A newly formed advocacy group, the Transform Maryland Transportation Coalition, hopes to be the catalyst for enhanced transit service in the Baltimore region.
Their top priority: the creation of an independent transportation authority similar to WMATA, which owns and operates the Washington, D.C. region’s sprawling subway and bus networks.
The coalition, reported here for the first time, has been months in the making. It consists of nearly 70 established environmental, social justice and progressive organizations. Charter members include the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, the Coalition for Smarter Growth, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, the Maryland Sierra Club, Maryland Center on Economic Policy, the NAACP Maryland State Conference and Progressive Maryland.
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