I used it for nannying back in the day and it can even help you with paying your nanny legally.

yeah, that would work much better than what we have

All while online poker is still illegal across most of the country.

I get what you’re saying. I think there is a threshold of ridership that can be used to justify transit but I don’t think that it’s the only thing that should be used to justify transit — whether keeping existing or building new infrastructure

Prior to Covid I worked in Harbor East and I knew at least a few of my colleagues who took the subway and got off at shot tower… anecdotal I know but I think a lot of what we’re seeing is effects of the pandemic

It’s mostly Covid. Covid reduced ridership so much that it became exponentially less safe to ride public transit. Driving is safer on a day to day basis. There used to be safety in numbers, especially during rush hour.

Baltimore has a large number of state, local, and federal employees. A large majority of which are now remote. Even other private companies have moved to remote. I haven’t used the light rail since March 2020 and I absolutely would not do it again because ridership is so low it’s too risky as a woman to ride alone. Especially with no people around.

I still use Alien Blue partially due to this

Because Baltimore doesn’t have a recall process. This is like when Fox45 put out a poll about recalling Brandon Scott despite it not being a thing.

The MDSPCA offers classes. https://www.mdspca.org/community-outreach/training/. There's also a discount for people with low income if you qualify.

Alaska System would be my preferred: open primary, top x proceed to ranked choice general.

It’s worth noting that the ridership numbers begin to slide when Hogan became governor. MTA is a state agency and decisions are really made in Annapolis. Does anyone think his willful devaluing of mass transit in Baltimore has something to do with this slide? Remember, no other subway line in the country has seen this level of constant decline. It can’t just be COVID or working from home. It has to be something more.

The Subway used to be quick and reliable, even if it had a limited service area (Last time I regularly used it was 2012-2016).

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For county commuters by the time you get to Owings Mills you're cruising along then you have to get off the exit, park and then walk all the way to the trains and wait, by that time if you were driving your half way down the beltway. Not to mention sitting in a train with some sketchy characters because of where the train line runs. Less traffic on the roadways too so I think people realize you can drive by yourself and park in the city much faster than relying on the subway. There really aren't that many 'great' stops and obviously no transfers to other subway lines, it's just a poor system with no real benefit.

He's a ex dope boy who married our current states attorney!? What did you expect in Baltimore? He's been a crook and has always over stepped his boundaries, all he's ever wanted to do is make his life better he doesn't care about the city or it's residents.

I would imagine that for someone choosing between transit and driving, a mandatory transfer from subway to bus is going to push them towards driving instead of transit.

Given Harbor East's better location for car commuting at the end of the JFX, its (presumed - I don't actually know) better parking situation, and the fact that most commuters are no longer in the office five days a week, I would think that people that would have taken the subway when they were downtown five days a week will prefer to drive than subway + bus if they only have to be in Harbor East two days a week.

Fair point about more people living near Harbor East, though - why take the subway when you could walk? I'd love to see a more thorough analysis of where and how commuters move around the city.

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Group classes have gone up quite a bit since the last time I worked in the industry.

I'd look at Oriole Dog Training.

State center had a huge number of riders pre-2020.

Shot tower to Harbor East isn't too bad given the rest of Baltimore's transit. I could be wrong, but I think a significant number of Harbor East workers just live in the area.

Good to know, thanks! The stations I used between going in and out were State Center, Penn North, and Mondawmin - can't remember which was the really bad one

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

I wonder how much of this is also the hollowing-out of jobs in the old downtown - a lot of companies have relocated to Harbor East in the last few years, which the subway doesn't serve. Given that the subway is so poorly integrated with the rest of the city's transit system, it would make sense that if commuters vanish due to relocations + WFH, so does most of the line's ridership.

State employees ride for free and are therefore probably a significant portion of ridership. And I suspect that they are also among the last to return in full force to the workplace.

i'd never considered it before -- but this looks promising. thank you!