The location of a meeting to discuss recommendations for a Towson Circulator on Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. has been changed.
The meeting will take place at the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce at 102 W Pennsylvania Ave. Suite 101, in Towson, instead of the County Council chambers acros the street as was first announced.
Councilman David Marks, who will be leading the meeting and who represents Towson said in an email that there will be staff and signage to direct people to the Chamber of Commerce offices.
The original idea for a Towson Circulator was a free bus providing transportation in the core of Towson, but Marks said that during meetings held since summer, that idea has changed a bit.
Marks formed a committee in July to study what kind of transportation would best service the Towson community. Marks had proposed a bus similar to the free Charm City Circulator that has four routes connecting Baltimore City's central business district.
Getting around Towson's core is easy, either by bike or by foot, but getting to Towson from north of Towson or Stoneleigh or Rodgers Forge can be an obstacle. So it might be better to offer free transit into the core of Towson, he said.
"We also seem to be settling on one or two routes for the most immediate implementation," he said.
One route would follow York Road to the roundabout. A second would go from highrises such as Virginia Towers off Joppa Road — where a heavy concentration of senior citizens live — to Towson Row and the hospitals, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center and Greater Baltimore Medical Center
The plan is to offer free and comfortable bus service to anyone who wants to use it.
The telephone number for the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce is 410- 825-6200