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In this issue:
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Drive Safe Baltimore Hopes You
Have a FAB Holiday Season!
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All preparations Are In Place
For Kids Around The World To Track Santa's Flight Online
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Open for Public Comments:
Amendments to 2010-2013 TIP
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What Does a State Growth Plan
Mean to You?
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B'more Involved: Get In On
These Great Events
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Connecting the Dots: A
Regional Perspective on the Relationship Between Transportation and Business
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Looking For A Better Way To Get
Around Downtown?
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| DRIVE
SAFE BALTIMORE HOPES YOU HAVE A FAB HOLIDAY!
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Focused. Always
Sober When Driving. Buckled Up. |
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 Drive Safe Baltimore and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council
wish you a safe, happy, and FAB holiday season.
Focused - Dazzled by holiday lights? Keep
your eyes - and attention -- on the road and your hands on the wheel.
Always sober when driving -
If drinking has turned your nose red please don't drive the sleigh. Plan ahead for a
designated driver. Take advantage of free ride home programs, or pack a bag and
stay overnight.
Buckled Up - You
wouldn't drive home without tying down the Christmas tree. Make sure everyone is
properly buckled up.
This is no time for Season's Grievings, so wherever you go this holiday
season, please remember to Drive Safe Baltimore!
>>> Find out more about being FAB this holiday
season |
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PREPARATIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR KIDS AROUND THE WORLD TO TRACK SANTA'S FLIGHT
ONLINE |
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Track
Santa's Trip on the NORAD web site, Twitter, or
Facebook! |
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 Each year for the last 50 years, NORAD, the North American
Aerospace Defense Command, has tracked Santa's progress throughout Christmas
eve.
This week, NORAD is gearing up to track Santa Claus using powerful
radar and satellites to find Rudolph's bright red nose; digital cameras to snap
pictures and videos of Santa; and last but not least the NORAD jet fighter to
check in on all of Santa's reindeer.
The real-time Santa info is
available in seven languages and includes games, videos, a countdown clock, and
of course the SantaCam and radar maps to track Santa's progress.
Visitors to the site can also track Santa using Google Earth or sign up
to get updates on your cell phone or through Facebook and Twitter fan pages.
Track Santa's progress! Call 1-877-HI-NORAD or visit the link below.
>>> Track Santa's progress at
www.noradsanta.org |
| OPEN FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS: AMENDMENT TO 2010-2013 TIP |
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Changes to six
transit related projects being
proposed |
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The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is
updating information on six transit projects and Howard County is proposing to
change one transit project in the FY 2010-2013 Baltimore Region Transportation
Improvement Program.
The projects proposed for this amendment relate to the following:
- Bus & Rail System Preservation & Improvement
- Howard Street Revitalization
- Fare Collection Equipment Preservation Fund
- Greyhound Station
- Metro Halon Fire Suppression Gas Replacement
- MARC Edgewood Area Maintenance Facility Design & Engineering Study
- Transit Operations & Maintenance Facility
>>> Get more details on the proposed changes
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| WHAT DOES A STATE
GROWTH PLAN MEAN TO YOU? |
| Share
your ideas and help shape the future of
Maryland
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 In 2010 the Maryland Department of Planning is embarking
upon a public process for the involvement of all Maryland residents.
To help MDP prepare for their public meetings, they are conducting a brief
survey for you to share your opinions about what a growth plan for the State
would mean to you.
Please take a few moments to share your opinions on 10 broad challenges
concerning the future of growth and development in Maryland. >>> Take the
survey
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INVOLVED: GET IN ON THESE EVENTS & RESOURCES |
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Check
out these great upcoming events and resources |
Street Films in Baltimore -
Tuesday, January 5
 Envision
Baltimore & Friends of the Charles St. Trolley invite you to an exciting
StreetFilms event in Baltimore, with special guest Clarence Eckerson, Jr., on
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Metro Gallery (1700 N.
Charles St.).
Founder and driving force behind StreetFilms NYC, Mr.
Eckerson is known as the "hardest working man in transportation show business"
and the "great translator" for making the principles of livable streets
accessible and engaging. Mr. Eckerson will discuss the StreetFilms phenomenon,
and screen several short films. Space is limited; Registration is
required. $10 advance, $15 door.
tinyurl.com/StreetFilmsJan5
Community "Sparkplugs" Take Action - Saturday, January 9
Each year, through Citizen's
Planning and Housing Association's Real Time Community Change program, motivated
citizens, or "sparkplugs," recruit teams and work with an experienced coach and
a small grant to do remarkable work in their communities. This year's
sparkplugs will present their work at this gathering.
Join CPHA on Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 12 to 2 pm at
St. Veronica Church (806 Cherry Hill Road) to hear about the journeys taken by
the sparkplugs and their teams, along with their results and lessons
learned.
www.cphabaltimore.org
Growing Smarter, Living Healthier: A Guide to Smart Growth and Active
Aging
 This guidebook is intended for older adults who
are interested in how communities work and how to help them become more
'age-friendly.' The first chapter, Staying Active, Connected, and Engaged,
outlines why our choices of where and how to live can have an impact on our
health and wellbeing. The next three chapters - Development and Housing,
Transportation and Mobility, and Staying Healthy - outline strategies and
include project examples that address these key issues. Within each chapter, the
What You Can Do section provides some ideas for what you can work on with your
friends and neighbors. The Conclusion: Next Steps chapter summarizes additional
follow-up ideas.
smartgrowth.org/library/articles.asp?art=4444&res=1024
 Baltimore Watershed Survey
The Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association is currently
seeking input on its Harris Creek Watershed Survey. Information gathered will
be used in future workshops that will eventually result in a Stormwater
Management Plan.
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ezGC2pge0sVgEUOoPdu7LQ_3d_3d |
| CONNECTING THE DOTS: A
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND
BUSINESS |
Space
is limited! Register today for the next breakfast forum on January 28th.
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 The Baltimore Metropolitan Council cordially
invites you to the second event in our new breakfast series, Executive
Voices. Each breakfast features a discussion between two of our elected
executive officials that examines today's educational, economic and political
issues from a uniquely regional perspective.
Connecting the Dots: A regional perspective
on the relationship between transportation and business
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Carroll County
Commissioner Dean Minnich
Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon
Sponsored
by The Greater Baltimore Committee |
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| WHEN: |
| Thursday, January 28, 2010
7:30 AM:
Registration, Networking & Breakfast
8:00-9:30 AM:
Program |
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McDaniel College
The Forum in Decker College
Center
2 College Hill,
Westminster, Maryland |
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| REGISTER: |
| Register using the link
below or by calling Stephanie Walsh at 410-732-9568.
RSVP by 5
p.m. Friday, January 22, 2010. Space is
limited. |
>>> Register or get more info about Executive Voices
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| LOOKING FOR A
BETTER WAY TO GET AROUND DOWNTOWN? |
| New
transportation system coming to downtown Baltimore City January
11th!
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 To better connect Baltimore residents, workers, businesses,
and visitors, twenty-one hybrid EcoSaver IV buses will circulate on three
downtown routes, seven days a week-with no fare or boarding fee.
The circulator routes will run south to north from
the Inner Harbor Visitor Center to Penn Station, and east to west from Harbor
East to the B&O Railroad Museum.
With buses arriving approximately every ten
minutes, the circulator system is planned to connect with Amtrak, MARC, Light
Rail, Metro Subway, MTA bus lines, two water connectors (Maritime Park to Tide
Point and Canton Waterfront Park to Tide Point), and parking garages located on
the fringes of downtown.
>>> Check out the new system at
www.yournameyourride.com |
| IN
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Recent Articles and Links
of Interest |
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Monica Haines Benkhedda
Baltimore Metropolitan
Council
410-732-0500 x1047
mhaines@baltometro.org
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