Runner Races Jerusalem Light Rail

[WMATAGMOAGH]

And the runner won the race, making it to the end of the line before the train did.  More from Yediot Achronot:  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4117128,00.html

[79MetroExtraMD]

He should do the same in Baltimore. Our system is really slow downtown having to stop at every single light and whatnot. MTA was supposed to have had a signal priority system in place to speed up the line, but seems like its been shelved for the past few years.

[WMATAGMOAGH]

Doesn't the Baltimore Light Rail have some long stretches with no lights once it gets out of downtown?  Good luck beating that by running.  The Jerusalem light rail when I rode it end to end had an average speed of 5 MPH including stops at stations and red lights.

[Sand Box John]

79MetroExtraMD
He should do the same in Baltimore. Our system is really slow downtown having to stop at every single light and whatnot. MTA was supposed to have had a signal priority system in place to speed up the line, but seems like its been shelved for the past few years.

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration have not come to an agreement on who and how signal priority system should be implemented. The State Highway Administration is another party that's also involved in the implementation signal priority system along Howard Street. All of the agencies involved have their little fiefdoms to protect.

[79MetroExtraMD]

I don't see how SHA is involved since the City owns the street. Still, it's frustrating having to wait at long lights trying to get through downtown hence why it's nicknamed the white snail.

[Sand Box John]

79MetroExtraMD
I don't see how SHA is involved since the City owns the street. Still, it's frustrating having to wait at long lights trying to get through downtown hence why it's nicknamed the white snail.

The streets may belong to the city but not all the money to build and maintain them come from the city treasury. SHA is the conduit for road and highway money allocated by the state. As an example, Antioch and part of Hampton Avenues in Princes Anne, Somerset County, town street, were repaved with federal stimulus money funneled to the town through the SHA.

[79MetroExtraMD]

Figures. It'll probably be another 3-5 years before anything is done to speed up the line (if ever).

[Sand Box John]

79MetroExtraMD
Figures. It'll probably be another 3-5 years before anything is done to speed up the line (if ever).

How long has the Central Light been open from Hunt Valley to Glen Burnie, almost 15 years now? I wouldn't hold my breathe.