Sharp Street Bikeway

About this project

The Sharp St Bikeway project seeks to make a multimodal connection on Sharp St between Pratt St and W Henrietta St that will:

• Improve safety for people biking, scootering, and rolling (e.g. using a wheelchair) by creating an all ages and abilities facility
• Make it easier for people to bike & roll to parks, schools, jobs, recreation, and more by expanding the connected network of existing separated bicycle facilities and providing new connections to neighborhoods south of Pratt St.
• Fill a gap in our multimodal network by connecting the Maryland Ave cycletrack—and larger protected bike network—to the Greenway Trails Network.

Project Status

As of August 2026, we are resuming work on the Sharp St Bikeway project and building off the engagement and design work completed in 2023. Over the next eight months, the project team will:

• Reconnect with and engage community members to solicit their input on how they'd like to see Sharp St improved. See the engagement section below to see how to get involved!
• Collect and analyze data this includes past engagement data, speed data, crash history, current traffic counts, and parking utilization to understand how the corridor operates today.
• Create final, construction-ready design plans. Our goal is to construct this project in Summer 2027.

Our design team will be working off of two alternatives based on the work completed in 2023:

• A contiguous two-way protected bikeway along South Sharp Street from Pratt St to West Henrietta St.
  • What is a two-way protected bikeway? A two-way protected bikeway creates dedicated space for people biking, rolling, and using scooters. It features vertical separation that separates the bikeway from the motor vehicle travel lanes.
• A contiguous two-way protected bikeway along South Sharp St from Pratt St to or near Conway St, and a ‘bicycle boulevard’ from or near Conway St to W Henrietta St.
  • What is a bicycle boulevard? A bicycle boulevard is a comfortable bike route through the local street network. It is a street with low traffic volume and low speed. It often features shared-lane markings, as well as speed bumps, curb extensions, and other design elements used to calm traffic.

Community Engagement

Thank you to everyone who has engaged with the Sharp St Bikeway project. We appreciated the opportunity to reconnect and engage with community members to solicit input on how to improve Sharp St. Feedback gathered during the engagement phase is being summarized, analyzed, and used to inform the project design.

As of October 2026, we are in the process of analyzing and verifying the results of the data collection and engagement phase. In the interim, we wanted to provide answers to questions that we have received and can answer at this stage of the project. Please see the updated FAQ here. We plan to issue another round of updated Q&As in November.

Here's how we collected feedback from you in August and September:

• Via the comment box at the bottom of the page.
• At neighborhood association meetings. We attended neighborhood associations along the corridor and shared project information, gathered community feedback, and answered project questions. See the confirmed list of meetings below.
  • August 18th, 7pm - Center City Residents Association Meeting, Old St Paul Church on Charles Street.
  • August 27th, 6pm - Historic Sharp Leadenhall Community Association Meeting, 100 W Henrietta St, Baltimore, MD 21230
  • September 24th, 7pm - Otterbein Community Association Meeting (Please reach out to Otterbein Community Association for meeting details. This meeting is for Otterbein neighbors.)
• In-person on Sharp St. We met with people who walk, bike & roll, drive, or take transit along the corridor to better understand how to improve Sharp St. Below were the dates we were out on Sharp St:
  • August 12th from 7:30 - 8:30am at Pratt St and Sharp St intersection
  • August 18th from 4:30 - 5:30pm at W Henrietta and Sharp St intersection
  • August 20th from 7:30 - 8:30am at W Henrietta and Sharp St intersection
  • August 20th from 4:30 - 5:30pm at Pratt St and Sharp St intersection
  • September 15th from 7:30 - 8:30am at Pratt St and Sharp St intersection
  • September 16th from 4:30 - 5:30pm at Pratt St and Sharp St intersection