Maryland–Washington Regional District – Highways – Pedestrian and
Bicycle Traffic and Facilities

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission in the 
Maryland–Washington Regional District to consider certain information relating to existing hiking, 
biking, and walking trails in the Commission’s review of certain proposed construction projects; 
requiring the Director of Bicycle and Pedestrian Access to consult regularly with the Commission; adding 
a representative from the Commission to the membership of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; 
increasing the maximum number of members of the Committee; requiring the State Highway Administration, 
for a project located in the Maryland–Washington Regional District, to implement a certain plan to increase 
safety and access for bicycle or pedestrian traffic; requiring the plan to be developed by a certain local 
government and the Commission under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to strive to 
construct a project in the Maryland–Washington Regional District in a manner that will utilize, to the extent 
possible, existing major routes for pedestrian and bicycle traffic; requiring the Administration to develop 
certain guidelines in conjunction with the Commission under certain circumstances; requiring sidewalks to be 
constructed in response to a request by the Commission; requiring each public employment facility in the 
Maryland–Washington Regional District to provide certain accommodations for bicycle access by a certain 
date; making stylistic and technical changes; and generally relating to the bicycle and pedestrian traffic and 
facilities in the Maryland–Washington Regional District.