Definitely feels like it... I drive it every day and haven't had to sit through a single accident related delay since they were installed.

It felt like previously it was a coinflip every time there was a moderate amount of rain.

Ahh gotcha, fair enough. Yeah I honestly don't know which union school admins are a part of, but I'd assume AFSCME?

https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2018/10/25/state-audit-finds-poor-fiscal-management-issues-at-city-schools/

I don't think anyone is accusing the teachers of anything, moreso the administration.

The last external audit from 2018 was scathing, found tens of millions in waste, and that the city failed to correct many of these problems from the previous external audit in 2012.

Maybe if North Avenue was actually held accountable and so much money wasn't being wasted annually then maybe these teachers wouldn't have to do shit like paying for classroom supplies out of their own pocket, just for example.

Virginia needs a new acronym guy

It's almost always a combination of both.

Lack of oversight and proper accountability measures breeds corruption and incompetence in equal measure.

100%, I'd imagine the fact it's an effective waste of time isn't lost on them, either.

I said something similar below, but you could probably go drive Uber Eats or some shit and make double that amount in half the time you spent in court.

Yeah. I think your best shot would likely be to just admit fault and provide a reason why you were speeding in hopes of having the ticket waived. If your driving record isn't a complete abomination that strategy usually works pretty well with normal tickets, atleast. I think they referred to it as "guilty with circumstance".

A while ago while I was there for a normal speeding ticket I saw a couple guys try to argue the camera was wrong and the judge just wasn't having any of that.

But like you said it's just not worth it to take off work and sit in traffic court all day for a chance at $40. You could go drive Uber Eats or some shit and make double that amount in half the time you spent in court... or just relax on your day off.

You can appeal, it just requires taking a day off work to go sit in traffic court in hopes of recouping $40, right?

At select parts of i-83 and around any schools, yeah.

It's a breath of fresh air to see a city agency being both responsive and professional. Thanks for the efforts.

> the legislation for the I-83 speed camera program requires that all revenues be directed toward the cost of operating the camera program on I-83 and I-83 roadway safety improvements within Baltimore City.

Yeah. I commute 83 daily and still haven't seen a bad wreck around the Northern Parkway bend since they installed these whereas it felt like it used to happen every other week or so in the past. It really felt like you could expect atleast one accident there every time there was a decent bit of inclement weather in that area.

The biggest difference for me anecdotally seems to be that most people just don't weave 80 around that bend anymore, and the ones that try to largely can't because all lanes generally slow to ~55 because of people dodging the cameras. Even if they're successful in going 80 around there for a week or something, I'd bet they'd stop pretty quick after getting pelted with a barrage of $40 tickets.

E: on a slightly unrelated note, I think this is the first time I've seen them actually acknowledge that they can't pull people over even if they wanted to because of the lack of road shoulders...

> BCDOT: Traditional methods of speed enforcement are not possible on I-83 within Baltimore City due to the existing width of roadway shoulders, fiscal and engineering constraints, and resource challenges.

The Revenant has to be up there

Just to add on, Catonsville has a huge Asian population, too. You'd probably find better Asian food there than in Baltimore City, and they have stuff like a Great Wall Supermarket if that's your thing.

The bass player ended up joining Maroon 5, too.

> Do any of you know movies that criticize Hollywood that genuinely portrays the life of an actor or director as terrible? Like, not an actor that is tortured and abused but end up being this totally awesome musician or actors. It always seems to end up this way and I don't know why.

Leaving Las Vegas was the first thing that came to mind.

It felt a lot like Birdman's "star struggles to accept his waning star power" thing to me, just in a different period. Robbie and Pitt both end up >!killing themselves because they can't make the transition away from silent pictures!<

The article mentions a $10/sq foot permitting fee for "leasing the public right of way"

The "Waterfront Promenade" is the one that I use semi-frequently, and constantly see people running/walking dogs on.

It basically runs along the water from Canton Waterfront Park all the way west to Fells Point.

https://goo.gl/maps/xo68UjrBA2g5Xvno8

Common practice is for most residents to team up and shovel it together in my experience

You'll always have 1 or 2 assholes who refuse to help, though.

I disagree with that, tbh, unless there's a full on blizzard it seems like all major roadways are typically plowed and salted by ~8AM. Everything is always pretreated beforehand, too.

Drivers are still most definitely idiots, though.

Is this how they introduce the fantastic 4 and/or Franklin Richards?

Seems like it may depend how well they're able to keep the tone of the original or of they lean into some YA bullshit.

> In God U, Compound V-enhanced college kids spend four years training and honing their powers for the chance to be drafted to one of the U.S.’s major cities where they’ll fight crime and reap the glory. Like the Seven’s A-Train (Jessie T. Usher), The Deep (Chace Crawford), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), and more, who are notorious alums of the Godolkin, Gen V’s new crop will fight tooth and nail to earn—or take—their spot on top.

Sky High 2: The College Years

Oh yeah for sure, I'm just saying you could probably still get a beer there up to 1:45 or right up to the cutoff point or somethin since they got a smaller crowd to worry about.

Yeah, most places seem to do last call around 1:30 so they can actually have people out the door by 2 in my experience, though.

If you're at a small dive bar or something that probably doesn't apply though.