Act Now for Clean Water and Smarter Growth!
Transportation is the backbone of smarter growth.
1000 Friends is working this summer to understand how we can build a future for Maryland that allows us to thrive economically and environmentally. Over the next few months, a lot of work must happen to ensure cleaner local waters. Counties are drafting plans for cleaning local rivers and streams, and at the state level there is a call for a package of solutions that will help make those plans a reality. We need clean water in our community garden, in the streams where our dogs swim on hot days, at the beaches where our kids play on vacation.
Call on your county officials to create a strong plan to address pollution from all sectors, with a clear roadmap for implementation.
Call on your state legislator to pass a package of legislation that will reduce pollution from development, whether runoff from our roofs and parking lots, the systems we use to treat our waste, or the impact of new development.
Transportation Priorities
The average Maryland commuter spends more than 250 hours every year commuting – three times as much time as the average Maryland family spends vacationing together. Scattered, automobile-oriented development has made driving the only viable transportation option for most Marylanders. 
1000 Friends is working to change Maryland’s transportation priorities so we have more choices in how to get to where we need to go. We are:
- Working with local groups to fight sprawl-inducing highway projects and support transit options.
- Implementing state transportation reform and advocating for smarter state funding for transportation.
- Supporting federal action for stronger transportation policy and funding.
Rising gas prices are hitting the wallet of citizens and government alike. We will fight to make sure that your tax dollars are spent on transportation choices that help all Marylanders, not new roads to nowhere.
Send your transit and highway stories to Transportation FOR Maryland -- know of a Maryland highway that goes nowhere? Want public transit work more efficiently? Tell us what you think!
