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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
The Baltimore City Traffic Calming and Pedestrian-Friendly Task Force
FOR the purpose of establishing a Citywide neighborhood and school-based task force to cooperate with the Baltimore City Departments of Transportation and Planning to design and adopt Baltimore City traffic calming and pedestrian-friendly goals, policies, procedures and timelines that ensure safer traffic and pedestrian conditions for Baltimore's residential and school communities.
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WHEREAS, The City of Baltimore is engaged in a $23 million signalization project to reduce congestion and expedite traffic flow in the downtown area and along major "gateway" roads leading in and out of the City; and
WHEREAS, This signalization project is predicted to save 20 % of travel time and to decrease congestion downtown and on major arteries; and
WHEREAS, Baltimore City's residential and school communities deserve a comparable balance of focus, planning, and funding to protect our neighborhoods and children from unsafe vehicular short-cutting, speeding, and excessive noise from unsafe pedestrian crossings; and
WHEREAS, Securing speed humps, for example, is currently an uncertain process whereby neighborhoods are left to petition and hope for success in response to undefined criteria and timelines; and
WHEREAS, Requests f...
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