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MARC ridership increases for fifth month in a row
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Average daily ridership has exceeded 30,000 with May having 32,604 daily commuters, a 6 percent increase over May 2007, according to a news release.
The Penn Line, which is operated by Amtrak and runs between Perryville and Washington, D.C., via Baltimore and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, was the most traveled MARC, with an average of 20,414 daily boardings in May.
The Camden Line, which is operated by CSX and runs from Baltimore to Washington, had an average of 4,466 daily boardings.
“We are pleased that our MARC train riders view the service as a viable alternative to driving, especially as we continue to experience rising costs associated with driving,” Paul Wiedefeld, Maryland transit administrator, said in a statement.
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Examiner Reader said:
I'd like to know if any of the congressmen from the DC burbs try to use MARC to get to work on a daily basis? What's that? Their jobs are too important for such an unreliable mode of transport with an erratic schedule? Gee. I recently wrote the MTA asking what it would take to get the Camden line to interchange with the Penn line, since the tracks do cross in Ann Arundel county--the idea being Camden riders could get to BWI. The response....well, pretty much the response I get from all my emails to state agencies--nothing, not even an auto-responder. Ah, the People's Republic of Maryland.
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Examiner Reader said:
Great story on a continuing problem that is getting worse all the time. I've been a regular daily rider on MARC for over two years now, and the parking situation at Aberdean and Perryville is definately at a breaking point. At the Perryville station, at least there is overflow parking available, but like to other passenger said you need to get there earlier to get a spot anywhere near the station.
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BRAC debacle said:
Hah! Just another example of how Maryland is "at the ready" for the new people coming in with the BRAC moves. Enjoy the congestion! Perhaps you can finally get that reading done while you're waiting for an empty parking spot.
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Examiner Reader said:
Aberdeen loves to fleece peopl eou tof money , whether it is for property tax, water bills, or ticvketing and towing vehicles. Gotta pay for that white elephant of a stadium somehow!!
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Conscious Reader said:
The same thing is happening at the West Baltimore Station. I think in the future, when gas hits $5 a gallon, the realestate in those areas around those transit stations are going to go for a pretty penny! Heck, you would be able to rent your space out in the back of your home, and help pay your mortgage...LOL But really, this is a serious problem. But this country has never been the smartest with smart growth and smart transit. They want people to commute to ease green house emmissions, but they make it the most miserable thing to do of all the choices one has. It almost like the system is set up to fail. You can pay for high gas and high parking in DC, or high realestate in DC, or get towed trying park around the MARC station. I hear it is so bad around West Baltimore, that residents can't find parking in their own communities...This problem could be fixed simple enough, but I think the priorities of the state and the system are not on the commuting taxpayers.
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Bill said:
I noticed that while the local politicians certainly empathize w/the commuters, they didn't offer any solutions (why lose that nice revenue stream from the tickets and towing?) Seems to me the easy solution would be to allow commuters to park elsewhere (I'm sure there's an available strip mall nearby) and provide shuttle service to the station.
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