“Bike-safe” grates required.
Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 20-8
in effect§ 20-8. “Bike-safe” grates required.
After an area has been designated as a bike lane by the Director, the Director must ensure that all drainage grates within the bike lane:
(1) have bars running perpendicular to the flow of traffic;
(2) consist of a grating composed of intersecting bars; or
(3) use another design that both the Director and the State Department of Transportation have approved as meeting bicycle safety design criteria as well as engineering and structural design demands.
(Ord. 10-366.)
Source: City of Baltimore Department of Legislative Reference, City of Baltimore Law Library (codes.baltimorecity.gov; Open Law Library bulk XML)URL: https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/31/20-8Fetched: 10/25/2026