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jabbadarth t1_itqq8bc wrote

Reply to comment by jstreim in Maryland’s transportation department asks for public feedback on I-695/I-70 Interchange project by BmoreCityDOT

Seriously the red line running from 70 to bayview would have been amazing. Even just for the access to 4 different hospitals without having to drive and park would almost make it worthwhile. Add in access to the harbor, canton and fells and we could have been well on our way to a functional transit system.

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TigercatWill t1_itu7jvo wrote

You can thank Mikukski back in the ‘70s when she engaged the “Freeway War” that propelled her into politics.

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down_up__left_right t1_itvrku8 wrote

The poster above was asking for a rail lines not more freeways.

We can thank mikulski for saving Fells and Canton from being demolished.

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TigercatWill t1_itvrtn4 wrote

That would still have required a right-of-way but point taken.

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down_up__left_right t1_itvs793 wrote

In addition to running through tunnels or on viaducts lights rails like the proposed red line can run on the street where needed. They do not require demolishing entire neighborhoods like large freeways and interchanges do.

The reason the Red Line doesn’t exist is because Hogan cancelled it in 2015 to shift funding to suburban roads.

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