—by Mary Helen Sprecher
After moving right up to the (angled) line, Baltimore City is now taking a step back.
Following its announcement that the city had preliminarily approved head-out angle parking on certain streets in Canton, volunteers were set to begin carrying around petitions on blocks that would be affected by changeovers.
Now, the Department of Transportation has decided that it was perhaps not the best idea after all.
According to a memo, the city would “like to take a step back to make sure angled parking in Canton is implemented in a strategic manner with an eye toward sustainable green streets and a reduction in car use.”
Say what?
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[B’ Spokes: if you want to see a less car centric Canton please attend the following meeting:]
The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 15, 6:30 p.m. at the Canton Community Association office in the Broom Factory. The meeting is open to the public.
The text of the memo from city planner Mark R. Brown that went out last week on the Canton list-serv, stated that the city’s Department of Transportation “thinks it’s best to hold off on any angle parking conversion which requires a traffic direction change. This will accomplish two things; it will buy us time to better plan more comprehensive street improvements as part of the upcoming Canton Transportation/Greening Plan, and it will reduce some of the pushback surrounding such large-scale parking/traffic changes.”
According to Brown, “the terms ‘green streets’ and ‘sustainable streets’ are often used interchangeably. These are streets which accommodate all users (walkers, bicyclists, transit, cars) equally, and often act as outdoor living rooms instead of just a conduit for automobiles.”
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