Baltimore: Funding Awarded for Projects to Reduce Emissions, Improve Pedestrian Safety
$10M awarded overall. $3M goes to EV chargers, but still a lot of interesting projects. Bike/ped improvements on Maryland 190, new bikeshare stations and paths in Rockville, Magruder Branch Trail, a shared use path in Gaithersburg.
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Funding Awarded for Projects to Reduce Emissions, Improve Pedestrian Safety
Can we get light rail onto Baltimore's rebuilt Key Bridge?
"Light rail will help people in underserved neighborhoods in South Baltimore without cars get to work. They could ride to places like Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point where companies like Amazon, UPS and FedEx are located."
Donors from outside the district are pouring money into a Baltimore city council race where the hot-button issue is bike lanes.
"In one of the few areas where her campaign language gets specific, Bruner-Settles says she’ll get rid of the bike lanes that Dorsey ushered in on Harford Road and Walther Avenue as well as the bus lanes that were added to the Harford Road Bridge."
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An intense City Council race breaks out in northeast Baltimore | Baltimore Brew
Baltimore Close to Approving $70 Billion Transportation Plan
The region’s proposed long-range plan includes over $11 billion for transit projects, but also billions in road widening projects. Seems positive overall though.
Anyone have an update on Central Avenue in Baltimore? It looks like they're finishing up new protected bike lanes, but I can't find an article about it that's not paywalled.