Anti-Baltimore sentiment is a huge obstacle to functional transit in the region. I think Baltimore's only hope of getting a decent local transit system is to sneak it into a regional rail system servicing the entire Baltimore-Washington area. Unfortunately the MTA keeps proposing mediocre projects that rile up the racists but fail to get anyone excited.

The MARC investment plan from around the same time as this rail plan would have had four tracks along the northeast corridor, allowing MARC and Amtrak to separate their operations. The state has implemented or is the process of implementing some of the proposals from that plan - rebuilding the west Baltimore Marc station, new BWi station, b and p tunnel replacement, and additional tracks between halethorpe and new Carrollton.

Yea, except none of the proposed alternatives for the north south line interline with the existing north south light rail, and some only have a transfer to it at Penn Station where it has extremely limited service. The yellow line as depicted here is much better - build a tunnel that can service both a new north south line in the York rd corridor and the existing light rail between Camden Station and Penn Station. This would greatly speed up the existing light rail and give it a much better transfer to the metro at Charles Center as well as better downtown station locations on Charles St, enable easy transfers between the two lines, and allow the new line to use existing maintenance facilities and rolling stock. It would also allow trains from Towson to run south to BWI instead of ending in south Baltimore.