Baltimore Regional Transportation Board

BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, March 11, 2025) – The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) opened a public comment period on its preliminary plans for an approximately 1.7-mile trail in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore City.

The trail will connect the existing Middle Branch Trail to the planned Patapsco Avenue Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge. This will connect the neighborhood to the Patapsco Light Rail Station, offering new recreational biking and walking paths in the area that are comfortable and accessible for people of all ages and abilities.

The trail will become a part of the Patapsco Regional Greenway (PRG), a planned 40-mile, shared-use trail running through the Patapsco Valley from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to Sykesville in Carroll County. Nearly 17 miles have been constructed to date, with 21 additional miles under design. 

Members of the public are invited to provide feedback on the early concept plans during this comment period. Future comment periods later this year will present proposed routes and the preferred alignment before design and construction commence.

The project team will be hosting a community open house on Monday, March 24 at the Cherry Hill Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library (606 Cherry Hill Rd, Baltimore, MD 21225) between 5 and 6:30 p.m. Materials from the meeting will be available online at publicinput.com/CherryHillPRG.

Initial comments on the trail segment are welcome from Tuesday, March 11 through Monday, April 14, 2025. Ways to comment include:

• Online via a short survey at publicinput.com/CherryHillPRG
• Sending an email to CherryHillPRG@publicinput.com
• Texting keyword ‘CherryHill’ to 855-925-2801
• Leaving a voicemail toll-free via 855-925-2801x11148
• Finding us on Facebook, Instagram, X or LinkedIn (comments on social media posts are reviewed, but are not included in the official public record)

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Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) works collaboratively with the chief elected officials in the region to create initiatives to improve quality of life and economic vitality. As the Baltimore region’s council of governments, BMC hosts the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) and supports local government by coordinating efforts in a range of policy areas including emergency preparedness, housing, cooperative purchasing, environmental planning and workforce development.

BMC operates its programs and services without regard to race, color or national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other applicable laws. Appropriate services can be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities or those in need of language assistance who submit a request at least seven days prior to a meeting. Call 410- 732-0500. Dial 7-1-1 or 800-735-2258 to initiate a TTY call through Maryland Relay. Si se necesita información de Título VI en español, llame al 410-732-0500.

BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, March 5, 2025) – The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) has launched Getting There: Your Transportation Story, a survey to assess the individual travel experiences of residents in the Baltimore region.

The survey aims to gather information on how participants interact with our region’s transportation system, whether it is by biking, walking, driving, or riding public transit. The data provided by participant input will help the BRTB develop future transportation plans for safer, more reliable, and more accessible transportation for Baltimore region residents.

Members of the public can complete the survey and enter for a chance to win one of ten $100 gift cards by Friday, April 4 at publicinput.com/GettingThere. Following the survey, the BRTB will conduct four paid focus groups to further explore survey topics.

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Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) works collaboratively with the chief elected officials in the region to create initiatives to improve quality of life and economic vitality. As the Baltimore region’s council of governments, BMC hosts the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) and supports local government by coordinating efforts in a range of policy areas including emergency preparedness, housing, cooperative purchasing, environmental planning and workforce development.

BMC operates its programs and services without regard to race, color or national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other applicable laws. Appropriate services can be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities or those in need of language assistance who submit a request at least seven days prior to a meeting. Call 410- 732-0500. Dial 7-1-1 or 800-735-2258 to initiate a TTY call through Maryland Relay. Si se necesita información de Título VI en español, llame al 410-732-0500.

BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, February 5, 2025) – The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) is drafting a transportation planning budget for the upcoming two years (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027), proposing $10.8 million for a range of studies, plans and projects.

Staffed and supported by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC), the BRTB is the region’s federally designated metropolitan planning organization. Most of the anticipated funding for the upcoming budget, the Unified Planning Work Program, comes from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration, with additional contributions from the Maryland Department of Transportation and local jurisdictions.

“This new work program and budget prioritizes the critical needs of our region’s transportation network,” said Todd Lang, BMC’s Director of Transportation. “This includes efforts to address the unacceptable fatalities and injuries we see on our transportation system and methods to better facilitate safe and efficient movement for all transportation users.”

The BRTB collaborated with planners in local jurisdictions and community members to develop the proposed budget based on ongoing work, regional priorities and feedback from previous public outreach. Funding items in the proposed budget include:

• Continuing the Transportation and Land Use Connection Grant Program, which quickly unlocks resources to help local jurisdictions improve multi-modal facilities, access to transit, transit oriented development, or climate change adaptation strategies;
• Planning for the Henryton Road Bridge, advancing another piece of the Patapsco Regional Greenway;
• Drafting the region’s next short-range transportation program (with a five-year horizon) and laying the groundwork for the next long-range plan (with a twenty-year horizon);
• Funding for local jurisdictions to update local bicycle plans based on the Bikeable Baltimore Region project;
• Assisting local jurisdictions in preparing applications for the newly updated MDOT prioritization process.

These are a few of the items included in the draft budget. If the BRTB and federal regulators approve the transportation work program and budget, BMC’s planning staff will start this work on July 1, 2025. Proposed new tasks are described in detail in the draft document.

Members of the public can comment on the draft transportation work program and budget by Sunday, March 9. After collaborating with BRTB members to review all comments and respond to questions, the BRTB will consider approval of the transportation planning budget on Friday, April 25.

“We often ask for feedback from community members on specific plans and projects,” Lang said. “This is a chance for the public to weigh in on our overall budget and the work we’d like to achieve in the next year.”

Ways to comment include:

• Online via a short survey at publicinput.com/brtbbudget (English version) and publicinput.com/presupuesto26 (Spanish version)
• Sending an email to FY26BRTBbudget@publicinput.com
• Texting keyword ‘FY26BRTBbudget’ to 855-925-2801
• Leaving a voicemail toll-free via 855-925-2801x11078
• Finding us on Facebook, Instagram, X or LinkedIn (comments on social media posts are reviewed, but are not included in the official public record)

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Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) works collaboratively with the chief elected officials in the region to create initiatives to improve quality of life and economic vitality. As the Baltimore region’s council of governments, BMC hosts the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) and supports local government by coordinating efforts in a range of policy areas including emergency preparedness, housing, cooperative purchasing, environmental planning and workforce development.

BMC operates its programs and services without regard to race, color or national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other applicable laws. Appropriate services can be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities or those in need of language assistance who submit a request at least seven days prior to a meeting. Call 410- 732-0500. Dial 7-1-1 or 800-735-2258 to initiate a TTY call through Maryland Relay. Si se necesita información de Título VI en español, llame al 410-732-0500.