Requests for Proposals

Access to Rail Transit Stations in the Baltimore Region: Access 2000 Update

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board is interested in access to transit and connectivity across the Baltimore region as an update of Access 2000 for this region.

In 1995, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation that included the requirement for an inventory of conditions at and around rail transit stations in Maryland to determine improvements needed to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle access. The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) assumed the responsibility for fulfilling the mandates of the legislation.

State and local advisory groups were created to determine the methodology, guidelines, and routes selected for the inventory. The inventory of existing and planned stations at the time totaled 114 stations including 29 stations in Baltimore City and 2 in Washington DC. Currently, there are sixty-five (65) stations within the Baltimore region. The original Access 2000 document provided the results of the station inventory. Parts of the document (the introduction and sample pages from each jurisdiction in the region) are available in the following pdf files: Introduction (3,413 kb), Inventory Results (171 kb), Anne Arundel (1,161 kb), Baltimore City (1,544 kb), Baltimore County (1,077 kb), Harford County (1,057 kb), Howard County (1,021 kb)

The four rail transit lines inventoried were:

Baltimore Metro operated by MTA
Baltimore Central Light Rail Line operated by MTA
MARC (Maryland Rail Commuter Service) operated by MTA
Washington METRO (Maryland Stations) operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

In an effort to update the access/pedestrian and bicycle networks/connections at the 65 stations to date, the Access 2000 document will need to be revisited.

SCOPE OF WORK

The access to transit boundaries previously identified will remain the same for pedestrians (within 0.6 miles) but is increasing to 3.0 miles for bicyclists. It is anticipated that the selected consultant firm will have the skills and experience with the ability to revisit the Access 2000 Document and station inventories and update the following features in a digital format.

Preliminary Assessment, Data Collection, and Review