MASS TRANSIT
Baltimore should never be asked to accept a future where opportunity is out of reach because of a broken transit system.
For decades, our region has tried to make do without a real, connected network, and working families have paid the price in higher costs, longer commutes, and fewer pathways to good jobs. Meanwhile, our neighbors have spent decades building long-range transit plans and securing billions in federal investment. Baltimore has not updated a comprehensive rail vision in more than twenty years, and we have fallen further behind in the competition for federal transit dollars. That failure has held back our workforce, our economy, and our potential as a region.
As a nonprofit executive, I worked to create good-paying jobs for people from marginalized backgrounds and returning citizens, planting trees, restoring neighborhoods, and improving our environment. Again and again, I saw talented people ready to work but unable to reach opportunities because our transit system could not get them there.
Baltimore deserves a bold, modern transit vision that finally connects people to jobs, schools, healthcare, and each other.
That is why, as your next congressman, I will:
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while ensuring that the Red Line is only the beginning, not the end, of Baltimore’s transit future. We must push for a comprehensive, multi-line rail plan that reflects the scale of our region and its needs.
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by pushing to modernize MARC service so it functions as frequent, all-day regional rail, with better reliability, new stations, and seamless connections across Baltimore, BWI, Columbia, and the Washington region.
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by securing federal investments to strengthen Baltimore’s bus network with better frequency, modern infrastructure, and priority corridors that connect people to opportunity.
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championing federal tools that bring mixed-income housing, jobs, and small businesses to communities around rail and bus hubs without displacement, ensuring transit growth benefits the people who live here.