> Among the list of 23 schools, there are 10 high schools, eight elementary schools, three Middle/High schools and two Elementary/Middle schools.

> Exactly 2,000 students, in total, took the state math test at these schools. Not one could do math at grade level.

If there's one thing everybody can agree on about Baltimore schools, it's that ~85 people's a typical student body size, right?

Put it in bin liners and call it trash. They don't care what's in the bags, they just want to know what part of the lot to send you to.

> I guess to be a real progressive in this era, you have to shout "ACAB" all the time and constantly call for the abolition of capitalism.

The absolute funniest thing about this idiocy is that it's in defense of a protest vote declared 16 months in advance of the primary.

The only reason to care about this race before next spring is if you're planning on backing or volunteering for any particular candidate.

It's a federal trial, so no.

This isn't selling the conduit, it's more like setting up an escrow account. The city would still have the right to terminate the agreement and resume full control of the conduit system before any renewal.

If the Brew wants to quote Jack Young that much in a post, they should really just give him the byline.

...maybe, but only in the form of garages that reduce the amount of surface parking.

Yeah, on the bright side, the bar was on the floor with Rahn (tbf I wasn't aware we'd had two new transportation secretaries since 2020), and it remains to been who gets named to run MTA along with any actual push to make a regional authority.

And it seems like Wiedefeld's previous time at MTA overlaps with when O'Malley was choosing the Red Line route which probably beats a total outsider if there's any intent to try to get it underway quickly?

If the kitten in the front keeps those eyes, she'll be such a looker--the last litter I fostered is coming up on 8 years ago now so I can't remember when/how quickly their eyes changed.

> You can't build a light rail with electrified third rail cars, that requires RoW separation.

So? Philly's trolleys run underground and they're fine. What's wrong with our light rail isn't that it's light rail, it's that it was built largely as a gimmick to get suburbanites to Camden Yards.

The problem with trying to do HRT across the city is that it's currently totally unaffordable, both in terms of what it costs and any realistic source of revenue for such a project. So if there is any feasible way to still build the version of the red line that Hogan asked, it's worth doing not least because we have absolutely no idea when federal money may be available again.

> I use the Green Line almost every day and it's pretty great 90% of the time.

Ok, but this beside the point? If the LR would've been built with the same care as the metro, it'd have been a lot more useful.

Philly's trolleys are fine, largely because they've got the benefit of a far more robust network around them. Also in general, Baltimore has much longer light cycles than Philly or DC, so even trolleys getting delayed in traffic is less noticeable.

> Dc has always been a first tier city

https://matthewbgilmore.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/population2020.jpg

> electric cars that don’t pollute

Non-exhaust emissions, which include tire, brake and road surface wear, account for 90% of all particulate emissions from vehicles.

also, electric cars not only won't crash less than ICE ones, they'll often crash worse because the additional weight, especially in collisions involving pedestrians/cyclists/etc.

> DC is a 1st tier city.

It wasn't when their Metro was built. Funny how that works, isn't it?

> We have such a flat

Baltimore is considerably less flat than basically every other city on the east cost.

I suppose I admire the stamina, but who wants a drink at 6AM on the morning of NYE?

I think the parking/traffic concerns are separate, fwiw, but one problem with the traffic argument is nobody making it supports anything that would increase vehicle throughput.

> I'm not saying they can't build, I just think the development needs to include a plan for the affect on the whole neighborhood, not just the plot of land itself. I.e., fix Pacific and Chestnut and find a better way to let people exit Singer onto Keswick.

Singer to Keswick is an egress plan that should never have been allowed. Point Elm north, 33rd east and 32nd/Singer west and you've more than halfway solved the roads problem in that neighborhood, but it's not anything the developer can do.

FWIW, Chestnut is marked one-way south of 33rd, and Crittenton should probably be marked one-way north. But both of those roads are obvious instances where local residents are prioritizing parking over vehicle throughput, which is neither something an incoming developer can do anything about or anything that should be held against this project.

I haven't done more than walk around my block, but nearly everything that doesn't accumulate standing water looked dry to me. I'd been planning on salting my sidewalk this afternoon just in case, but it looks like I won't even need to do that.

> places in Colorado dropped 30 degrees in an HOUR.

Sure, but we're not in Colorado. Here, it's supposed to drop 30 degrees in 12 hours.

If the roads are OK at 1, they'll probably be still be OK at 4, and if they're not, it'll be all over Waze, local news, and everywhere else that people talk. FWIW, I have no idea how likely it is that it'll be safe to drive this afternoon, I more think it'll be easy to tell whether it is or isn't.

"Sometimes" is doing an awful lot of work here.

An afternoon movie should be fine, just keep an eye on traffic reports through the morning. The temperature drop's not supposed to really start until the precipitation's over, and roads aren't going to freeze while people are driving on them. I'd be more worried about eating it on a sidewalk.

> The supremes court might tilt a few things here and there but being able to exercise some administrative power isn’t really going to change the governing ideas.

Hmm yes, also you:

> I'm happy with the judges trump put on bench. Hopefully, they'll strike down affirmative action next year.

One amusing takeaway from that reply is dude read Gramsci and was left wondering why the fascists didn't simply shoot him.

I mean, who needs praxis when you're happy with the Supreme Court?