By Gerald Neily – Baltimore Brew (highlights)
• Focus on the streets – They are where we perceive the city. Get heavy traffic off local streets and free them up for as much real urban-oriented activity (walking, biking, window-shopping) as possible. Avoid superblocks and fortress developments.
• Fix local transit – Put a fire under the MTA to tear down its happenstance bus system. Convert it into logical community-based short routes, efficient express routes and transit hubs to connect them. No more convoluted routes from Sandtown to Fort McHenry. No more endless slogs from UMBC to White Marsh.
• No more diversionary downtown gimmicks – Like 175 mph street race cars. Like Disneyfication of the Inner Harbor.