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32-622: The MTA's bus service operates throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and other parts of the state. These include: 12 CityLink High Frequency Color Routes. In addition to LocalLink routes 21 through 95 ; Express BusLink routes 103 , 105 , 115 , 120 , 150 , 154 , 160 , and 163 ; Intercounty Connector routes 201 through 205 ; Commuter bus routes 310 through 995 . https://mta.maryland.gov/local-bus In June 2017 MD Gov. Larry Hogan launched BaltimoreLink as part of an initiative to have

64-662: A better transit system in Baltimore. Local bus lines are identified with a one or two-digit number. Many of the numerical designations have origins dating back to the days of the Baltimore streetcars and share the route numbers of the respective streetcars that operated along the same streets. Most local buses operate regular service seven days a week throughout most hours of the day and evening. Some routes operate 24 hours. A small number of routes operate without evening service, on weekdays only, during peak hours only, or only at

96-499: A component of MWCOG, is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for the metropolitan Washington area. The Baltimore Metropolitan Council is the equivalent organization for the Baltimore portion of the combined Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The BMC, which was created in 1992 as the successor to the Regional Planning Council and Baltimore Regional Council of Governments, consists of

128-518: A household in the CDP was $ 55,686, and the median income for a family was $ 59,789. Males had a median income of $ 39,455 versus $ 36,020 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 24,059. About 5.2% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over. Randallstown was founded in the 1700s by two brothers from England, Thomas and Christopher Randall. They introduced

160-521: A pilot service named QuickLink 40. QuickLink 40 would operate every 20 minutes during peak and every 30 minutes during midday from North Bend to Essex Park & Ride. The pilot service was placed on hold as MDOT MTA focuses on improving system wide reliability, but could be included in future service changes. LocalLink CityLink & LocalLink (99) CityLink (12 m) • 17056 retired on [03/15/2022.] (70) (70) (30) (40) (70) (70) (70) (4) (3) (70) MTA local bus service in Baltimore

192-495: A population of 1,150,309. The counties and independent cities and their groupings that comprise the area are listed below with their 2012 population estimates. Central counties/cities (designated as such by OMB) for each MSA are shown in italics. Founded in 1957, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) is a regional organization of 23 Washington-area local governments, members of

224-556: A tavern on Liberty Road serving travelers. In 1880, Randallstown had a population of 100. The Winands Road Synagogue Center was active from 1968 to 2019. The area is served by Randallstown High School . Some major roads in Randallstown are: While Randallstown was at one time the planned terminus for the Baltimore Metro Subway , the line was ultimately built to nearby Owings Mills . Though no stops on

256-600: Is a statistical area , including the overlapping metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore . The region includes Central Maryland , Northern Virginia , three counties in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia , and one county in south-central Pennsylvania . It is the most educated, highest-income, and third-most populous combined statistical area in the United States behind New York City–Newark, NJ and Los Angeles–Long Beach . The area

288-538: Is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County , Maryland , United States. It is named after Christopher and Thomas Randall, two 18th-century tavern-keepers. At that time, Randallstown was a tollgate crossroads on the Liberty Turnpike , a major east–west thoroughfare. It is a suburb of Baltimore , with a population of 33,655 as of the 2020 census . As of 2020 it

320-719: Is designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Washington–Baltimore–Arlington, DC–MD–VA–WV–PA Combined Statistical Area . It is composed primarily of two major metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV MSA and the Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area. Five smaller urban areas not contiguous to the main urban area but having strong commuting ties with

352-444: Is divided into four divisions, each served by its own maintenance yard. The first digit of a bus's "block number", attached to the bottom right corner of its windshield (from inside of bus), indicates its "base" division. The buses also feature a small letter suffix to the fleet series number. The letter represent the 'first letter' of the division's "name" from where the bus is based. The Eastern Bus Division will be closed in 2026 due to

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384-404: Is mostly due to their proximity to the area, the size of their commuter population, and by the influence of local broadcasting stations. The population of the entire Washington–Baltimore Combined Statistical Area as of the 2020 census was 9,973,383. The area's most-populous city is Washington, D.C. with a population of 689,545, and the area's most populous county is Fairfax County, Virginia , with

416-910: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute . Many defense contractors are based in Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland to be close to the Pentagon in Arlington. Local defense contractors include Lockheed Martin , the largest, as well as Northrop Grumman , General Dynamics , BAE Systems Inc. , Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Booz Allen Hamilton , Leidos , Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and Orbital Sciences Corporation . Numbers denote Fortune 500 ranking. Baltimore area: Washington area: Interstates U.S. Routes State Routes Randallstown Randallstown

448-459: The Maryland and Virginia state legislatures, the U.S. Senate , and the U.S. House of Representatives . MWCOG provides a forum for discussion and the development of regional responses to issues regarding the environment, transportation, public safety, homeland security, affordable housing, community planning, and economic development. The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board,

480-526: The Baltimore region's elected executives, representing Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties. The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board is the federally recognized Metropolitan Planning Organization for transportation planning in the Baltimore region. Maryland's Washington suburbs are a major center for biotechnology . Prominent local biotechnology companies include MedImmune , United Therapeutics , The Institute for Genomic Research , Human Genome Sciences , and

512-607: The CDP has a total area of 10.3 square miles (27 km ), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 30,870 people, 11,379 households, and 8,147 families living in the CDP. The population density was 2,996.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,156.8/km ). There were 11,900 housing units at an average density of 1,155.0 per square mile (445.9/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 72.11% African American , 23.18% White , 0.20% Native American , 2.21% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.54% from other races , and 1.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.54% of

544-584: The express and commuter routes, identified with 3-digit numbers, offer limited service mostly during weekday rush hours between downtown areas and various Park-and-Ride lots or other suburban locations in the state of Maryland. The commuter routes, designated with higher numbers, are operated by contractors rather than MTA employees. The newest addition to the commuter bus service since 2010, known as Intercounty Connector or ICC for short, operates from Gaithersburg to BWI Marshall Airport , University of Maryland College Park or DoD / Fort Meade , traveling along

576-619: The garage being fully-rebuilt, with Bus Chargers (Like the rebuilt Kirk Avenue Division which re-opened in June 2021), And NEW Employee/Training Rooms. The garage will have a temporary lot, and where the current garage takes place at will be finished/opened around 2030. Other Garages will go under the same project, as the MTA is planning to transition to Electric Vehicles. Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area Outlying areas: The Washington–Baltimore combined metropolitan statistical area

608-604: The letter M (Mondawmin), R (Rogers Avenue), or P (Plaza), followed by a number. After the Metro was extended to Owings Mills in 1987, only the letter M was used, and it denoted "Metro." Since 1988, the number of M-lines had declined, as many of them were consolidated, and some were eliminated. After the first phase of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative took effect in 2005, only seven M-lines remained, though this increased to eight after Route M-6

640-741: The main area are included in the metropolitan area: Hagerstown–Martinsburg, Maryland–West Virginia MSA, the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, Pennsylvania MSA, the Winchester, VA–WV MSA , the California–Lexington Park, Maryland MSA, and the Easton, Maryland micropolitan statistical area (μSA). Some counties, such as Caroline and King George County, Virginia , are not officially designated by OMB as members of this metropolitan area but still consider themselves members anyway. This

672-469: The newly built Intercounty Connector expressway in central Maryland. Two of the local routes MTA operates are considered neighborhood shuttles , also known as Shuttle Bugs . These local routes operate in specific neighborhoods and the transportation of persons within these communities. During the early 2000s, MTA introduced two such routes. These routes, rather than operating like others around town, have differences that include: The Hampden Shuttle Bug

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704-481: The number of stops along the route. The number of express routes has declined over the past two decades due to the construction of new rapid transit services and the elimination or consolidation of poor-performing routes. Unlike commuter buses, express bus routes serve areas where local buses are available. Comparable, albeit slower, trips can also be made with local buses. Commuter routes, however, provide service between locations not connected by local bus routes. Both

736-545: The population. 6% of Randallstown's residents were Sub-Saharan African , 5% German , 3% African , 3% West Indian , 3% Irish , 2% Russian , 2% English , 2% Nigerian , 2% Polish , 2% Italian , and 2% Jamaican . There were 11,379 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who

768-526: The route 15 from Walbrook Junction to Overlea Loop. Both buses operate on weekdays at peak hours only. In 2017, all QuickBus routes were discontinued as part of the launch of BaltimoreLink. All routes were replaced by LocalLink service. In 2022, MTA Maryland proposed a plan to reintroduce QuickBus-like service with new branding under "QuickLink" to be included in the Fall 2022 service changes. The service proposal would include an east–west limited-stop bus route as

800-445: The service. In 2005 and 2006, in various phases of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative , MTA proposed various changes to these routes which included routing changes and threats to eliminate Route 98 completely and reduce service on Route 97 to once an hour. The only change that was actually made was a shift on Route 98 in 2008 to replace service on Roland Avenue, that was lost through a change to Route 27. In 2017, shuttle bug service

832-410: The times needed for certain employers. Until 2009, a series of routes operated in the northwest part of the city and suburbs known as Metro connection buses . These routes had designations of the letter M followed by a number, and operated from a Metro station to a specified location or between two Metro stations. When the Metro connection bus service began in 1984, it used designations beginning with

864-448: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.13. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.0 males. The median income for

896-569: Was 72 percent African American. In the 1990s, Randallstown transitioned to a majority African American community. Choate House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Randallstown is located at 39°22′31″N 76°47′48″W  /  39.37528°N 76.79667°W  / 39.37528; -76.79667 (39.375272, −76.796621). According to the United States Census Bureau ,

928-672: Was discontinued as part of BaltimoreLink. Route 97 was replaced by LocalLink 82. Most of Route 98's routing was replaced by LocalLink 21. In 2005, the MTA introduced a new form of express transit known as "rapid bus service." The first of these services was designated Route 40 . The line operates every 10–15 minutes from the western to the eastern suburbs of Baltimore through the downtown area, serving various communities in West and East Baltimore. Stops are limited to major intersections, transfer points, and points of interest. Unlike other express buses, local fares are applicable on Route 40. Route 40

960-572: Was later named " QuickBus ." In 2009, a new "QuickBus" route was introduced. Designated as QuickBus 48 , it operates along the same route as Route 8 minus the section north of Towson Town Center . Introduction of another QuickBus service that would operate along the route Route 3 and would have carry the designation "Route 43", but this proposal was delayed. Two more QuickBus routes began service on August 30, 2010, until June 17, 2017. QuickBus 46 operates alongside routes 5 and 10 from Paradise Avenue loop to Cedonia Loop. QuickBus 47 travel along

992-515: Was restored months later. Throughout 2008 and 2009, all M-lines were renamed with plain two-digit numerical designations, ranging from 52 to 54 and 56 to 60. During this series of revisions, route changes were also made, including merging some routes, splitting others, and eliminating part of Route M-17 without any replacement. The MTA's express routes should not be confused with the "express" trips assigned to several local bus routes. Express routes are dedicated to providing rapid service by limiting

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1024-656: Was the first of seven shuttle routes originally planned for Baltimore and its suburbs. Only the Hampden and Mondawmin routes were implemented; no timetable was ever set for other neighborhood shuttle routes. A proposed Shuttle Bug route between Randallstown and the Owings Mills Metro Subway Station was fought by residents along the route the shuttle would take. Objections included that the service would operate on quiet residential streets not accustomed to bus traffic, and area residents did not need

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