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bmore t1_iynyb0t wrote

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.

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wineberry_robot t1_iyonm7b wrote

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.

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