1. Who Rides the Bus? Connecting Transit Demographics and Transit Service

2. Introduction

3. The Opportunity Collaborative 3 rounds of community and grassroots engagement Approximately 6,000 people throughout the region, through more than 12 different organizations 9 community and neighborhood summits across 5 jurisdictions

4. EmpowerTrans Focused on connecting low-income residents with transportation to jobs Workshops and focus groups with more than 200 participants in 4 jurisdictions, addressing challenges and solutions

5. Regional Challenges 85% of job growth: occurring outside of Baltimore City Majority of public transportation, especially high-speed services: located inside of Baltimore City Access to suburban job centers, and training / education centers, is limited

6. Regional Challenges Major job sectors for low-income workers: service and retail Career pathways sectors: logistics and warehousing, healthcare Lack of off-peak services to meet the needs of employees in these sectors

7. Urban Challenges Opportunity Mapping: http://oppmap.facet.comhttp://oppmap.facet.com Low-income neighborhoods in the city – very high transit scores Residents in those communities – do not give the transit very high scores

8. Urban Challenges Lack of frequency and reliability No access to destinations Safety concerns, particularly related to bus stops and to students on the bus

9. Suburban Challenges “Suburbanization of Poverty” Housing + Transportation Affordability Index: http://htaindex.cnt.org/ http://htaindex.cnt.org/ Increased need for public transportation not only to suburban job centers, but from suburban communities

10. Suburban Challenges Safety was also a major concern for suburban residents Significant changes in travel patterns: suburb to suburb and east to west connections

11. Creating Solutions Requires a far more comprehensive solution than just providing more transit Leveraging existing transit services currently located near these suburban job centers Focus on connections to destinations

12. Creating Solutions Transportation Improvement Zone (TIZ) approach – increasing access to specific major destinations through a set of connected policies Multiple stakeholders: employers, developers, workforce training providers, housing agencies

13. Contact Us Steve Holt, Director of Community Engagement – CPHA E-mail: steve@cphabaltimore.org Call at (410) 539-1369 x. 114 http://www.cphabaltimore.org Thank You!