On June 20th, Brandon McMurrin, a Morgan State freshman, was hit and killed scooting home from work along Washington Street by the driver of an SUV.
Washington Street was identified in the 2015 Bike Master Plan for a separated bike lane and prioritized in the 2017 Separated Bike Lane Network Plan for installation by 2019. It took until 2025 to approach final design. In May 2025, community members were told the project could break ground in late 2025. The Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Commission was told this January the project would be under construction by January 2027. By May's budget hearing, the project had slipped to a "goal" of Spring 2027 construction.
Brandon was 9 years old when this project was proposed. He was 13 when it was supposed to be built. His whole future is gone because of Baltimore City's inaction.
Tell Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore City Department of Transportation to redirect resources from the Repave Baltimore program to fix Washington Street NOW.