Plan Outlines Path to Achieve Further Progress

BALTIMORE, MD (November 5, 2025) – The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) today released the 2025 Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan (RTP) Update. The 2025 RTP Update refines recommendations from the original plan released in 2020 and details progress made on a wide range of initiatives. The plan outlines strategies to advance transit over the next 20 years and incorporates regional changes such as travel trends, shifts in population and emerging employment hubs. The Maryland Transit Administration developed this five-year RTP update in collaboration with the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission.

“The Regional Transit Plan is an outline for how we can create an improved transit network that connects riders and strengthens our economy,” said Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold, “This effort is just one way MTA is meeting the needs of a growing and changing region.”

The 2020 Central Maryland RTP is a 25-year plan for improving public transportation in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Harford County and Howard County. The 2025 RTP Update highlights the progress made since the plan’s first publication including:

· Completion or adoption of a majority of the transit improvement strategies identified in the previous RTP’s five-year implementation plan;

· Implementation of numerous local improvements identified as “Transit Network Improvements” in the 2020 RTP; and

· Planning or construction of improvements in half of the 30 RTP Corridors.

The 2025 RTP Update refines the initial recommendations with greater focus and clarity towards future capital investment needs. The recommendations complement other regional transit planning that has taken place since 2020, including the BMORE BUS plan for Core Bus

Network and the MARC Growth & Transformation Plan for regional rail. Updated recommendations are provided for the following:

· RTP Corridors: Proposals for the most investment-ready RTP Corridors, along with essential facility needs and recommendations for other RTP Corridors.

· Strategies: New and revised strategies based to keep making progress towards RTP objectives

· Transit Network Improvement Areas: Updated list of transit-supportive local actions.

The update includes a 5-Year Implementation Plan that prioritizes these recommendations and identifies the actions that MTA and other state and local partners can take in the short-term. The full plan is available on the project website rtp.mta.maryland.gov.

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