Why no MARC or Metro service in Annapolis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because there aren’t railroad tracks or a railroad right of way within 10 miles of Annapolis would be the obvious guess.

You’re limiting the situation to the obvious and real and not the imaginary.

In the imaginary world, the reason there isn’t a train station or RR right of way to Annapolis (one of the oldest cities in America), is because the US has been subsidizing cars since the 1700s. You’re not dreaming big enough either. You should be dreaming for a steam punk future of 19th century technology to solve 21st century transportation needs.

Dirigibles are the future, sir!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because there aren’t railroad tracks or a railroad right of way within 10 miles of Annapolis would be the obvious guess.

You’re limiting the situation to the obvious and real and not the imaginary.

In the imaginary world, the reason there isn’t a train station or RR right of way to Annapolis (one of the oldest cities in America), is because the US has been subsidizing cars since the 1700s. You’re not dreaming big enough either. You should be dreaming for a steam punk future of 19th century technology to solve 21st century transportation needs.

https://www.annapolisrailroadhistory.com/baltimore-annapolis-railroad-overview

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because there aren’t railroad tracks or a railroad right of way within 10 miles of Annapolis would be the obvious guess.

You’re limiting the situation to the obvious and real and not the imaginary.

In the imaginary world, the reason there isn’t a train station or RR right of way to Annapolis (one of the oldest cities in America), is because the US has been subsidizing cars since the 1700s. You’re not dreaming big enough either. You should be dreaming for a steam punk future of 19th century technology to solve 21st century transportation needs.

https://www.annapolisrailroadhistory.com/baltimore-annapolis-railroad-overview

And where is that all important right of way from DC to Annapolis that OP claims car dependency took from us?

[Anonymous]

Can't they run a metro line in the median of us 50 from 95 to Annapolis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who lives in Annapolis, I would love a train to DC.
But if I'm waving my magic wand for intrastructure projects, i would much rather have an additional bay crossing NOT on route 50 so we can divert some of the zillions of people from DC going to the shore.

And as someone who lives in DC I'd love to have a cheap easy way to do day trips out to Annapolis other than driving.

Well when you put it that way, as someone who lives out here, it’s just fine with me that you don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Can't they run a metro line in the median of us 50 from 95 to Annapolis

Why would they want to and for what purpose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because there aren’t railroad tracks or a railroad right of way within 10 miles of Annapolis would be the obvious guess.

You’re limiting the situation to the obvious and real and not the imaginary.

In the imaginary world, the reason there isn’t a train station or RR right of way to Annapolis (one of the oldest cities in America), is because the US has been subsidizing cars since the 1700s. You’re not dreaming big enough either. You should be dreaming for a steam punk future of 19th century technology to solve 21st century transportation needs.

https://www.annapolisrailroadhistory.com/baltimore-annapolis-railroad-overview

And where is that all important right of way from DC to Annapolis that OP claims car dependency took from us?

https://www.aacounty.org/departments/recreation-parks/parks/trails/wb-a-trail/

[Anonymous]

I was driving down US 50 yesterday and there is wide enough space to run Mark or Metro and put Metro stations in the median of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because there aren’t railroad tracks or a railroad right of way within 10 miles of Annapolis would be the obvious guess.

You’re limiting the situation to the obvious and real and not the imaginary.

In the imaginary world, the reason there isn’t a train station or RR right of way to Annapolis (one of the oldest cities in America), is because the US has been subsidizing cars since the 1700s. You’re not dreaming big enough either. You should be dreaming for a steam punk future of 19th century technology to solve 21st century transportation needs.

https://www.annapolisrailroadhistory.com/baltimore-annapolis-railroad-overview

And where is that all important right of way from DC to Annapolis that OP claims car dependency took from us?

https://www.aacounty.org/departments/recreation-parks/parks/trails/wb-a-trail/

you seem to have a lack of understanding about geography.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: As the title says, I feel like having mark or metro service out to Annapolis would be great and allow people living in that area and on the Eastern shore to easily commute into DC

Yes, it would be great, but the previous governor was only interested in building highways, and federal transportation funding was very, very heavily biased towards highways. Maybe the new governor will get the process started, using the new federal transportation bill, which is somewhat less biased towards highways.

Are you referring to Governor Hogan? The governor who got the Purple Line back on track, and ensured a dedicated state funding stream for Metro for the first time in Metro's history?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Can't they run a metro line in the median of us 50 from 95 to Annapolis

Sure. Kind of like the Silver Line in Virginia, which took 18 years, to build, cost billions, and ran over budget and late?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: As the title says, I feel like having mark or metro service out to Annapolis would be great and allow people living in that area and on the Eastern shore to easily commute into DC

Yes, it would be great, but the previous governor was only interested in building highways, and federal transportation funding was very, very heavily biased towards highways. Maybe the new governor will get the process started, using the new federal transportation bill, which is somewhat less biased towards highways.

Are you referring to Governor Hogan? The governor who got the Purple Line back on track, and ensured a dedicated state funding stream for Metro for the first time in Metro's history?

No, the governor who killed the Baltimore Red Line and redistributed the money to rural highway projects, in addition to almost derailing the Purple Line, then making sure it cost $1.4 billion more than it should have and was delayed by an additional four and a half years.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Can't they run a metro line in the median of us 50 from 95 to Annapolis

Sure. Kind of like the Silver Line in Virginia, which took 18 years, to build, cost billions, and ran over budget and late?

So it's actually kind of interesting, how come it costs so much more to build transit projects, and takes so much longer, in the US than anywhere else in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who lives in Annapolis, I would love a train to DC.
But if I'm waving my magic wand for intrastructure projects, i would much rather have an additional bay crossing NOT on route 50 so we can divert some of the zillions of people from DC going to the shore.

And as someone who lives in DC I'd love to have a cheap easy way to do day trips out to Annapolis other than driving.

Not sure if there’s a current DC option, but when I was in Baltimore, I used a boat for summer day trips to Annapolis. I’m not sure of the name of the company, but it went from the Inner Harbor in Baltimore and docked in downtown Annapolis. Maybe there’s something similar that would work for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Can't they run a metro line in the median of us 50 from 95 to Annapolis

Lol not enough density to pay for the system. End of story.