If you cannot attend the GTCC meeting on November 9th, you can still voice your opposition to the MTA proposal to run the light rail on York Road from the Beltway, north to Ridgely Road. You can copy and circulate the petition in opposition to the MTA.

Download the petition here.

Return signed petitions to GTCC, 9B West Ridgely Road, Box 276, Lutherville/Timonium, MD 21093.

Download the description of the alternatives here.

Alternative 1

Map of Alternative 1, light rail transit from Lutherville to University of Maryland Medical Center

Alternative 2

Alternative 2 would actually be fairly similar to Alternative 1, with a couple minor differences (it’s only 11.5 miles and has 33 stations) and some more substantial ones, namely that it would be a bus rapid transit (BRT) line traveling mostly but not entirely in dedicated lanes down York Rd. and Greenmount Ave., before turning left at Hillen and Gay streets in Downtown Baltimore.

Map of Alternative 2, bus rapid transit from Lutherville to University of Maryland

Alternative 6, Light Rail from Lutherville to Downtown

This 12.5-mile, 25-station light rail route would opt for a slightly more easterly route than most of its counterparts. Like Alternative 1, it would start at the Lutherville Light Rail station but instead of heading directly south on York Rd., it would quickly turn southeast on Goucher Boulevard to Loch Raven Boulevard, then continue south on that road past the City line until 25th Street, then connect to the one-way pair of Charles & St. Paul and wrap up in the Downtown-adjacent neighborhood of Otterbein. Unlike most of the other alternatives, it wouldn’t stop near Towson University, Belvedere Square, Waverly, JHU, or Port Covington. It would, however, provide access to Good Samaritan Hospital, Morgan State University, and Penn Station and it would travel entirely on surface streets in dedicated lanes.

Map of Alternative 6