wineberry_robot t1_iyk5dkj wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:07 AM

they just increased the amount of time between light rail trains again. It used to be as little as 10 minutes on the main line during rush hour, now it's 30 if it's even on time. And since there's two southbound trains, if you want to go to BWI or Glen Burnie you might have to wait for up to an hour in the freezing cold (source: I did it yesterday) because only every other train can take you. The trains are also constantly broken or single-tracking, slowing them down even further. And the light rail only goes north-south, so if you wanna go east-west you're fucked since Hogan cancelled the red line.

The busses are unreliable at best. The Charm City Circulator almost exclusively serves rich white communities. In fact, this is the case for much of the public transport in the city. The exception is communities like Ruxton which rejected plans for a light rail stop in their area for "crime related reasons" (racism). Ever wondered why the ride between the Lutherville and Falls Road stations is so long? Yeah. That's why.

I have lived in Baltimore my whole life, and until my early teens I had no idea we even HAD a metro. enough said.

Baltimore has so many things we could be doing better and public transport is definitely one of them. We have a budget surplus, we're the richest state in America, for fucks sake! why can't we just build some fucking trains ugh. I hope Wes Moore will address this.

[deleted] t1_iyk8bh3 wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:29 AM

Anyone who rides the early bird train to BWI knows that without it all the low income service workers wouldn’t be able to get to work. Every time you fly, thank the light rail.

bmore t1_iynyb0t wrote on December 2, 2022 at 8:24 PM

I agree with your larger points but

>The Charm City Circulator almost exclusively serves rich white communities. In fact, this is the case for much of the public transport in the city.

Not really true at all.

wineberry_robot t1_iyonm7b wrote on December 2, 2022 at 11:26 PM

Only the busses really go everywhere, and of course they’re super unreliable. most other routes just go North-South or around downtown, which in some cases does mean they pass through poorer black communities, like westport and cherry hill on the light rail. But that’s why the red line was such a big deal - it wasn’t designed around the white L. It ran East-West. It would’ve gone through some of the neighborhoods most severely affected by redlining and the highway to nowhere. But of course, Hogan funded suburban infrastructure instead, and the people in those communities are still left waiting for the bus.