It also doesn't really go anywhere special. I find it convenient sometimes, and use it when I can, but it just follows 83 so there's no real motivation to use it unless you're going to some place like the stadiums where parking is a challenge.

I wish it was a network, and I wish it made it easier to get places I hate driving, like Columbia.

My favorite are the Old Bay fries in LP Steamers

Right. There is no reason why the light rail is not given right-of-way many times. Oliver St & Mt Royal. The car traffic light is fully out of sync with the light rail. which makes both the car and the train sit there both waiting for the light to turn green. At that location the light rail is at right angle to Mt Royal. Also there are never ending shut-downs for parts of the system. I used to take light rail to Woodberry for work, but only when it snowed. 50% of the time there was a shut down and I had to walk from North Ave to Mt. V. Not very useful as a commuter line.

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> I am just trying to counter the narrative that light rail means some big ugly train is barreling down on your neighborhood and making it an unpleasant place.

My mom used to live 200ft from a light rail track, and you'd hardly notice it coming by if you weren't looking out the window. They're barely louder than low level automotive traffic.

i think that would be great, and it seems like doing a pilot where they just stop letting traffic on howard would be fairly straightforward.

> the howard street stretch connects those two chunks, and could be a lot nicer.

One possibility: Howard Street should be closed to North/South vehicular traffic between MLK and Pratt Street - allowing only light rail and pedestrian traffic. Allow the existing East/West traffic to persist, and convert the now no longer needed for vehicular traffic area to green space.

Just a thought for consideration.

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The apps here require the photos too.

No they were new.

Has there been discussion about building in-fill stations? Like at TopGolf/Horseshoe Casino or UMMC Midtown Hospital.

Oh I'm aware of it. I'm not speaking on the future I am speaking on what's going on right now.

The scooters have been around for several years now so there has already been plenty of time to analyze results and take action on it.

Yep! Offair (as per my handle) and now onair too!

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Yeah this reminds me a bit of the ones that go through the main strip in Munich too

Wait, is this ACTUALLY ASHLEY STERNER???

This is so good I almost said it in my sign-off this week!

>I took the Light Rail the other day from Camden to Timonium

Whenever I'm in town I'm usually taking it the opposite direction and I'm inclined to agree with you on the experience being positive (and on service expansion if that was possible).

Yeah, people do forget that our light rail’s average speed is very high overall

Probably Guilford/Homeland that are along York

Every time I look at the old street car map and think about what we could have had I want to scream. Of course, I also get the same feeling when I see those goofy, “I made a subway stop everywhere there is a Subway restaurant location” maps too. I won’t say anything would be better than what we have now, but, uh. It’s close.

The thing is, it helps to be near pedestrians

It’s integrated so well into cities elsewhere. I’m tired of the concrete jungle we’ve created here

Old town mall would beg to differ.

Edit: although, OTM doesn't have light rail so maybe it could work.

it's probably definitely not factual, but it feels like the only place on earth where the trains have to stop and wait for cars that isn't a full on streetcar wtf.