Baltimore MARC Riders

Very good news for Maryland rail!

Maryland rail projects getting boost from $7B in federal funding Amtrak on Monday announced a slew of funding for a dozen projects, including up to $4.7 billion for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program.

From President Biden's remarks in Baltimore on Monday on the replacement of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, at minute 8.31: "When the project is done...trains will travel through this tunnel at 110 miles per hour, instead of 30 miles an hour. MARC trains will go from here to Washington in 30 minutes. On an average weekday that will eliminate nearly 7 hours a day."

Raw: President Biden's infrastructure speech in Baltimore President Joe Biden is in Baltimore to address replacing the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel. The president is visiting Baltimore on Monday afternoon to discuss...

Further kicking off the campaign for Baltimore's Transit Future, the Sun this weekend published this oped by two regional business leaders.

"In November, President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act . . . which allocates $1.2 trillion to transform the country’s infrastructure. This presents a huge opportunity for the Baltimore region . . . to accelerate the transit and rail investments."

The time is now to build better transit for Greater Baltimore | GUEST COMMENTARY The Greater Baltimore Committee and the Greater Washington Partnership have collaborated to develop a set of six priorities for “Baltimore’s Transit Future.”

The campaign for Baltimore's Transit Future launched this week, and we've joined it!


The Greater Baltimore region needs a world-class public transit system to create shared economic prosperity and catalyze inclusive growth.

Baltimore's Transit Future - Greater Baltimore Committee The Greater Baltimore region needs a world-class public transit system to create shared economic prosperity and inclusive growth. We have a game plan for