Posts tagged Mta
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Breakfast links: Despite improvements, Anacostia River still gets failing grade on latest report card
Despite recent improvements, the Anacostia River still gets a failing grade. MTA releases three possible Red Line routes for Baltimore. Owner of two Washington Highlands housing complexes ordered to pay $2M to tenants. Keep reading…
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National links: This month marks 100 years of car-centered streets
The centennial of auto dependence. Why US transit projects are so expensive. Home prices are dropping unevenly across the country. Keep reading…
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6 priorities Baltimore needs to focus on to jumpstart its transit network, according to business leaders
Business leaders say these six priorities are key to transforming Baltimore’s transit network. Keep reading…
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Four challenges impacting the bus operator shortage across the US
Here are four reasons why it’s so hard to hire and keep a bus driver on the payroll these days — and what to do about them. Keep reading…
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Should Baltimore have a regional transit authority?
Out of all the transit systems in the United States, regardless of mode, the vast majority are operated by regional transit authorities (RTAs). These are supervising bodies organized at the local level among neighboring cities, towns, and counties, instead of the state. For almost 50 years, however, Baltimore has been one of the largest cities in the country not to use an RTA for its transit, but is instead controlled by the state of Maryland. Keep reading…
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MTA’s transit governance isn’t working for Baltimore, a new report says
Baltimoreans have long known the way their city’s transit is run is unusual. But it wasn’t until a new report from a Washington, DC-based transportation think tank was released last month that it became clear just how unique Baltimore’s lack of control over its transit system truly is. Keep reading…
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A sinkhole and erosion ate a third of Baltimore’s light rail stops. Then people couldn’t find the buses.
How does Baltimore, a major city, lose the busiest part of its busiest transit system—light rail—for over a month during the busiest part of the summer, to the detriment of its bus system and the dismay of roughly 30% of residents who don’t own cars? Keep reading…
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Should Baltimore have a regional transit authority?
Out of all the transit systems in the United States, regardless of mode, the vast majority are operated by regional transit authorities (RTAs). These are supervising bodies organized at the local level among neighboring cities, towns, and counties, instead of the state. For almost 50 years, however, Baltimore has been one of the largest cities in the country not to use an RTA for its transit, but is instead controlled by the state of Maryland. Keep reading…
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What Baltimore transit can learn from WMATA about communication
Commuters need much more information than they’re currently getting, and it wouldn’t take much to make meaningful improvements. Keep reading…
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Baltimore business leaders call for increased transit funding
Over the past few months, the Maryland Department of Transportation has garnered plenty of criticism for the lack of funding it’s given the Maryland Transit Administration in this year’s annual budget. State and local lawmakers and transportation advocacy groups have been particularly vocal about the matter, but much of Maryland’s business community isn’t happy with the state’s current level of transit spending, either. Keep reading…