HB 656

Safe Access for All (SAFE) Roads Act of 2022

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Transportation - GenerallyStatus: First Reading Finance (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of Transportation to recommend and implement certain design elements related to pedestrian and bicycle safety when developing certain projects; requiring the Governor, for fiscal year 2024, to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill for certain purposes; providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department maximize applications for and access to federal funding that is or may become available for infrastructure for pedestrian and bicycle safety; etc.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list

FAV 22FavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Reed-Jones, Neiunna	1000206643552	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Schoenbaum, Miriam	Action Committee for Transit	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Greenberg, Joshua	Baltimore County	Oral
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Donnell Newton, Bridget	City of Rockville	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Day, Jacob	City of Salisbury	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fox, Jamal	City of Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schneiderman, Franzlobbyist	Consumer Auto MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cantori, Greg	Little Deeds, LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younts, Diana	MLC Climate Justice Wing	Position only
FAV	Seng, John	Maryland Coalition For Highway Safety	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martin, Lorraine	President of NSC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alsobrooks, Angela	Prince George's County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	McLeod, Ken	The League of American Bicyclists	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gray, Peter	Washington Area Bicyclist Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Charkoudian, Lorig	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Charkoudian, Delegate Charkoudianlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ditzler, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feldmark, Joshualobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Korin, Jon	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Westervelt, Patricia	Maryland Department of Transportation	Written (PDF)
INFO	Walton, Leah	NTSB	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

1000206643552FAV 1

Action Committee for TransitFAV 1

Baltimore CountyFAV 1

Baltimore County GovernmentFAV 1

City of RockvilleFAV 1

City of SalisburyFAV 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Consumer Auto MDFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Little Deeds, LLCFAV 1

Maryland Coalition For Highway SafetyFAV 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 1

MLC Climate Justice WingFAV 1

NTSBINFO 1

President of NSCFAV 1

Prince George's County ExecutiveFAV 1

The League of American BicyclistsFAV 1

Washington Area Bicyclist AssociationFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSchneiderman, FranzConsumer Auto MDRegistered for: Auto Consumer Alliance; Consumer Auto

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVFeldmark, JoshuaRegistered for: 38 Degrees North; Advanced Energy United; Alliance of Maryland Dental Plans; Allstate Insurance Company; America's Health Insurance Plans; American Council of Life Insurers…