Yeah they make a ton of sense for MARC, the 100mi range means they'd be able to replace both the HHP-8 and MP36 fleets with a single high performance electric fleet for all three lines, and it enables electrified Penn Line service to extend to Virginia and Camden Station.
The RFP specifies options for up to 23 additional battery-catenary hybrids, for a total of 28 assuming all options are exercised, enabling electric service on all three lines.
An update on this: it seems that this was likely a placeholder in the draft of the CTP, MTA is now procuring 5 battery-catenary hybrid locomotives in a joint procurement agreement with the MBTA.
It is, the MBTA is getting new Tier IV diesels while the MTA/MBTA joint procurement is of battery-catenary locomotives.
It boots!
New transit oddity in my possession: a bus fare reader retired from an Austin CapMetro bus.
The fact that I'm able to board a Metrorail train at 1:45 in the morning rules so much
Once again, opposing housing near you is a fundamentally conservative proposition, and a lot of people on the broader left who share the thoughts in this video need to take some inventory of themselves.
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today. ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
Once again.
LA Metro having the single most ambitious transit expansion plans in the United States while simultaneously opposing transit-oriented development at their stations truly is peak Californian governance
Unclear so far, could be Amtrak, SEPTA, or new builds
Thousands, I'd assume this is for planning and pre procurement.
In the final draft of the Maryland Consolidated Transportation Program FY2026-2031 budget, there is now a line item for the purchase of ACS-64 electric locomotives for the MARC Penn Line. This will enable much faster electrified service on MARC's busiest rail line.
Abolish ICE billboard on an old bank building at Charles St and North Ave in Baltimore
Baltimore, Charles St and North Ave
My bus has now been passed by the microtransit van that I tried to book.
The suburban transit experience:
try to book a microtransit trip, it fails to book twice
give up and walk 20 minutes to an hourly bus
bus isn't tracking
bus shows up 3 minutes early
Wheaton and Forest Glen on the WMATA Red Line are deep tube stations, the latter is elevator only. They're the only examples of this design that I know of in the US.
New Baltimore Metro railcars are in service!
A Budd Universal Transit Vehicle on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink
Meant to post this last night but my first transit ride of 2026. This year marks what will likely be the last year of service for the aging Budd cars on the Baltimore Metro, as new Hitachi railcars enter service hopefully in the coming weeks.
The Bay Bridge should not be rebuilt, full stop. At the upper range of $17bn, the new bridges would be the most expensive built in *human history.* There is zero need for 8 lanes across the Chesapeake, just maintain the spans we have. Mindboggling that the MDTA approved this.
Local lawmakers need to begin work on a congestion pricing zone and VMT tax for AVs, these things are going to choke our streets and tank transit ridership if we aren't careful.
Notably the plan envisions a 47 minute trip between Baltimore Penn and Washington Union vs the current 58 minute schedule, 11 minutes or nearly 20% faster than current schedules.
Baltimore being #3 and BWI being #6 really speaks volumes for the necessity of the MARC Growth and Transformation Plan, faster and more frequent electrified service will be a game changer.
A decade ago Cadiz, Spain built a cable-stayed bridge with nearly identical vertical and horizontal clearances to the new Key Bridge for 500mn euros.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cons...
Five billion dollars for a fairly unremarkable 4 lane cable-stayed highway bridge. It's not just transit projects, this country is incapable of building any modern infrastructure.
Ridiculous and cowardly move. The risks of *not* aggressively pursuing redistricting are so much higher than the "risk" of legal challenges against it, as more and more republican states redraw their maps.
Attention: for all you housing lovers along the Northeast Corridor - Baltimore’s City Council just passed single-stair reform AND repealed residential parking minimums AND reduced setback requirements one-after-another this evening
The 31 Av bike boulevard in Astoria, this city is genuinely incredible
The 14th Street busway at Union Square in New York, this could be Baltimore Street if we were brave enough.
