July 7, 2024
Investment

Red Line investment doesn’t make economic sense.

In a recent column, Dan Rodricks writes that “One of the great obstacles to developing political will for more mass transit is that politicians, particularly those who represent the suburbs and rural areas, never take a bus” (“Dan Rodricks: Hogan, Alsobrooks and the politics of Red Line revival,” June 14). Let us not forget that

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Funds

Building the Red Line is a poor use of taxpayer funds

Despite high construction costs and limited ridership prospects, the Maryland Transportation Administration (MTA) is plowing ahead with the Red Line which would connect Woodlawn and Bayview via central Baltimore. At a time of renewed state budgetary pressure, building the Red Line appears to be an unwise use of taxpayer funds. Under Gov. Martin O’Malley, the

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