Regional groups seek views on transportation
Two important regional government organizations are inviting the public to contribute their ideas about the Baltimore area's transportation future at a series of workshops this month and next.
The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, both of which represent the governments of local jurisdictions, are sponsoring a pprogram called imagine2060 to develop a vision for transportation in the region over the nextt 50 years.
One workshop will be held in Baltimore and one in each of the five metropolitan counties. Registration begins 30 minutes before each meeting.
Here is the schedule for the workshops:
• Baltimore City – Monday, May 3, 6 – 8 p.m.
State Center, Building 4
201 W. Preston Street – Atrium, Baltimore, MD 21201
• Anne Arundel County – Monday, April 26, 6 – 8 p.m.
Pascal Senior Center
125 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
• Baltimore County – Thursday, April 29, 6 – 8 p.m.
Planning Board Meeting Room
105 West Chesapeake Ave., Towson, MD 21204
• Carroll County – Wednesday, April 28, 6 – 8 p.m.
Westminster Senior Center
125 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD 21157
• Harford County – Tuesday, May 11, 6 – 8 p.m.
County Administrative Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room
220 South Main Street, Bel Air, MD 21014
• Howard County – Tuesday, May 4, 7 – 9 p.m.
Howard Community College, Duncan Hall – Kittleman Room
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044
Registration begins 30 minutes prior to each workshop.
Comments
This is nice, but I'd love to see us think a little bit bigger, and try to imagine 2020 or something like that. Other cities are pushing plans that make ours look pretty weak.
Even DC has a comprehensive streetcar plan they've come up with (and unveiled) while we've been discussing the same Charles St trolley for a decade.
Posted by: Jed | April 19, 2010 11:27 AM
This region has , in my opinion, always thought "small" regarding transportation planning; a what do we need to just continue to get by sort of attitude. Thinking big seems to be actively discouraged by an attitude of "we can't do that here". We are constrained by an institutional mindset that discourages creative approaches to addressing transportation issues.
Posted by: Arthur Petersen | April 20, 2010 12:35 PM