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There is an important segment of jobs – requiring less than a bachelor’s degree – that will grow by 13.4 percent in the next decade in the Baltimore region.

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) as the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Baltimore region seeks public comments through Monday, June 25 on two transportation-related documents – the draft 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and the associated Air Quality Conformity Determination of the FY 2019-2022 TIP and amended Maximize2040: A Performance-Based Transportation Plan.

Bike To Work Day in the Baltimore region is postponed until Friday, June 1, because of forecasted severe weather on Friday, May 18. The spirit of Bike to Work Day is to promote bicycling as a safe and healthy commuting option. While many cyclists regularly commute in an array of weather, the threat of flooding and lightning storms, present very real concerns for participants' safety from the Bike to Work Day committee and local public safety agencies.

A report being released today by the Greater Baltimore Committee and Baltimore Metropolitan Council, which looks at demographic and other changes that have occurred in the Baltimore region since 1998, finds that the region’s population has become more diversified, a higher percentage of residents hold college degrees, and the economy has transitioned from industrial manufacturing to one driven by technology, medicine, higher-education and service-based businesses.

The League of American Bicyclists recognized the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) with a Silver Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB) award, joining more than a thousand businesses across the U.S. that have received the award.

The Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) staff grieves the sudden loss of Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz after hearing the news of his passing earlier this morning.

The Orioles are back in town, tulips are in bloom and temperatures are again cresting the 70-degree mark. There’s no doubt that spring has sprung in the Baltimore region, which means Bike to Work Day is right around the corner.

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) will accept comments on a draft of the Public Participation Plan through Thursday, May 24.

Extreme weather, power outages and other disasters happen every day around the world. Residents in the Baltimore region need to prepare at home before an emergency occurs.

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) seeks public comments on its proposed updated Budget & Work Program for Fiscal Year 2019 through Friday, March 23, 2018.