Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Maryland

An intersection in Baltimore. Image: Beyond DC, CC

Why Transit Planners Need to Talk About Public Health

By Kea Wilson | Sep 22, 2021 | No Comments

Baltimore is failing to deliver quality transit to the predominantly low-income neighborhoods of color that need them most — and a new analysis could serve as template for other cities committed to mobility justice, too.

A street in North Baltimore, Md. with a badly damaged sidewalk. A series of orange construction barrels mark an uneven segment of alleyway pavement between two curb cuts that is filled with dried mud and would likely be impassible to many people using assistive devices. Parking lots and brick row homes stand in the background. Image: Max Pixel, CC

Why City Sidewalks Still Miss the ADA Mark

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2021 | No Comments

People with mobility challenges in Baltimore, Md. are celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act this week by filing a lawsuit demanding their city actually follow the historic law — and communities across the country could be the target of similar lawsuits soon.

The segment of Georgia Avenue (MD-97) where Claire Weissmeyer Grossmann was killed. Five years earlier, her husband, Robert Grossmann, was killed on an equally wide segment of the same road just two blocks away. Photo: Google

Couple Dies on Same Road Five Years Apart

By Kea Wilson | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

The death raises questions about why even Vision Zero cities so often fail to adequately redesign streets that repeatedly prove fatal to walkers.

This Maryland highway is wide enough already — and expanding it even more would only exacerbate the region's problems. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Opinion: Hogan Wrong on Highway Expansion

By Eyal Li | Feb 15, 2021 | No Comments

It is time for Maryland to shed obsolete highway-focused traffic solutions, and pursue alternative strategies that give residents more, and cleaner, choices for how to get around.

Op Ed: Why Baltimore Needs Its Own RTA

By Jaime D. Sigarán | Jul 1, 2020 | No Comments

A new ballot question initiative in Maryland aims to give Baltimore voters a say in the creation of a city-specific transit agency — which could be a crucial tool in the fight for transportation equity in Charm City, advocates argue. For nearly half a century, Baltimore has been one of the largest cities in America lacking […]

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Streetsies 2019: The Transportation Plan of the Year!

By Aaron Short | Dec 31, 2019 | No Comments

The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. As we close 2019, it is time to recognize the street designs that made our communities more livable and safer. Like the Oscar for Best Picture, there’s something for everybody: Blockbuster proposals like […]

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