Transportation Planning

Transportation is not just roads, buses and trails. Our transportation system affects the quality of our lives in many ways beyond the time we spend commuting. The efficiency of the local and regional transportation network affects many aspects of our lives.

As the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Baltimore region, the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board is responsible for coordinating the transportation planning process in a six-jurisdiction region.

Millions of dollars are allocated each year for the region's transportation system. The MPO is responsible, in cooperation with the state, for carrying out the urban transportation planning process in the region. This process includes the private sector and the public.

Learn more about transportation planning in the region:

• About the BRTB – What is the BRTB? What do they do? Learn more about the BRTB’s role in transportation planning.
  
  
• Plans – How are projects funded? What is the process for choosing projects? Check out these pages to learn more about the plans, programs, and funding process.
  
  
• Regional data and forecasting – Learn more about using data to assess the past, present and future so planning can take place.
  
  
• Multi-modal planning – Developing approaches for specific modes such as bicycles, transit or freight.
  
  
• Transportation management – Find out how planners work to improve traffic congestion without building more roads.
  
  
• Transportation equity – Planners work to ensure that everyone is treated fairly in the process and is able to access transportation services throughout the region.

For more information:
Todd Lang, tlang@baltometro.org or 410-732-9566 or
Regina Aris, raris@baltometro.org or 410-732-9572.

Last Updated: 12/09/2009