The Transportation Outlook 2035 Amendment - Draft Preferred Alternative Open for Public Review and Comment
[Note: No additional bike projects, heavy sigh]BALTIMORE (December 18, 2008) - After several months of public outreach and involvement, the BRTB is pleased to present, for public review and comment, the draft preferred alternative for the amendment to the Baltimore region's long-range transportation plan, Transportation Outlook 2035: Creating a Blueprint for the Baltimore Region's Future.
This Draft Preferred Alternative proposes $225 million in funding for regional transit projects, beginning in the year 2020.
The mix of projects includes:
* Green Line Transit - Preliminary Engineering
* Park-and-Ride spaces - averaging $10,000/space for 2,000 spaces in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, and Howard counties
* Carroll County - transit vehicles and amenities
* Intermodal Facilities /MARC stations/ Transit Oriented Development (TOD) -
o $10 million/facility average, 3 of 4 (smaller type facilities such as bus to bus: Central Maryland Transit Operations Facility (CMTOF), Columbia, Snowden Square, Parole)
o $20 million/facility average (larger type facilities such as rail to rail or bus: Lexington Market, or other Baltimore City location)
o MARC station(s) not currently included in TO2035, i.e. Odenton, West Baltimore, or East Baltimore Development Initiative (EBDI)
* Dedicated bus lanes - in congested corridors such as I-695, MD 152, US 29, MD 2
The entire Draft Preferred Alternative is available online at <a href="http://www.baltometro.org">www.baltometro.org</a>; (pdf: 175 kb).
In response to public comment, the projects included in this amendment will focus on ways to make the regional transit system more user-friendly and attractive to a broader segment of the region's population and workforce. This amendment will not affect currently funded projects in Transportation Outlook 2035 which was adopted in November 2007.
Comments will be accepted from the public by mail, fax, online or in person at a public meeting through Friday, January 23.
* Mail comments to: The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board, 2700 Lighthouse Point East, Suite 310, Baltimore, MD 21224.
* Fax comments to: 410-732-8248
* E-mail comments to: comments@baltometro.org
* Public meetings will be held at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, 2700 Lighthouse Point East, Suite 310, in the Canton area of Baltimore City at 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 15.
For additional information, contact Harvey S. Bloom at hbloom@baltometro.org or 410-732-9566; or Regina Aris at raris@baltometro.org or 410-732-9572.
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