Submitted by Capitol_Limited t3_zwjcpa in baltimore
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Adventurous_Money_81 t1_j1v810g wrote
Please don’t tease us with such things. It’s too good to be true! But thanks for posting
BaltimoreBadger23 t1_j1vd8t0 wrote
A beautiful vision, indeed. The only thing is add (since we're dreaming) is a circle route connecting the terminus of each line to the others.
Shiny_Deleter t1_j1vlbyp wrote
Hey, I’d be happy with half as many stops 😉
socatsucks t1_j1vpobq wrote
Do we just, like, start a gofundme? Anyone have an uncle with $400,000,000,000 dollars laying around?
STrRedWolf t1_j1wck5x wrote
... I... have you consulted a normal map on this? I just started at BWI and went up, and you have to have some crazy routing in real life to pull it off. Granted, it's a fantasy map... but it's more believable if it hews closer to real life.
A_P_Dahset t1_j1wzc3d wrote
Dope! What is the station between Patterson Park and Hopkins Bayview on the Orange and Purple lines?
ThisAmericanSatire t1_j1yh2an wrote
We actually did have $400,000,000,000 that we could have spent building this, but our elected officials spent it on interstate highways and other car-only infrastructure instead.
So now instead of paying $3.50 to take the Metro across town, you get to pay hundreds of dollars a month for a car payment, insurance, gas, parking, and repairs & maintenance. Not to mention the value of your time which is wasted in traffic jams and looking for parking.
Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1ys3xw wrote
User error unfortunately. I think that was supposed to be the original Highlandtown stop before I switched things around
Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1ysgj3 wrote
Nothing shown is really outlandish other than the segment from UMBC to BWI on the E and the detour through Curtis Bay on the D, which actually isn’t shown. And outlandish is sort of hyperbole, none of these lines are as along as BART for instance, or the Red or Silver lines in DC
STrRedWolf t1_j1ysrtt wrote
I also wouldn't of put a stop at Relay/St. Dennis, as that's really a flag stop on the MARC Camden line and is close to Halethorpe anyway on the MARC Penn line/Amtrak NEC. It doesn't get that much traffic.
Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1yuasx wrote
I’m aware. It’s there for the Guinness factory and to spur any eTOD, although that would require re-zoning and political effort (although what part of the project wouldn’t). Ideally, the stop would become more useful even if nothing was there if more Camden line trains were run (or at least run at the frequency of Penn line trains) which is strangely the most do-able part of this whole map.
lieyera t1_j1yv835 wrote
Nice! This reminds me of the subway system in Seoul. It would be amazing if American cities would actually prioritize public transportation and make things like this actually happen sigh
STrRedWolf t1_j1yw29j wrote
The issue there is the Camden line is a CSX freight line, the Metropolitan line, which introduces too many wrenches to wreck the works. St. Dennis is also near a junction where CSX's Old Main line connects up -- that line connects up to Monocacy and Fredricksburg, aka a branch of the MARC Brunswick line.
So "do-able"? Not really. But I'd support bus service from Halethorpe to the Guinness factory.
Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1yxnpy wrote
Ok, you aren’t telling me anything I’m not already intimately aware of lol. When I said do-able, I meant in the context of running more Camden line trains vs implementing this entire project, which is absolutely true. At the end of the day, none of this will be built, so you don’t have to worry
dirkdlx t1_j1zbllm wrote
next time i see hogan i’ll cuss him out for this so bad he’ll craw back into the cracker barrel he spawned from
Big_Garlic_166 t1_j1zfwb1 wrote
Could you elaborate on the NE end of the E line? Carney is farther out than Parkville, and the only area I’ve heard of called “White Oak” is in Parkville…
Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1zp8ix wrote
Another user error lol, I meant White Marsh, but White Oak in Montgomery county has been stuck in my head.
Carney is NE of Parkville, in this area, the train would be in or near 695, which is the dividing line. Since it would be coming from Belair Rd, I decided to do the Carney stop first and take a bit of liberty with naming Parkville since the MVA does the same thing (their Parkville location is actually in Carney).
This is something I’ll look towards changing in my revisions since it’s causing confusion
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Capitol_Limited OP t1_j208d4l wrote
Yep, that was it
Joke_Insurance t1_j2barez wrote
Can you please repost this on r/maryland?
Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1uxqvo wrote
Hi all. I wanted to create a rail system in Baltimore ther does what it's three existing rail systems currently don't do or don't do well at: provide adequate service for the people. This map is a combination of the current Metro SubwayLink, the original Baltimore subway master plan and the CityLink network established in 2017.
I want to note that this is a fantasy idea, is unfunded, is not currently in any sort of planning stage nor will it be anytime soon. I just want people to enjoy what could be!