Baltimore Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Pedestrians and bicycles=== Baltimore has a comprehensive system of bicycle routes in the city. These routes are not numbered, but are typically denoted with green signs displaying a silhouette of a bicycle upon an outline of the city's border, and denote the distance to destinations, much like bicycle routes in the rest of the state. The roads carrying bicycle routes are also labelled with either bike lanes, sharrows, or Share the Road signs. Many of these routes pass through the downtown area. The network of bicycle lanes in the city continues to expand, with over {{convert|140|mi}} added between 2006 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-01-22/entertainment/bs-b-0122-baltimore-bikes-20140121_1_downtown-baltimore-penny-troutner-nathan-krasnopoler|title=Wheels of Change: Baltimore's bike crusade|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|author=Andrew Zaleski|date=January 22, 2014|access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref> Alongside bike lanes, Baltimore has also built [[bike boulevard]]s, starting with Guilford Avenue in 2012. Baltimore has three major trail systems within the city. The [[Gwynns Falls Trail]] runs from the Inner Harbor to the I-70 Park and Ride, passing through [[Gwynns Falls Park]] and possessing numerous branches. There are also many pedestrian hiking trails traversing the park. The [[Jones Falls Trail]] runs from the Inner Harbor to the Cylburn Arboretum. It is undergoing expansion. Long-term plans call for it to extend to the [[Mount Washington (Baltimore Light Rail station)|Mount Washington Light Rail Stop]], and possibly as far north as the Falls Road stop to connect to the Robert E. Lee boardwalk north of the city. It will incorporate a spur alongside Western Run. The two aforementioned trails carry sections of the [[East Coast Greenway]] through the city. The Herring Run Trail runs from [[Maryland Route 147|Harford Road]] east, to its end beyond Sinclair Lane, utilizing Herring Run Park. Long-term plans call for its extension to [[Morgan State University]] and north to points beyond. Other major bicycle projects include a protected cycle track installed on both Maryland Avenue and Mount Royal Avenue, expected to become the backbone of a downtown bicycle network. Installation for the cycletracks is expected in 2014 and 2016, respectively. In addition to the bicycle trails and cycletracks, Baltimore has the Stony Run Trail, a walking path that will eventually connect from the Jones Falls north to Northern Parkway, utilizing much of the old Ma and Pa Railroad corridor inside the city. In 2011, the city undertook a campaign to reconstruct many sidewalk ramps in the city, coinciding with mass resurfacing of the city's streets. A 2011 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked Baltimore the 14th-most walkable of fifty largest U.S. cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/|title=2011 City and Neighborhood Rankings |publisher=Walk Score |year=2011 |access-date=August 28, 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page