City of Baltimore
Baltimore City Code

§ 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.