Maryland sphere is a bad idea for many reasons! Please use our state funds for more important things!
01.03.2026 18:41
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Maryland sphere is a bad idea for many reasons! Please use our state funds for more important things!
Purple Line alignment looking west.
Purple Line alignment looking east.
Trail connection ramp.
Very cool to see catenary wires on the Purple Line alignment near Bethesda! And the Capital Crescent trail looks amazing!
Two cancelled buses on City Link Silver. Next bus in 55 minutes.
Two cancelled buses on 51, next bus in three hours.
Wes Moore doesn’t think Baltimore needs a new bus depot. Is this what you meant by “Leave no one behind” @iamwesmoore.bsky.social?
At the park today I heard a parent explaining to their kids why it wasn’t safe for them to bike there alone. Aggressive drivers in Baltimore take dozens of lives each year, but they take so so much more.
Construction train on metro tracks.
Crews removing temporary walkway on Purple Line guideway.
Crews removing temporary walkway on Purple Line guideway.
Pictures from Purple Line work at Silver Spring last weekend. They were taking down the extra walkway on the giant flyover! Crews used the metro tracks for part of this.
The gas station probably produces 10 times the traffic and noise of residential with ground floor retail. Not to mention the giant curb cuts that really marginalize pedestrians in the area.
Fenton St, Silver Spring.
Gas station on Fenton st including large parking area and curb cuts interrupting the sidewalk.
This gas station is on prime Silver Spring land right near the Purple Line. Would be a great spot for midrise (single stair?) residential. Local urbanists should form a trust to acquire these kinds of lots.
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Snowy scene of Gwynns Fall, Baltimore MD.
Snow is melting on the Northeast Corridor. View via MTA MARC!
Snow covered sidewalk, Washington Place.
Snow covered sidewalk, Charles St.
Sidewalks near public spaces in Baltimore still look like this, two weeks after the storm. It’s sad that these beautiful public spaces seem invisible to our leaders.
Both feel very nice, but also over built for light rail. The bright light and white walls seem similar too.
Does anyone else think these underground Eglinton stations look like the MUNI central subway in SF?
Minions protest Elon’s order to destroy USAID.
One year ago. Never forget the capricious villainy of this administration and the world’s richest man.
Bonifant st Purple Line tracks including crossover.
Bonifant st Purple Line tracks including ballast laying machine.
Purple Line update: track and ballast is down on Bonifant West. Much of this section will be separated from the roadway. Hopefully the signal priority works well!
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Construction flyer for Silver Spring secure bike parking, at Bonifant and Dixon st.
New bike parking coming to Silver Spring! This will be close to the Purple Line station.
Tesla cybertruck parked in front of fire hydrant, Broadway, NYC.
Unfortunately, antisocial people like this seem to exist everywhere…
Worker shovel snow into a bucket, 5th Avenue, New York.
The real hero’s are out here clearing the bus lanes one bucket at a time. 🫡
Huge shout out to everyone working hard on this at DOT. Could you let us know if there is a plan or timeline for clearing sidewalks, both adjacent to city property or where private owners didn’t clear?
Path at bus stop.
We made a small path here yesterday, so hopefully this helps at this stop. Although it seems to be flooded today 😭
Passenger using a walker exits the bus with a large group on Charles st. The path is blocked by a large snow bank.
Passengers navigate a snow bank to access the bus, Charles st
This is what transit riders are dealing with in Baltimore, one week after that start of the storm. Most bus stops still don’t have a path to the sidewalk. Some progress from the city, but much more to be done.
If bus fares (cash) are used to provide new public services that’s not a cash transfer, it’s a new public service. No subway rider would receive cash from the MTA. Thus not “literally” a cash transfer. Although wouldn’t the bus fares go to the bus operating budget in this scenario…
Building a new subway line is not “literally a cash transfer” to anyone. It’s a public investment in new public services…
Sadly still the case in Baltimore almost a week after the snow. Cars firsts and pedestrians last. So today I spent some time with other volunteers clearing bus stops and intersections!
I’m glad the cleanup is continuing. Do you have a plan for getting sidewalks cleared?
Apparently the mayor’s office decided to suspend snow related citations due to difficult and icy conditions. This leaves pedestrians out in the cold with no recourse, and is a bit of slap in the face to everyone who did their job and cleared their sidewalk after the storm.
Uncleared sidewalk N Charles St.
Uncleared sidewalk near American Fuels
Uncleared sidewalk with footprints. Charles St.
Just letting Baltimore folks know that the city has closed my sidewalk 311 requests “no cause for action ,Citation not required at this time.” It seems the city has given up on sidewalk clearing, both adjacent to private and city owned property.
I think this applies to basically every American city…
Sidewalk near American Fuel, Charles St Baltimore.
Snow clearing issues really show how big suburban land uses like gas stations erode the urban fabric. Instead of 10-20 homes and businesses each clearing a little sidewalk, one space hog takes the whole corner, and shirks their responsibility to clear the whole sidewalk.
Snowy sidewalk on 25th St, Baltimore MD.
Crossing North Ave, Baltimore MD.
How to tell a city views space for cars as essential and sidewalks as just nice to have. Baltimore.