Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Maryland

Essay: Why Even The Most Progressive Cities Are Failing Their Car-Free Residents

By Ned Resnikoff | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

As traffic violence has climbed over the past few years, a number of ostensibly progressive, climate-friendly cities have demonstrated that they are uninterested in taking even modest steps to support non-drivers.

A Maryland County Tries to Rally Suburbanites for BRT

By John Besche | May 5, 2023 | No Comments

Montgomery County is going big on BRT.

New Law Would Honor Legacy of Slain Cyclist Sarah Langenkamp By Helping Cities Fill Bike Network Gaps

By Kea Wilson | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

A new bill would encourage U.S. communities to use their federal safety dollars to fill the holes in city bike networks, and honor the legacy of an American hero who lost her life in one.

Seneca Creek – one of the unspoiled natural areas threatened by the proposed M-83 highway.
Photo: G. Edward Johnson

Highway Boondoggles, Part I: Maryland’s Misguided Highway Extension

By James Horrox, Bryn Huxley-Reicher and Matthew Casale | Sep 13, 2022 | No Comments

Here's the first installment of this year's "Highway Boondoggles" series — we'll start in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Image description: Sarah and Dan Langenkamp pose with their two young sons at a swimming pool. Photo: GoFundMe

‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy

By Kea Wilson | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

The husband of a U.S. diplomat who survived an evacuation from war-torn Ukraine only to be killed in a car crash as she biked on a Maryland road is raising money to stop other families from having to endure similar tragedies — and urging the public to reckon with an epidemic of traffic violence that's left his children without a mother.

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.

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