Baltimore’s Red Baltimore’s Red Line Transit Line Transit

ProjectProject•14.6 mile Light Rail

•10 miles w/in City

•20 stops (15 surface, 5 under)

•Estimate 44 minutes end-to-end

•$1.6 billion

City’s RoleCity’s Role Educate about benefits & opportunitiesEducate about benefits & opportunities Promote the project among residents and businessesPromote the project among residents and businesses Actively promote transit-oriented development Actively promote transit-oriented development (TOD)(TOD)

Ensure the needs and security of Baltimore City Ensure the needs and security of Baltimore City residents take precedence – especially regarding residents take precedence – especially regarding station designstation design

Promote greener environment through planning & Promote greener environment through planning & constructionconstruction

Mayor’s Red Line SummitMayor’s Red Line Summit Initiative by previous MayorInitiative by previous Mayor Conference-like setting at Conference-like setting at Convention CenterConvention Center

200+ attendees from all over city200+ attendees from all over city Goal: Goal: understand and articulate understand and articulate community vision of successcommunity vision of success

Presentations from Presentations from other citiesother cities

6 breakout sessions6 breakout sessions

The Red Line Community Compact: Defining the Success of Baltimore’s

Red Line Transit Project

Collaborative Collaborative agreement among City agreement among City & State agencies, & State agencies, non-profit/private non-profit/private entities and entities and communities communities

Sets specific goals Sets specific goals & strategies for all & strategies for all partiesparties To date, signed by To date, signed by 70 orgs representing 70 orgs representing multiple stakeholders multiple stakeholders groupsgroups

Red Line Community Red Line Community CompactCompact

Putting Baltimore Putting Baltimore to Work on the Red to Work on the Red LineLine– Economic Developmt.Economic Developmt.– Workforce training & Workforce training & local hiringlocal hiring

Community-Centered Community-Centered Station Design & Station Design & StewardshipStewardship– N’hood investmentN’hood investment– Foster long-term Foster long-term community processcommunity process

Making the Red Line Making the Red Line GreenGreen– Water quality, Water quality, alternative energyalternative energy

– Increase green spaceIncrease green space– Health & safetyHealth & safety

Aggressively Plan & Aggressively Plan & Manage ConstructionManage Construction– Start early, develop Start early, develop independent independent monitoringmonitoring

– Support businessesSupport businesses– Historic preservationHistoric preservation

Neighborhood Neighborhood Walking ToursWalking Tours

Station DesignStation Design

Source: MTA websiteSource: MTA website

Station Area Design Station Area Design CommitteesCommittees

Called for in the Community CompactCalled for in the Community Compact Teams made up of city/state reps, Teams made up of city/state reps, design experts, and community membersdesign experts, and community members

Responsible for station area planning: Responsible for station area planning: station design, naming and identifying station design, naming and identifying plans for the immediate ½ mile radius plans for the immediate ½ mile radius

Different needs: Different needs: – If land use planning needed or already If land use planning needed or already completed completed

– If station in business/Downtown area If station in business/Downtown area – If area requires Community Preservation/ If area requires Community Preservation/ StabilizationStabilization

Other thingsOther things Timing - Teams assembled this summer at Timing - Teams assembled this summer at start of PE (preliminary engineering)start of PE (preliminary engineering)

Neighborhood liaisonsNeighborhood liaisons– RoleRole– TimingTiming

Design has to serve more than people Design has to serve more than people who live there—citywide access & who live there—citywide access & awarenessawareness

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