If you have a traffic concern in your area, please email Ricky D'Andrea, Chair of the Glen Transportation Committee at rdandrea@myglen.org.
From the Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon named a task force today to study ways to slow traffic in residential areas and near schools -- part of a "traffic calming" effort that has become popular in other cities around the country.
The task force, first suggested by Northeast Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke last year, will look at ways to reduce speed on certain streets. Typical traffic calming methods include speed bumps, narrowed roads and traffic circles.
"The safety of pedestrians is a top priority of my administration," Dixon said in a statement. "While we must move autos efficiently through our main corridors, we must also make sure that walking and bicycling to and from work, school and play is safe and encouraged."
Similar traffic-calming initiatives have been used in cities across the country, most notably in Portland, Ore., and Cambridge, Mass.
A final report is due June 15. The task force will be chaired by Jeffrey Ratnow of Federal Hill, and Jamie Kendrick, deputy director of the department of transportation. The first meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the offices of the Baltimore City Planning Commission, 417 E. Fayette St., on the 8th floor.
