Gov. Larry Hogan, returning to the site where he had vowed a year and a half earlier to remodel the region’s bus system, said Wednesday that he had fulfilled his promise.
The Republican governor’s $135 million BaltimoreLink route overhaul — a complete redesign intended to better connect people to jobs, entertainment and other modes of transit — is set to launch at 3 a.m. Sunday.
“I stood here on this very spot 19 months ago and committed that we were going to transform Baltimore’s broken transit system,” Hogan said at a news conference at the West Baltimore MARC station. “And we have done exactly what we said we were going to do. BaltimoreLink signifies the state’s long-term commitment to this city.”
The new system is built around 12 color-coded, high-frequency CityLink routes into downtown, with less frequent LocalLink routes radiating from them. It will also provide about a dozen weekday ExpressLink commuter routes.
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