S-Kunst t1_ix3ez28 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 1:25 PM

Reply to comment by gaytee in First time seeing the 2002 Baltimore Region Rail Map. Moore, make it happen! by A_Damn_Millenial

Your gripe over my opinion makes me think you are one of the coddled suburbanites who see the city as your entertainment center. I would think my idea of having more axial transit paths would appeal to you. It would allow you to cross one part of Balt county to another without having to travel, first, all the way in town, transfer, to another spoke heading out of town.

Is your idea of spending millions of dollars for public transportation just so you can go downtown for fun? THAT is the reason the light rail was installed, to get people to the stadiums. For most people downtown is the old business district, its where the courts and city offices are located. Far fewer people regularity venture into that area, over the past 40 years, as there is not much but these civic and corporate institutions there. It would be great if the downtown became more populated, but look at the proposed map, What you see is more of the same. Ways for suburbanites to get to entertainment venues.

gaytee t1_ix4h8g4 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 6:10 PM

My point is that you don’t have to go downtown to get around the county, but you chose to skip over that. To get from cville high to randallstpwn high it’s one bus. To get from cville to towson it IS faster to go downtown and get on the 8 @ gay/Fayetteville or take the light rail from Pratt. You’re being dramatic.

Transit in baltimore does actually work decently AND the map OP posted makes perfect sense for rails, while busses can compliment along routes that aren’t necessarily directly into the city center but between neighborhoods or cities.

And for what it’s worth? I’ve lived, owned and paid taxes on property on mccabe, fawcett, Evesham, and many other “not so perfect” streets in this city while using the transit system just fine, so go fuck yourself.