On MARC Trains and Bikes
The Greater Greater Washington blog and The Baltimore Sun’s Getting There blog—both generally excellent regional transportation sites—have two recent posts up discussing the possibility of allowing bicycles on MARC trains. It’s an issue that doesn’t come up much because, I imagine, MARC’s incompatibility with bicycles is largely taken for granted at this point—or at the very least MARC’s overcrowding and general insufficiency is so taken for granted that encouraging new riders with cumbersome, awkward baggage isn’t much a priority. No matter the boon it could be for commuting in the region—not just Baltimore to Washington commuting, but other points in the MARC service area that might not have ace local transit systems—maybe we have bigger fish to fry, like getting longer trains, weekend service, comfortable cars, or locomotives that don’t break down, right? Continue reading →