Residents Call for Transportation Equity (Metropolitan Report, v5 #1)
Summer 2004
Residents Raise Their Voices for Transportation Equity
During May and June, Morgan State University, the Greater Baltimore Urban League and BMC held a series of "listening sessions" to capture the transportation concerns of minority and low-income residents in the region. The listening sessions were the heart of the Baltimore Region Environmental Justice and Transportation Project (BREJTP), funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The partnership scheduled the listening sessions in the early evening at churches, libraries and social services agencies in eight neighborhoods in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Columbia and Annapolis. Although the comments were often very neighborhood-specific, there were some areas of common concern:
- Parking, with large local employers and commercial vehicles putting a strain on local residential parking
- Maintenance of streets, sidewalks, bus stops and transit stations
- Inadequate transportation options for people with disabilities and medical patients
- Poor bus service, and its impact on employment opportunities
- Need for coordination between MTA and local transit providers, and a comprehensive regional transit map
A final report on the project will be released at a BREJTP Community Dialogue on September 18, and copies will be transmitted to transportation planners and local government officials.
For additional information, contact Regina Aris at 410-732-9572 or visit www.brejtp.org.
Posted: 09/28/2004
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