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Successes

Symphony Center - Completed in February 2005, this transit development anchors the West Side Re-vitalization efforts and offers a significant link to the opportunities at the State Center Complex/Metro Station one block to the East.

Owings Mills Town Center - This 46-acre site offers a unique development opportunity and in response to the Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by MDOT/MTA in February 2000, and a long-term lease agreement for a TOD development was signed in 2005. With a proposed program of 230,000 SF Retail, 1 Million SF Office Space, 75,000 SF Restaurants, 500 residential units, a 250 Room Hotel and 100,000 SF for a community College and Library, this site will be the signature TOD of the Baltimore Region. 

BWI Parking Garage - Completed in 2004, the new garage serves to accommodate increased rail and air traffic which also has MARC train and Lightrail access, helps facilitate easier travel.  Newark International airport in New Jersey and Baltimore-Washington International airport in Maryland are two of very few airports that have rail service access, and 

“Most Walkable Urban Place” Ranking - Greater Baltimore's established transportation infrastructure and efforts toward continued transit-oriented development have gained Baltimore City the position of 15th Most Walkable Urban Place.


Most Walkable Urban Places

 

 

 

1. Washington

 

 

 

2. Boston

 

 

 

3. San Francisco

 

 

 

4. Denver

 

 

 

5. Portland, Ore.

 

 

 

6. Seattle

 

 

 

7. Chicago

 

 

 

8. Miami

 

 

 

9. Pittsburgh

 

 

 

10. New York

 

 

 

11. San Diego

 

 

 

12. Los Angeles

 

 

 

13. Philadelphia

 

 

 

14. Atlanta

 

 

 

15. Baltimore


Details: Baltimore

16. St. Louis

 

Rank

15

17. Minneapolis

 

Metropolitan Area

BaltimoreTowson (NE)

18. Detroit

 

Downtown

Inner Harbor

19. Columbus, Ohio

 

Downtown Adjacent

Fells Point

20. Las Vegas

 

Place Total

2

21. Houston

 

Estimated Pop 2006

2,658,405

22. San Antonio

 

# of People per Place

1,329,203

23. Kansas City, Mo.

 

Rail Transit Served

1

24. Orlando, Fla.

 

Rail Transit Service

50%

25. Dallas

 

 

 

26. Phoenix

 

 

 

27. Sacramento, Calif.

 

 

 

28. Cincinnati

 

 

 

29. Cleveland

 

 

 

30. Tampa, Fla.

 

 

 

Brookings Institution, 2007

 

 

 

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