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CCBC opens Transportation Training Center at Tradepoint Atlantic Center to offer new CDL training starting late fall
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GBC 2020 Transportation Summit: Panelists urge route optimization, extended hours for equitable transit
Transportation advocacy has been a hallmark of the GBC throughout its 65 year history. A superior transportation infrastructure that provides reliable and efficient options is a key pillar for economic growth and job creation. Continue reading
Greater Baltimore Committee Statement in Opposition to Cuts in Transit Funding and Service in the Baltimore Region
The Greater Baltimore Committee calls on Governor Hogan and the Maryland Department of Transportation to reprioritize and reallocate State transportation dollars more equitably. Continue reading
Coverage from Feb. 12, 2020, regional cooperation on transportation press conference
The GBC, the Baltimore Mayor’s office and Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore County Executives highlighted the importance of investing in the Baltimore region’s transportation network at a Feb. 12 press conference. Continue reading
WBAL-TV: Baltimore-area leaders push for interconnected regional transit system
Transportation in central Maryland is severely underfunded and lacks a system that ties it all together, county executives argued Feb. 12 before state lawmakers in Annapolis. Continue reading
Maryland Reporter: Local officials urge lawmakers to balance transportation spending statewide
Maryland’s county leaders and city officials convened in Annapolis on Feb. 12 to urge members of the General Assembly to provide more money to balance transportation spending across the state. Continue reading
Maryland Matters: ‘We Have to Get Things Moving’: Baltimore-Area Leaders Urge Transit Boost
State spending on transportation favors roads over transit, and the Washington, D.C., area over the Baltimore region, advocates for the Baltimore area complained on Feb. 12. Continue reading
The Daily Record: Advocates urge Maryland transit funding boost
A business advocacy group and elected leaders from counties in the Baltimore metro region voiced support for legislation boosting Maryland public transit funding by $500 million. Continue reading
Baltimore Sun: Maryland transportation planning needs to include Baltimore
Editor’s note: The following op-ed appeared on BaltimoreSun.com on Jan. 6. By Donald C. Fry When state lawmakers convene in Annapolis this week for this year’s General Assembly session, transportation needs will be among many of the major topics up for debate. What happens could affect Marylanders — and more importantly the Baltimore region — for decades. Ensuring that residents and businesses have access to efficient and connected transportation networks is … Continue reading
Congressman Anthony G. Brown and Congresswoman Ann Wagner introduce MORE TOD Act
Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) and Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02) introduced the Maximizing Our Redevelopment and Efficiency for Transit Oriented Development (MORE TOD) Act on December 3, 2019. The bill, H.R. 5255, promotes community revitalization by recognizing existing transportation options and infrastructure as critical to Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) initiatives. TOD creates integrated neighborhoods, where public and private infrastructure work together seamlessly to better facilitate the daily lives of those who live there. … Continue reading