Why shouldn’t Metro (subway) be the preferred mode for East-West rail?

It’s…

• the cheapest

• the fastest to build

• by far the fastest across town (6 minutes to the Harbor, 16 minutes to Bayview)

• the least disruptive - during construction and while operating. By utilizing the heavily-underutilized existing metro crosstown tunnel - it will ensure virtually NO downtown disruption during construction, and NO street-life-killing surface disruption once it’s running (unlike light rail).

So why are we settling for MDOT’s stapled together rehashes of 10-year-old light rail proposals?

Subways drive development in ways that light rail can only dream of. It’s time for Baltimore to join the 21st century Northeast Corridor and stitch together a functional city-wide Metro system.

See your ECO team discussing the proposal on Maryland Public Television’ “State Circle” Program here (hit playlist, then look for 7/14/23 at 13:25).

Read an article about the proposal in the Baltimore Sun here.

Read an article that in part discusses the proposal in the Baltimore Banner here.

Read an article about the proposal in Maryland Matters here.

See a recording of a June 1st presentation to Transit Choices here.