What If?
What If?
Thank you to the 650+ people who took our survey! Check out a few survey highlights on the results tab below. More details coming in 2025.
Help us plan for the future! We are thinking ahead and asking:
What might the future hold, and how can we plan for it?
Your input is key—by sharing your thoughts, you’ll help shape how we prepare for challenges and make the most of new opportunities.
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About the What If Survey
This survey is designed to help local leaders imagine how changes in technology, the economy, environment, and communities could shape our future and the ways we get around.
We are very concerned with how these “drivers of change” might affect:
- Communities with less access to transportation, housing, and job opportunities
- People and businesses that might be affected more by flooding, heat, and storms.
Right now, we are exploring different possible futures so we can all better understand the challenges and opportunities ahead.
What we learn will help guide important transportation decisions like where to invest and what policies we create.
We want to hear what matters most to you. Please take our survey by Sunday, December 15 and be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card.
Take Our Survey
We want YOUR input!
Please take the survey by Sunday, December 15, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
- Your responses will be anonymous.
- This survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
- Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a $50 gift card.
Drivers of Change: Policies
Question 1. We have identified three areas where elected officials can take action to prepare for the future. Which ones are most important?
- Please drag and drop the options in each category. Order each list with what is most important at the top.
- Is there something else we should consider? Use the “Click here to add your own idea” option.
- If a policy is not important to you, or if you are unsure, you do not have to rank it.
Transportation Improvements
Ways to Pay for Transportation Infrastructure
Housing and Land Use
Drivers of Change: External Forces
Question 2. These drivers of change are areas that might be outside of the control of our local governments and the State of Maryland. Which ones do you think will be most relevant to your community?
- Please drag and drop the options in each category. Order each list with what is most important at the top.
- Is there something else we should consider? Use the “Click here to add your own idea” option.
- If you are not concerned with one of these forces, or if you are unsure, you do not have to rank it.
New and Emerging Transportation Trends
Population and Economic Growth
Climate and the Environment
Question 3. Please rank how important you think each of these are to our region's transportation future.
Question 4. Are there any other individual factors or broad categories of factors that we should consider?
Defining our Goals
Question 5. We are considering different ways of setting goals and measuring progress. Which of these do you care most about?
- Please drag and drop the options for each goal. Order each list with what is most important at the top.
- Is there anything else we should consider? Use the “Click here to add your own idea" option to share your thoughts with us.
Accessibility (how easy it is to get places)
We want to ensure that people can easily reach their activities using a variety of transportation options, including driving, transit, biking and walking.
Safety
We want to reduce the number of transportation-based crashes, injuries and fatalities.
Mobility (how far you can go)
We want to help people travel more sustainably while also ensuring their travel methods are reliable and efficient.
Economic Prosperity
We want to support the vitality of communities and business, opportunities for workers, and the movement of goods and services.
Environmental Responsibility
We want to pass on to future generations the healthiest natural and human environment possible and improve resilience to climate change risks.
Question 6. Please rank how important you think each goal is for measuring the progress of our region's transportation future.
Question 7. Are there any other ways to measure progress that we should consider?
We want to make sure we are reaching a wide range of people.
Can you let us know if any of the following apply to you?
Your answers are private. By sharing, you help us understand if we are hearing from a representative set of voices and improve how we reach out to people.
What is your age?
What is your race or ethnicity? (Select all that apply)
What is your gender? (Select all that apply)
What is your highest formal education level?
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If you need help participating, please leave us a voicemail at 855-925-2801 x 10890 or email us at whatif@publicinput.com.
Si necesita ayuda para participar, déjenos un mensaje de voz al 855-925-2801 x 10890 o envíenos un correo electrónico a ysi@publicinput.com.
What is Scenario Planning?
We are using scenario planning to explore various possible futures and how these futures could impact the Baltimore region.
What is the purpose of the project?
We will use project results to help us develop transportation plans. Every 4 years, we create a long-range plan for transportation that covers the next 25 years. This project will help us develop goals, strategies, and policies for the long-range plan. Results will also help us to prioritize potential projects to include in the plan.
How will you use my survey responses?
We will use survey responses to develop possible futures, or scenarios, for this project. Responses will also help us define our goals for the project. For example, one goal could be to improve access to jobs in the region.
This project is a joint effort between the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) and Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB). We are working to build a better Baltimore region, together.
