Killing the Red Line was a terrible decision.
Five years ago, Gov. Larry Hogan canceled the $2.9 billion Red Line, scrapping a project touted as a windfall of jobs, development and environmental sustainability, especially for some of the city’s Black neighborhoods. https://t.co/91k4Juriz3
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) September 11, 2020
Just one of the devastating consequences of killing the Red Line: ‘A Baltimore transit passenger could get to only 11% of the region’s jobs within an hour in 2014.. By 2018, after BaltimoreLink, they could reach only 9% within an hour.’ https://t.co/jPlcTcDQ4w by @cmcampbell6
— Jean Marbella (@Jean_Marbella) September 11, 2020
Good for @cmcampbell6 and the Sun for publishing this comprehensive piece on @GovLarryHogan's decision to kill the Red Line, which will no doubt go down as one of the most consequential and racist decisions in the history of urban planning. 1/2 https://t.co/jPyvQrClek
— (((Evan Serpick))) (@Serps) September 11, 2020
It’s fashionable for many to dunk on #Baltimore w/o understanding the deliberate disinvestment that has disabled revitalization of the city. The cancellation of the Red Line 5yrs ago was an outrage. We sued. The investigation was killed by the Trump DOT. https://t.co/URKZdud6dr
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 11, 2020
Hogan killed the Red Line—and then used money that had been headed to Baltimore to enrich himself, spending it on highway and road projects near his company’s properties. via @monthly @EricCortellessa https://t.co/0l34m1NZ2L
— Indivisible Baltimore (@indivisible410) September 12, 2020
Sad! 