
How about getting the revenue stream locked down first before attempting nice to haves that fail. We are NOT delaware between fenwick island and dewey….which supports bike lanes. Why can they…NO COMMERCIALIZATION.
Wake up and get a positive first.