Sheila Ann Dixon Pros And Cons

The first mayoral candidate that we researched was Sheila Ann Dixon. Dixon was born on December 27, 1953. She is a graduate of the Baltimore City public school system and holds a bachelor’s degree from Towson University and a master’s degree from John Hopkins University. Dixon was elected as city council president in 1999, and was also the 48th mayor of Baltimore City. As mayor, she created the Charm City Circulator, which are free shuttles that travel four routes in Baltimore City. Some of the things that Sheila Dixon shared during her questionnaire was the leverage transportation resources to support economic growth, improve access to jobs, and achieve a balanced and equitable transportation system. Moreover, she wants to use the streets

Young has long and short-term visions for transportation in Baltimore. In short term, he plans to focus on the inner-connectivity of modes of transportation. Some of the pro’s that he expressed was that he plans on cutting down the wait times and delays to make sure our community can have reliable transportation to and from work, school, and other services. He also plans on investing in bike share programs to support and add green mode of transportation. Mosby wants Baltimore to invest in a world-class subway system that connects the entire city. Young finds travel in and around the city to be very difficult whether it is by car, train, bus, or

A few of the pro’s that we noticed was that she wants smaller transit issues such as walking and biking to be addressed, and the streets and sidewalks to have a greenly/easy access plan that allows citizens to feel safe and healthy. Also, she stated that she is a strong advocate for commuter MARC trains and will maintain the discounted fare 7 days a week and she will provide oversight and accountability on our rail system for passenger and environmental safety. In addition, Walsh wants tourist to be able to move around the harbor by way of free water-taxis as promotion for all of our community businesses and citizens travelling to work via water taxi will hopefully have a corporate annual MTA public transit pass as part of their wage and benefit package at hiring. Lastly, she wants the stop lights to be timed in the downtown areas as a key to maintaining car traffic flow and if you have pedestrian overpasses this car traffic does not need to stop as often. Overpasses can be environmental and greening while allowing our vehicles more time between stop lights. Her main priority is to rebuild a strong, public transit system that can be improved by private, local