Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Baltimore

Local residents finally have a safe path connecting the neighborhoods of Remington and Reservoir Hill. Photo: Side A Photography

Baltimore’s Super Quick Fix for a Dangerous Road

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 16, 2018 | 39 Comments

Using Jersey barriers filled with water for ballast, the city carved a safe walking and biking path out of a lane of car traffic.

Baltimore City Fire Department made a video intending to show that narrow streets cause problems for their trucks and ladders. But it ended up demonstrating the opposite. Image via YouTube

Mad About Bike Lanes, Baltimore Fire Department Takes It Out on Advocates

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 10, 2018 | 48 Comments

One BCFD firefighter is facing assault charges for his attack on a city planner. But allegations of harassment and intimidation go beyond that.

San Francisco's new Vision Zero fire truck looks much like previous models, but it is 10 inches shorter and has a much narrower turning radius. Photo: Roger Rudick

How Fire Departments Stopped Worrying and Embraced Safer Street Design

By Angie Schmitt | May 29, 2018 | 34 Comments

As Portland built out bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures, fears about slower response times did not materialize.

Residents of Potomac Street upset about the replacement of parking spaces to make way for this bike lane were the first to cite fire clearance as a reason to block the project. Now the city is parroting their argument to delay action on its downtown bike plan. Google Street View

Baltimore Invents an Excuse to Avoid Building Its Downtown Bike Network

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 16, 2018 | 62 Comments

They say it's about fire safety. But people are dying in the streets.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is pushing for private toll roads. Photo: Ft Meade Public Affairs

Baltimore’s Surprise Subway Shutdown: Larry Hogan Passes the Buck

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 13, 2018 | 9 Comments

While the Maryland governor prepares for a bonanza of toll road spending, he let the most important transit route in the state fall into dangerously poor condition.

"Highway Hogan" when he announced his $9-billion plan to widen state freeways. Photo: Maryland Department of Transportation/Twitter

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s Bogus Fiscal Conservatism Doesn’t Apply to Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 22, 2017 | 14 Comments

The governor who killed a $3 billion Baltimore light rail project out of faux fiscal prudence yesterday announced $9 billion in highway expansions.

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