West Baltimore MARC TOD | Transportation, Inc. leaders have been working hard over the past year to expand and maintain a farmers’ market at the West Baltimore MARC train station.

Through its central location at a key transit node, the West Baltimore Farmers Market will bring fresh, locally produced food to residents who live in a community that is characterized as an urban “food desert” and it will offer farmers a new arena to expand the sale of their produce. As part of a broader effort in the City of Baltimore to address economic disparities among neighborhoods, this farmers’ market will also support long-term and sustained community revitalization.

2010 Season Schedule

Every Saturday thru November 20, 2010
Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Location: West Baltimore MARC Station Parking Lot
(400 Block of Smallwood Street between Franklin & Mulberry)

Save the Date – Grand Opening Celebration

Saturday July 10, 2010

The Transportation Funding Criteria Bill HB 1155/SB 760 ensures that state transportation funding will now be aligned with state goals including climate change and smart growth.

Other legislation:

• SB51, HB461: Require a safer, 3’ passing distance for overtaking bicycles or pedestrians. Passed!
• SB624, HB1193: Allows bicyclists to leave the shoulder when it is not safe to bike there. Passed!
• HB282: Requires more funding for bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Passed!
• SB229, HB710: Establishes a commission to study better transportation funding mechanisms. Passed!
• SB350: Would have expanded the definition of Transit Oriented Development to 1 mile. Died in committee.
• SB648: Would require an environmental impact study for a third bridge crossing. Died in committee.
• HB1377: Would have required a regional transportation impact study for large developments.  Died in committee.
• HB388: Would have created greater liability for motorists for accidents, including those with bicycles or pedestrians.  Died in committee.
• HB1404: Would have required MDOT to analyze their process for reviewing and choosing transit projects, with a goal of creating greater parity between transit and highway funding.  Died in committee.
• SB827: Would have indexed the motor fuel tax against the cost of construction. Died in committee.
• HB1161: Would allow certain hospitals to qualify for specialized Transit Oriented Development funding.  Passed.

Know of a highway that goes nowhere?  A road that was built to “alleviate” congestion but only added to the problem?  Let us know about it!

From the report:  “In the last 15 years, more than 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community. More than 43,000 Americans – including 3,906 children under 16 – have been killed this decade alone. This is the equivalent of a jumbo jet going down roughly every month, yet it receives nothing like the kind of attention that would surely follow such a disaster.”

Download the report here.