Baltimore Skyline

The last time the Metro Subway was expanded it grew from Charles Center to Shot Tower and Johns Hopkins; that was in 1994. Since then there has been talk about where it should go from there. Currently, the subway is one of the most underutilized, but best form of transportation we have, and it's principally because of where it goes. Approximately 48,500 people ride it ever day, according to MTA's annual 2011 annual report. APTA's quarterly statistics have daily ridership averaging around the same for the last 10 years. This is roughly half of the initial anticipated ridership when the subway was originally constructed, so essentially there is plenty of room for expansion with the infrastructure that is currently there. Our subway, as constructed, works best for commuters, heading from the northwest of the city to downtown and JHH, and that's about it; roughly end-to-end travel. It's lack of easy connection to the Light Rail, and no connection at all to the MARC, m

N Charles Street will be closed tomorrow night and all day Sunday between Saratoga and Mulberry for a crane work on one of the buildings, but what building? We're going to have to check this out this weekend to see what's going on. PMC should begin working on 301 N Charles for apartment conversion in the near future, but I can't imagine that this weekend is related to that project. There are a lot of exciting things going on in downtown.