Are there other Wire actors that still frequent Baltimore? I swear I saw Chris Partlow's actor, Gbenga Akinnagbe, at one point this year.

Plus one to Harbor View. They always have taken good care of my pets.

They recommend Pet ER of Towson and I've had good experiences there as well for emergency care.

Poor signage and lane markings aren't helping. It also feels like some projects just get abandoned (I'm looking at you, 395 to 95S "lane shift").

It's not hating the homeless or any of that. Imagine being the poor employee that has to cleanup after someone's "shower" or their latest drug fix. Now imagine people who use the Starbucks regularly for extended periods, seeing that, and never wanting to visit that location ever again. Now you know why they put codes on some of the doors (still).

Should you be able to relieve yourself? Yes. Leave the bathroom unsanitary or unsafe? NO. Not sure why this is such a hard concept for people.

> The term limits referendum was just like this - ostensibly populist proposal that actually just kills institutional memory and expertise and diverts an amount of power to interest groups like Sinclair.

I thought the bigger impetus was to exit stage left some of the bad politicians that didn't want to leave otherwise or just didn't serve the public interest. I'm sure this sub can think of a few... 4-8 years is a lot of time after all.

It's reliable. Just don't be the guy running towards the train at 10:44 pm.

If you do miss the train, the Northeast Regional sometimes runs an Amtrak or two. Bit more expensive, but it'll get you home.

> APG

Wow. I'm surprised we can hear it that far. I wonder if they're simply doing something new? I don't remember hearing it in years past or really hearing anything repetitive so late in the evening / early morning.

Thanks for the info!

Fewer accidents from what I can tell, but I can't tell you how much I dislike the people that slam on their brakes with the cameras, especially after the flash has already gone off. But hey, at least the cameras aren't triggering for folks doing a touch over 55 mph like the construction ones on 95 have been doing lately...

UPC is hands down amazing. Do yourself a favor and try the Roni Boy with sausage sometime.

There needs to be a middle ground between SYG, which can enable people to provoke conflict, and DTR, which empowers criminals to carjack and do other evil deeds (SYG doesn't apply to vehicles IIRC). You need only look to California and a few other locales where extreme theft is occurring with little to no deterrence. Folks will say, "it's just property and property can be replaced." They ignore the ripple effect of increased insurance premiums, increased cost of goods, and thieves - facing no consequences - just doing it again and again.

A good middle ground would be the state being less aggressive with personal ownership of less than lethal solutions.

No, but the consequences tend to be a lot more severe if an accident occurs.

You can ride the scooter up the one way going the direction you want to go?

The problem with bikes and scooters is they try to enjoy the privileges of pedestrians while ignoring the fact that they have to obey traffic laws too.

Probably because the stat about effectiveness was at the bottom and the title was "we're testing," not "here are the results of our test." I'm saying it's difficult to enforce because I see people ditch these things in the street a lot. Yes, I'm one of those "evil motorists" this sub seems to hate, but I dislike these things because a) they're hard to see at night b) they get ditched in the roadways and driveways and c) they care about as much for traffic laws as cyclists do (e.g., blowing through reds). Corralling them is great, if you can get people to do it.

I'd be more interested in the stats for the "non-hub" areas.

Don't boot them, tow them. Booting them just has them sit there and eventually become abandoned vehicles. Total waste of a parking space. There are at least two booted vehicles that have sat for several weeks on a street I frequent.

Good luck enforcing this. The companies first need to penalize, including banning, riders that ditch the scooters in inappropriate places. It'd be nice if we could get them off the roads, especially when they zoom down the wrong way at night. That might be a bridge too far, though.

Can't really say that for Air & Space.

Hope they get locked away for a long, long time.

I always wonder why these are so hard to track down. Uber/Lyft won't let you ride for free, so presumably stolen/invalid cards won't work. Should be plenty of ID and GPS data to work with.

BARCS. Just keep checking in regularly and with the other shelters further out.

That QuickTrack machine has been there for at least ~ten years and it used to be the way you'd buy MARC tickets at one point. MTA probably got tired of shelling out to Amtrak to make tickets for them. It sucks they removed the outlets, but I can totally see why. People loiter all the time and the Amtrak police couldn't ever be bothered to do anything about it. When you're asked for $5 the hundredth time that morning, it gets old quick.

Both Lotte and HMart in Catonsville have them.

I remember watching Gravity in Landmark when the theater was completely empty. Talk about an experience.

Is this what is replacing Landmark?