[RP TownTalk] MARC Cornerstone Plan

Thu Dec 5 17:42:21 UTC 2019

I used to ride the train every day to commute up to the Baltimore Medical
Center. I loved that train ride!

I remember asking the conductor why they didn't run trains for the Orioles
games, and he said that they used to, but some people would get *really*
drunk at the games and the rides home were a nightmare for those who
weren't drunk. Eventually they couldn't find conductors willing to work the
games, and so CSX canceled the service.

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On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:54 AM Gmail <jennifer.matis at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would use it all the time in the summer to get to Orioles games, but the
> schedule makes it impossible.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 5, 2019, at 12:26 AM, Spiro Dimakas <spiro.dimakas11 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Average Daily ridership is pegged at 44 people. Get a survey together of
> those residents who use MARC/Metro and find out what station they use and
> for those that don’t use Riverdale why they don’t use it (Frequency,
> Parking, Cost, etc)
>
> I would hate to see them cut frequency because the ridership is that low.
>
> Spiro
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 4, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> Just my two cents but several years back MTA was planning on scaling back
> service altogether at the RP station.  It took dragging transit officials
> before Council and reading them the riot act to get them to back off.  If
> you push off advocacy to state representatives you have already tacitly
> acquiesced the point. If local voices don’t demand something, there is no
> reason for the state to advocate for the town.
>
> A great example of this is the bridge over the tracks to RP Station. This
> was completely a local effort. One of our former state representatives
> chaired the state Public Works Committee at the time but state money did
> not fund its construction.  Regardless of support or lack thereof for the
> bridge construction, because it was driven by local voices it became a
> reality.
>
> Service, including continued service, will always depends on ridership
> metrics. Unfortunately many RP residents end up buttressing the CP
> ridership statistics due to the better, more frequent service at that
> station.  Dwight is right - it’s the easiest way to commute into DC.
>
> On Dec 4, 2019, at 9:57 PM, Caitlin Harwood <caitlinharwood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  I have actually reached out to our councilman Aaron Faulx about this. He
> said it has to go to the State level and be brought up at a meeting in
> which state reps are present. Hoping that happens soon. My low bar
> suggestion is to have the 2 trains that currently pass through RP but don’t
> stop actually stop there. (There’s one around 8:30 am and one around 5:30
> pm coming back from DC.)
> I’m personally willing to take signatures from town members in support of
> it, but until it gets on the docket at the state level, there would be no
> platform to show such signatures.
>
> Caitlin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:46 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Get more of your friends, colleagues and neighbors to board the train at
> RP!  Give 'em all the selling points: Inexpensive vis-a-vis Metro (even
> moreso if you have federal commuting benefits through your employer), free
> parking!, 10 minutes to Union Station!)
> It's a numbers game.  While ridership has increased at our station, it's
> increased up and down the line and we are still one of the low-ridership
> stations.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:39 PM Lucy Aguirre <a.lucille.a at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there anything we residents can do to increase weekday service at the
>> RP station?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Lucy
>> Queensbury Rd
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:06 PM Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Jonathan.  As the blogger says, doesn't seem to be anything new
>>> in there. I believe O'Malley laid out similar goals when he first became
>>> governor.  On our Camden line, one afternoon train from Union Station was
>>> added (lv 3:30) but of course it doesn't stop at Riverdale Park Town Center
>>> station.
>>> (Meanwhile of course they also haven't kept up with promised annual fare
>>> cost-of-living fare increases and it is still, by far, the Best Deal in
>>> Town!)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM Jonathan W. Ebbeler <
>>> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In case anyone is interested, and since this impacts the community as a
>>>> whole, MARC has released their new Cornerstone Plan.  It includes some
>>>> ambitious goals like adding a third track, expanded weekday service and
>>>> limited weekend service.  You can find a copy of it here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://s3.amazonaws.com/mta-website-staging/mta-website-staging/files/Transit%20Projects/Cornerstone/MCP_MARC.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is a good blog about it here (in case you want to skip reading 68
>>>> pages) 😊 :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://ggwash.org/view/74948/is-marc-train-rail-new-cornerstone-plan-a-step-backwards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JWE
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