This!! And if I know one way (to or from) it will be dark I find an alternative mode of transit.

Have we not been increasing the salary of the position in the hopes of attracting stronger talent this whole time? Maybe it's time to try something other than throwing money at a problem? Especially when we're essentially lighting the money on fire at this point.

This isn't the norm, even with late/canceled trains there are usually only 15-20 minute headways.

I've also never been in an unclean station, which one was it?

Just give it a fancy name and it becomes more socially acceptable.

>Why is it infuriating that we pay the schools CEO

Because the CEO of said school system overlooked a system so blatantly mismanaged they graduated multiple classes that shouldn't have been, year after year?

Because they're the CEO of a system that, for some reason, has an insanely top heavy teacher-administrator ratio?

How about the fact the Baltimore City CEOs haven't done a good job for a couple decades. Is that good enough of a reason?

In my experience as a young woman, once ridership dropped off, it was a bit of a domino effect for a casual rider like myself. I don’t think twice about taking public transit in other cities at all with bustling, robust systems but it’s been five years since I’ve “considered metro”… it feels far too risky to take a train and chance being in a mostly empty car by myself or with another female friend.

The link to APTA transit statistics for anyone interested- https://www.apta.com/research-technical-resources/transit-statistics/ridership-report/ridership-report-archives/

MTA Data shows major ridership decreases across the board compared to 2019 pre-covid numbers. As of July, it was 63% of 2019 ridership. For the Subway specifically, it took a major hit "Metro Subway ridership standing at 612,000 in February 2020, compared to 122,000 in February 2022.": https://thedailyrecord.com/2022/07/08/mta-ridership-numbers-still-struggling-to-return-to-pre-pandemic-levels/

At least in the near term, remote work is here to stay. I doubt these numbers recover to 2019 levels for at least a decade, if ever. It's crazy to me the MTA are talking about new light rail lines when there may not be any ridership to support the investment over existing bus lines. There's no way the projected ridership models from the North-South Corridor study are even close to accurate post-COVID: https://rtpcorridors.com/northsouth/alternatives

I've taken the metro twice in the last 2 years. Both times I arrived 5 minutes before a train was supposedly arriving, and had to wait literally 45 minutes for the train to actually show, and the smell in the station was truly something else. Don't know if it was like that in the early 2010s, but I can see why people would try not to use it now

Most of us don’t even have access to pensions. It’s a huge government benefit and they’re expensive to fund. Making a comprehensive plan concerning the pensions including a financial impact analysis would’ve been one thing, but to try to shove this through without even looking at the impact on the taxpayer shows that Nick isn’t even looking out for us anymore. And that’s the whole job.

I'm curious what his approval rating is.

I wonder if that’s allowed or if there’s no way to vet “qualified voters” on a petition site. I wonder what the requirements are to be a “qualified” voter.

Do you know what "per capita" means? It doesn't mean there aren't rich people in Baltimore. Also, they don't need to be. Plenty of outside interests in this city.

I know all workplaces and individuals are different, but I invested in my at home workspace and haven't been into the office since 2020.

Per capita income in Baltimore City is $32k. "The rich" left a long time ago.

That ad is placed direct below every other post

I don’t buy it. The Baltimore Metro is the only heavy rail subway in the country to see an overall drop in ridership through the first half of 2022. Philly’s SEPTA subway saw a 37% increase over the same period. Chicago’s CTA subway and Elevated lines saw a 60% increase. There’s no way to see Baltimore’s subway as anything but an outlier.

I commute with the Metro at least 3 days a week, I think it's a couple of things:

• Fewer people paying for tickets due to the App (there's pretty much always a gate open, and there's not always an attendant, so it becomes a challenge to even prove that you're a rider that day). This is especially true for Student passes, their tickets are already paid for so there's no reason to even attempt to show the attendant, just go through the open gate. Daily ticketing on the app is really just awful btw, if you use the metro, get a Charm Card and ignore the app.

• Better Bus routes have made some of the metro transfers obsolete

• More people working from home so there are less people commuting to T-Rowe/Hopkins Hospital

• The number of Bus Bridges, Single Tracking Days, Brake Fires, etc. is insane. It's a toss-up when trains will leave, and how long the ride will be. It can be anywhere from 28 minutes to 1:20 end to end. I have a flexible job so it doesn't matter when I get in, but if you are on a strict schedule, I don't see how the Metro is a viable option.

Another pet peeve: Why don't the underground stations have 5g (or any service) towers yet? If I'm waiting an extra 10 minutes for a delayed train, it would be nice to check some emails or browse reddit or something.

To be fair, Sneed is only coming off one City Council Pres vote, the other one was Lt Gov.

I still feel like she could be a great option for Council Pres if she were to run again.

Both parties serve the interests of the rich. That's not the problem.

> What happened??

The option to work from home.

The whole gambling machismo culture just makes me queasy. I remember relatives losing houses to gambling addictions when I was a kid.

Kinda like drugs, I don’t think making it illegal is the answer. But I definitely feel like there should be more public messaging on the risks and harms associated.

And the free starter money they’re offering is WAY too similar to the crack dealer pitch, “First one’s free, but the second one’s gonna cost you!”

that would include the majority of houses in hampden!

I see/hear more about telling them to f off than the actual ad at this point.

Being horny and wanting to have sex with multiple people does not make a “community.”