The Baltimore Accessibility Maps Web Site lets you create a series of accessibility maps for Baltimore Transportation Analysis Zones. You can compare access to services (Retail, Office or Industry) for all TAZs or for a specific neighborhoods (e.g. West Baltimore). You can compare access to services by private car vs. public transport. Read more here. [...]
Just Us: Dying on Bartlett. This video exploring Environmental Justice issues in the Baltimore area is the newest addition to the EJKit video library.
By DIONNE WALKER Associated Press Writer Posted: Oct. 27 5:28 p.m. Updated: Oct. 27 9:30 p.m. ATLANTA — Environmental and racial justice activists from six states met with federal Environmental Protection Agency officials Tuesday to demand a revamp of the agency they accuse of overlooking years of chronic environmental missteps in minority communities across the [...]
Environment, Justice, and Health in the Planning Process: Strategies for Maryland Morgan State University Saturday, October 3rd, 10am – 3:15pm Please join the Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities. along with other officials and community and business leaders, for a detailed look at the connections between and use, public health, and the environment. [...]
Understanding and Abiding by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Video courtesy of The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
Featured Website: Baltimorphosis.com Baltimorphosis.com is a cool site analyzing various plans and options for the redevelopment of the 16 block Franklin-Mulberry expressway in Baltimore. From Baltimorphosis.com : Once upon a time, In a proud American city, there was a neighborhood with a traffic problem. Doorsteps were barely an arms length from the traffic flooding downtown. [...]
Via the Maryland Daily Record: JOE NATHANSON Special to The Daily Record June 9, 2009 What would West Baltimore’s infamous “highway to nowhere” have in common with an MTA bus depot located in East Baltimore? The Route 40/Franklin-Mulberry corridor highway tore through established neighborhoods in the 1970s. The planned connection to Interstate 70 was never [...]
