Question 4 passed. -New market for an age-restricted product. This can be taxed. -Now Maryland has money to build this.

The MARC investment plan from around the same time as this rail plan would have had four tracks along the northeast corridor, allowing MARC and Amtrak to separate their operations. The state has implemented or is the process of implementing some of the proposals from that plan - rebuilding the west Baltimore Marc station, new BWi station, b and p tunnel replacement, and additional tracks between halethorpe and new Carrollton.

Yea, except none of the proposed alternatives for the north south line interline with the existing north south light rail, and some only have a transfer to it at Penn Station where it has extremely limited service. The yellow line as depicted here is much better - build a tunnel that can service both a new north south line in the York rd corridor and the existing light rail between Camden Station and Penn Station. This would greatly speed up the existing light rail and give it a much better transfer to the metro at Charles Center as well as better downtown station locations on Charles St, enable easy transfers between the two lines, and allow the new line to use existing maintenance facilities and rolling stock. It would also allow trains from Towson to run south to BWI instead of ending in south Baltimore.

Oh I didn’t even see the East/West one that’s sick

Exactly my thoughts with this proposal map. There is no space to build a railway through Stoneleigh /Rodgers forge connect Towson U to Baltimore

I live in Lutherville. I would love to expand public transportation via a rail system. Most of the the people I know that don't want it is because mdot hasn't explained how they would run a light rail down York rd without it complicating everything. I get it. I can't picture it. There are obviously the racist and nimbys that oppose it for no reason. Personally I'm a big fan of option four which is the subway from Towson -> Port Covington and maybe beyond.

As a Baltimore resident who works in HOCO/MOCO, I would rather see express lanes on I-95 be added than a rail line added to connect Baltimore-Columbia. The masses who sit in traffic on 95 between 198 and 695 interchange would agree

Qatar. Hope you're not gay or anything.

Yea at some point the impetus has to be on the individual to live near transit if they want to use it. Like definitely advocate wherever you are to build transit, but most of the suburbs exist to get away from the city. That is why I advocate for building up transit in Baltimore itself, so that people who want to live car free have that as an option, because its really the only place in the state that can be truly realized.

I’m not in “stoneleigh” but I live close enough that I get stoneleigh posts in my newsfeed or whatever. I think it’s against Reddit policy to out specific people but the two guys who posted daily for 10 days straight rhymed with Watrick Phite and Patt Mirnot. They started a NextDoor group called “New York Rd Corridor Transit Discussion Group” to coordinate efforts. Their posts have been nauseating

The amount of towns in the world with expansive light rail and/or metro systems with a population under 600,000 is quite high. We have plenty of people to warrant a light rail mass transit system. It's really a matter of if there is the political will to make it happen.

20 years ago there probably still were downtown bars

While I agree with you on the matter of cost, I can counter with an amazing single data point of one, me. I would LOVE to be able to get downtown from my Baltimore County home easily and without having to drive. A stop in White Marsh isn't too far from me and would make it incredibly easier for me to go to things like O's games, the casino, and restaurants. (20ish years ago I would have said downtown bars too but I've aged out of that demographic).

I hear what you're saying though for sure. I'm just one person fighting against the racists out here.

And there will be beer!

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the things i would do for that green line expansion

This would be an absolute game changer for the city. I hope it happens.

North south study/yellow line

East west study/red line

If you’re worried about it, go to five iron in Little Italy / Fells. It usually ends up being a little cheaper than top golf, they have a decent bar, the simulators are really nice. Plus there are actually things for not golfing participants to do (couches at each simulator with nice TVs, ping pong tables, etc) Place is great.

Any sports bar

The sure as hell built around the Mall in Columbia enough you think they’d want the extra transport.

But imagine the crime on the red line! /s

Hunt Valley is very white suburban and higher income and it's survived having a light rail station. Why would Columbia fair any worse?

20 years have passed. While I would originally love this map... well...

• I really think we should start switching over to subway lines instead of light rail. It'll have greater capacity.
• The green line subway extension was part of the original plans and should be completed.
• Some lines may not be viable anymore.

It could use a bit of reworking.

I haven't read the supporting documents for this map, but my assumption is either a park and ride (bleh) or a new TOD zone (yay!) around I95 & MD 24.