Citizens response improves Baltimore regional transportation planning

From Paul Foer:

CITIZENS URGE MORE TRANSIT/LESS ROAD WIDENING IN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN

The hundreds of letters to the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board show an enormous outpouring of public support to modify the plan by focusing more on transit and less on road planning. Comments by CP, along with Annapolis Alderman Stankivic and other Annapolitans are included. Mayor Moyer also suggested changes. Perhaps there is a glimmer of hope. It's a large 168 page pdf file, but you can check it out.

For more general details about the process of the 2035 regional plan, click here.

Here is what the Baltimore Metropolitan Council says about the changes brought about by public response:

Based on significant public input on the need for additional transit and expanded transportation choices, the BRTB reduced the number of highway projects in the plan. These highway projects were deferred within the plan and those project funds were shifted into transit. Specifically, the members of the BRTB agreed to defer six highway projects to provide additional funding for MARC. Among the proposed improvements to MARC is an East Baltimore station, which will serve the Bayview campus and provide connectivity with a proposed Red Line extension to Bayview.