Baltimore County Seeking Public Input On Transit Development Plan

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) —  The Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation connected Monday released its last draught connected a program to amended and grow transit implicit the adjacent 5 years, and the region is looking for nationalist input.

The Transit Development Plan draught focuses not lone connected existing region transit services similar CountyRide, but explores nationalist transit possibilities across Baltimore County, including services similar The Loop.

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A virtual nationalist input gathering with region officials astatine 6 p.m. connected Tuesday, Nov. 30.

County Executive Johnny Olszewski said entree to reliable transit is “essential” to improving the county.

“Expanding entree to easy, efficient, reliable transit is an indispensable constituent successful our imaginativeness for a amended Baltimore County,” Olszewski said. “We are truthful arrogant of our unprecedented efforts to physique a stronger section transit strategy and look guardant to finalizing this program which assistance usher our efforts successful the years ahead.”

The region said the draught includes short-, medium- and semipermanent proposals arsenic follows:

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Short-Term Improvements

• Expanding CountyRide work hours from Monday done Friday until 8 p.m. to supply customers with greater flexibility successful accessing cardinal destinations.
• Piloting on-demand microtransit work successful the Owings Mills assemblage to supply a archetypal mile/last mile mobility enactment that amended connects residential and commercialized areas.

Medium-Term Improvements

• Consider expanding CountyRide services to Saturdays.
• Explore expanding microtransit services successful further communities, specified arsenic Arbutus/Halethorpe, Essex/Middle River, Lochearn/Milford Mill, Southwest Baltimore County, and the Towson area.
• Creating crosstown microtransit autobus routes successful Dundalk, Essex, and Middle River, which tin amended link residents with Tradepoint Atlantic, a large economical engine.

Long-Term Improvements

• Expanding The Loop work successful further communities, similar Owings Mills
• Expanding crosstown autobus routes on cardinal corridors to make a countywide microtransit network

Find the afloat Transit Development Plan draught here.

To supply feedback successful the virtual meeting, learn much here. Residents tin besides taxable feedback by emailing publicworks@baltimorecountymd.gov.

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CBS Baltimore Staff