CP has been trying to get Maryland Transit Administration to re-establish the former 210 bus route which ran express commuter service between our state capital and our largest city, only 30 miles away. How odd that we don't have such service! How odd that our local elected officials are not saying much and odder still that two Annapolis Aldermen are leading the charge for rail but not pushing first for a bus. We need to put this on the front burner. It is outrageous that there is no express service between Annapolis and Baltimore, especially with escalating fuel prices. You may recall that Erhlich axed this route as a cost-cutting measure a few years ago. Well, would you rather have had slots or a commuter bus?
CP personally knows many Annapolitans who commute to Baltimore. Their choices are limited and not very convenient.
CP is communicating with MTA and with the District 30 delegation, with the most support coming from Virginia Clagett, but movement seems slow. Here we have a large, state-run metropolitan, multi-modal transit system and a small, city-run bus system, yet we can't seem to get it together. One can take a bus (every two hours) to light rail or take a slow, local bus every hour to light rail, but it's not anywhere near as convenient as it could or SHOULD be. Or one can take an expensive and not too frequet Greyhound bus.
What we need are a few morning and a few afternoon peak service commuter buses from a central location, or perhaps two, in Annapolis to either light rail and/or downtown Baltimore. And what we will really need is for MTA to put some effort into promoting and marketing this route. And we need this now. Not next year or in 2010 but now, in 2008! This is not too much to ask. Let's get it going!
CP asks you to request that your state senator or delegates work to get MTA moving--so we can get moving too!
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The reason no one will touch it is because it would accelerate the influx of crime from Baltimore.
That's one of the most ridiculous comments I have ever received Mr. anonymous Verizon customer. Perhaps if you'd like to supply us with you verifiable name and some thoughtful analysis, we'll publish it.
I commute 3x a week from BMore to Parole and would love the opportunity to not drive. I emailed MTA about the lack of bus service and their response was like, "Ehh, there was no ridership so we canceled it."
I bet with $4.00 gas there will be some ridership!
And just for the record, anyone who thinks that crackheads can maintain a mental scheme long enough to sit on a $6.00 35 minute bus ride to nowhere....I mean, come on.
The BMore "Loot Rail" is not even a comparison to extending rail or bus b/w Baltimore and Annapolis.
Swamp Tning
$4 per gallon will look cheap in six months. I have the skinny on this one and am working with MTA and General Assembly folks on it. Keep me posted.
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