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Posted by Mirai Zikasu on Fri May 28 05:03:55 2010, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Funk with MARC, posted by Olog-hai on Tue May 25 16:39:54 2010. Seriously. MARC's schedule is shit and highly inconvenient for anything except a nine-to-five Washington-bound commute. I live in downtown D.C. and love day trips to Baltimore...but there's no weekend service whatsoever because the state of Maryland is too stupid in managing its transportation funding to start it up, and Amtrak is at least double the price of a ticket on MARC unless planning weeks in advance. I'd like to go see the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra or a stage production every now and then...which is impossible to do since the last MARC train leaves Baltimore Penn Station at 9:15 P.M. I'd love to go to Baltimore after work and meet up with friends for a nice dinner or find a nice club/lounge...but that's also nigh impossible with the ridiculously prohibitive curfew on the Penn Line meaning either I shell out the extra cash for Amtrak or ask a friend for a ride back to the Metro.The Camden Line--while wonderfully convenient for anything in the Inner Harbor--is virtually useless due to the skeletal schedule. I've been able to use it all of one time to attend a three-day convention at the BCC over a summer weekend (and--of course--had to take Amtrak back because of no weekend service when I returned home on Sunday). Now, I understand that the state of Maryland is running a $2 billion deficit due to an unsustainable budget filled with lovely projects such as adding about 100 extra lanes to I-95 around White Marsh and failed attempts at generating tax revenue by millionaire and death taxes. I also understand that Baltimore is a money-draining mess of a city with high crime and mediocre development. However, there's the novel idea that "maybe" if Baltimore were to become more easily accessible for tourism and business though actually promoting/utilizing its rail infrastructure, then perhaps both Baltimore and the state of Maryland might be able to benefit revenue-wise from the increased traffic in the city. Then again, what good is economic development and improved transit? Perhaps I speak heresy by suggesting that the state of Maryland should care about transit and be a bit more proactive with its commuter rail system than just spending a few million dollars on studies about how the state wants said commuter rail system to look in twenty years? Or, perhaps I ramble too much at weird hours of the morning? |
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