by STrRedWolf
https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2024-06- ... -proposals
To borrow a phrase from the YouTube channel JaguarGator9 (covering football sports history): I'm sorry, what?
The linked statement itself is light on details or any actual proposed routing outside of a destination. Given that previous Red Line studies would run through Canton and up to Bayview, it wouldn't be a stretch to just branch off the Red Line to go down to the Marine terminals, Dundalk, and Sparrows Point -- connecting the center of Baltimore with the Ports.
But no! They want it along side I-695, which would require keeping it along I-695 to connect to the main Light Rail line in... North Linthicum. Which is no where near Baltimore and would take more time and money to pull off and operate, and it wouldn't be a straight-ish shot into Baltimore itself. You'd have more opportunities for infill stations going up Broening Highway than over the *!)@#( bay, and you don't risk having another ship shut the whole line down! It doesn't make a whole lot of sense!
Lets not get into their earlier idea of making the entire Red Line powered by solar, without even digging into power requirements and that Light Rail has to run AT NIGHT and would require an entire solar farm that can't fit in Maryland right now.
In other words, stupid.
Proposals for the rebuild of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are due Monday. But the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition (BTEC) and its allies “urgently request the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) to accept designs that include light rail transit for the rebuilding,” in an official statement released Thursday.In short, they want to put a Light Rail line on the bridge.
In their statement, advocates argue that a light rail option would increase work opportunities and improve air quality while reducing commute times. “The mantra in the industry is, development follows rail,” said Samuel Jordan, president of BTEC. “So why shouldn't we extend that opportunity for expanded development that's going to occur, and is occurring in East Baltimore County, across the bridge?” he asked.
To borrow a phrase from the YouTube channel JaguarGator9 (covering football sports history): I'm sorry, what?
The linked statement itself is light on details or any actual proposed routing outside of a destination. Given that previous Red Line studies would run through Canton and up to Bayview, it wouldn't be a stretch to just branch off the Red Line to go down to the Marine terminals, Dundalk, and Sparrows Point -- connecting the center of Baltimore with the Ports.
But no! They want it along side I-695, which would require keeping it along I-695 to connect to the main Light Rail line in... North Linthicum. Which is no where near Baltimore and would take more time and money to pull off and operate, and it wouldn't be a straight-ish shot into Baltimore itself. You'd have more opportunities for infill stations going up Broening Highway than over the *!)@#( bay, and you don't risk having another ship shut the whole line down! It doesn't make a whole lot of sense!
Lets not get into their earlier idea of making the entire Red Line powered by solar, without even digging into power requirements and that Light Rail has to run AT NIGHT and would require an entire solar farm that can't fit in Maryland right now.
In other words, stupid.
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