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Every year, the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board develops a
work program for the coming fiscal year. This program, called the UPWP
- Unified Planning Work Program for Transportation Planning,
identifies activities to be completed by staff of the BMC on behalf of
the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board and local and state
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The UPWP activities
focus on issues such as:
- Bicycle and pedestrian access and safety
- Environmental planning for air and water quality
- Strategies to improve mass transit
- Systems to monitor and evaluate congestion, improve safety, and
increase efficiency
- Transportation needs of the elderly, individuals with
disabilities and low-income residents
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Public review and comment
A public review period will run through
Tuesday, February 20, 2007. The public is encouraged to share their
thoughts on this draft.
Let us know what you think!
Please send all comments to: The Baltimore
Regional Transportation Board, 2700 Lighthouse Point East, Suite 310,
Baltimore, MD 21224. You can also fax your comments to 410-732-8248,
send an e-mail to
mhaines@baltometro.org, or use our
public comment form. All comments must be received by 4:30
p.m. on February 20th.
Learn more or download a copy of the draft UPWP... |
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Voice Your Opinion on MTA Services |
The Maryland Transit Administration is currently conducting its annual
Customer Satisfaction Survey. If you haven't already been surveyed on your
bus or train, here is your opportunity to tell MTA how they are doing.
Take the survey now... |
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In addition, MTA has also recently started their "New Attitude Bus
Operators Recognition Program" to recognize the bus operators who are most
helpful and courteous to riders.
Find out how to take the bus operators survey.. |
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Cecil County Holds Public Meeting to
Discuss Transit Service Changes
Cecil County is holding a public meeting
to discuss proposed service changes to the Perryville to Elkton route.
The meeting will be held Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at the
Perryville American Legion, 300 Cherry Street, Perryville, MD at 10:30
a.m. The proposed changes include eliminating stops on Route 7,
reducing the frequency of service to Perryville Outlets, adding a bus
stop on Route 40, and increasing frequency for service to North East
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Get the full details here... |
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 Across
the country ridership on transit is on the rise. In the first nine months
of 2006 ridership grew by nearly 3%.
For those of you interested in trends, the report breaks down the growth
in ridership by size of the population served. The largest ridership
growth was in areas with populations under 100,000.
Read the full ridership report... |
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The American Public Transportation Association released a groundbreaking
new ICF International study, "Public Transportation and Petroleum
Savings in the U.S.: Reducing Dependence on Oil". This study finds
that a two car family that drops one car and opts for public
transportation would save roughly $6,200 a year.
The study also concluded that public transportation has reduced U.S.
gasoline consumption by 1.4 billion gallons a year.
Download the report...
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As reported in American Public Transportation Association's Passenger
Transport, voters in 13 states passed nearly two dozen ballot
initiatives supporting transportation. The initiatives authorize roughly
$40 billion in expenditures for transportation related issues. The
states in which initiatives were passed included New Jersey, Rhode
Island, Ohio, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Utah, Colorado,
Washington, and California.
To find out exactly
what was passed in each state, follow the link below. Search for the
article "Transit Scores Wins in States" in the November 13, 2006 issue.
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Passenger Transport Articles Archive...
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