Imagine a robust, equitable, sustainable transportation system in Maryland.
The Transform Maryland Transportation Coalition is composed of more than thirty organizations with members throughout the state. Our mission is to create a robust, transformational, equitable and sustainable transportation system that helps meet our climate targets and serves all Marylanders.
A 21ST CENTURY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR GREATER BALTIMORE & MARYLAND
Regional leaders in Greater Baltimore are seeking to reform the way our public transportation system is governed and financed. Of the 50 largest transit agencies in the United States, the Maryland Transit Admininistration (MTA) is the only one that is part of a state department of transportation without a board of directors and where decision-making lies solely with a governor.
The lack of local participation in planning and funding decisions has been a contributing factor to the maintenance problems and lack of significant expansion or improvement in the last two decades.
The establishment of a Baltimore Regional Transportation Authority (BRTA) would address many of these issues.
Coalition Advocacy
Statement on Transportation Revenue
Supporting the Transportation and Climate Alignment Act
Statement on proposed transit funding cuts
Letter to the Maryland Commission on Transportation Revenue and Infrastructure Needs
Statewide Coalition Supports Governor Moore Plan to Revive the Red Line
Letter to Governor Hogan on actions to address the steep decline and deterioration of MTA service.
Letter to Comptroller Franchot on the I-495 and I-270 toll lanes plan
Transit letter to Governor Elect- Moore
OUR SUCCESS TO DATE
Leading the effort that reversed the Maryland Transportation Authority's plan to drastically cut core bus service for Baltimore-area riders in 2020
Creating a grassroots network that supported passage of the Transit Safety & InvestmentAct by the 2021 Maryland General Assembly and supported the General Assembly's override of Governor Hogan's veto
Developing the 2022-2066 Transform Maryland Transportation Policy Agenda with major media coverage in Maryland Matters and the Baltimore Sun
Advocating for creation of a Baltimore Regional Transportation Authority, including organizing support for the Greater Baltimore Transit Governance and Funding Commission passed in the 2022 Maryland General Assembly
Securing responses from eight 2022 gubernatorial candidates to our questionnaire about key Maryland transportation issues
TRANSIT VOICES
Watch these compelling videos from transit riders.
WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
"The coalition's support for better public transportation in Greater Baltimore has cultivated greater awareness and the support of elected officials throughout our region. Their efforts are making a difference!"
— Senator Cory McCray
"As a lifelong Baltimore resident and transit rider, I know first-hand the difficulty and frustration of trying to get around on MTA buses and light rail. This is why the Transform Maryland Transportation Coalition's work is so important!"
— Anna Ellis