Month: October 2007

Mass Transit will receive more funding

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board is a 10-member group responsible for providing regional transportation planning and policy making for the Baltimore metropolitan region. Every four years the board updates its regional long-range plan that outlines the area’s transportation needs and priorities.

The first draft version of the plan put aside billions for highway expansion, while leaving mass transit with a small share of the available funds. One Less Car, in conjunction with our partners at the Transit Riders Action Council and B’More Mobile, worked to draft a plan that set aside more money for needed mass transit upgrades.

The BRTB listened to some of our suggestions and the new plan adds 300 million dollars more to mass transit projects. Although this is still far less than what we need, its a step in the right direction.

The BRTB will be accepting comments on the revised plan until Tuesday, November 13th. We need you to make your voice heard by going to the BRTB website and demanding that even more resources are devoted to bike/ped and mass transit projects. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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Save the Date – Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Come and learn about bicycling and walking in Maryland at the annual Maryland Bicycle/Pedestrian Symposium. This year the symposium will be held at the President’s Conference Center at the Miller Senate Building in Annapolis.

Come share information with bike and pedestrian planners, advocates, and legislators on making Maryland a better place for everyone. Representatives from organizations and government agencies involved in bicycle and pedestrian issues will have exhibits and presentations throughout the day.

Meet your legislators. Let them know that for a community to be livable and sustainable it must be safe and accessible for bicyclists and pedestrians.

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One Less Car introduces a new road safety program

Anyone who has watched the news lately knows that too many pedestrians are being killed on Maryland streets. The speed of automobile traffic is one of the main causes of these tragedies. Its a shocking fact, but a person hit by a car at 30 mph has an almost 90 percent chance of surviving, while if that same person is hit at 40 mph the chance of survival is less than 20 percent.

Community Pace Car is a program that gives Maryland residents a chance to impact traffic safety by taking charge of their neighborhood streets. People who agree to the Community Pace Car pledge agree to do something simple – put the Maryland Community Pace Car sticker on the back of their car and do what the sticker says – drive the speed limit.

A person who joins the Community Pace Car team takes personal responsibility for the impact and example of his or her own driving. As a member of the team he or she keeps traffic at the posted safe speed on neighborhood streets.

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In the next five years over 28,000 new households will be relocating to the Baltimore Metropolitan Area because of the recommendations of the US Military
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