Baltimore

===Transit systems===
====Public transit====
[[File:Charm City Circulator Vanhool 1101.jpg|thumb|Charm City Circulator Van Hool on the Orange Line]]
Public transit in Baltimore is mostly provided by the [[Maryland Transit Administration]] (abbreviated "MTA Maryland") and [[Charm City Circulator]]. MTA Maryland operates a comprehensive [[MTA Maryland bus service|bus]] network, including many local, express, and commuter buses, [[Baltimore Light RailLink|a light rail network]] connecting [[Hunt Valley, Maryland|Hunt Valley]] in the north to BWI Airport and [[Glen Burnie station|Glen Burnie]] in the south, and a [[Baltimore Metro SubwayLink|subway line]] between [[Owings Mills, Maryland|Owings Mills]] and [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtamaryland.com/ |title=Maryland Transit Administration |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration |access-date=April 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405053628/http://www.mtamaryland.com/ |archive-date=April 5, 2007 }}</ref> A proposed rail line, known as the [[Red Line (Baltimore)|Red Line]], which would link the [[Social Security Administration]]'s headquarters in [[Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland|Woodlawn]] to [[Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center]] in East Baltimore, was cancelled in June 2015 by former Governor [[Larry Hogan]]. In June 2023, Governor [[Wes Moore]] announced the relaunch of the Red Line project.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://redlinemaryland.com/ | title=redlinemaryland.com | publisher=Maryland Transit Administration | access-date=July 31, 2023| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230731180130/https://redlinemaryland.com/| archive-date= July 31, 2023 }}</ref>

The Charm City Circulator (CCC), a [[shuttle bus service]] operated by First Transit for the Baltimore City Department of Transportation, began operating in the downtown area in January 2010. Funded partly by a 16 percent increase in the city's parking fees, the Circulator provides free bus service seven days a week, picking up passengers every 15–25 minutes at designated stops during service hours.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://transportation.baltimorecity.gov/charm-city-circulator | title=Charm City Circulator | date=August 10, 2020 | publisher=Baltimore City Department of Transportation | access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref><ref name="CCC City Paper">{{cite news| url=http://www2.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=20397| title=The Charm City Circulator is more than a cool free bus| author=John Barry| work=Baltimore City Paper| date=July 7, 2010| access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> The Charm City Circulator consists of four routes, the Green Route runs from City Hall to Johns Hopkins Hospital via Fells Point, the Purple Route runs from 33rd Street to Federal Hill, the Orange Route runs between Hollins Market and Harbor East, and the Banner Route runs from the Inner Harbor to [[Fort McHenry]].<ref name="CCC Baltimore Sun">{{cite news| url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-charm-city-circulator-routes-back-20230119-tf3pf2jr3faalh52yw6zkf2p74-story.html| title=After vendor transition, Baltimore's Charm City Circulator routes being restored to normal frequency| author=Dan Belson| work=Baltimore Sun| date=January 18, 2023| access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref>

Baltimore has a [[water taxi]] service, operated by [[Baltimore Water Taxi]]. The water taxi's six routes provide service throughout the city's harbor, and was purchased by [[Under Armour]] CEO [[Kevin Plank]]'s Sagamore Ventures in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2016/10/12/first-of-sagamores-new-water-taxis-hits-the-water.html |title=First of Sagamore's new water taxis hits the water |date=October 12, 2016 |newspaper=Baltimore Business Journal |access-date=June 22, 2017 |first=Jonathan |last=Munshaw }}</ref>

In June 2017, the BaltimoreLink bus network redesign was launched. The BaltimoreLink redesign consisted of a dozen high frequency, color-coded routes branded CityLink, running every 10 to 15 minutes through downtown Baltimore, along with changes to local and express bus service, rebranded LocalLink and ExpressLink.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-baltimorelink-launch-20170619-story.html|title=Some bumps in the road for bus riders as BaltimoreLink hits city streets|last1=Richman|first2=Colin |last2=Campbell |first1=Talia|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=June 22, 2017|date=June 19, 2017}}</ref>

====Intercity rail====
[[File:Baltimore Pennsylvania Station corrected.jpg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)|Baltimore Pennsylvania Station]] in Baltimore, the seventh-busiest rail station in the nation]]
Baltimore is a top destination for [[Amtrak]] along the [[Northeast Corridor]]. Baltimore's [[Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)|Penn Station]] is one of the busiest in the country. As of 2014, Penn Station was ranked the [[List of busiest Amtrak stations|seventh-busiest]] rail station in the [[United States]] by number of passengers served each year.<ref name="Fact Sheet">{{cite web |title=Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014 State of Maryland |publisher=[[Amtrak]] Government Affairs |date=November 2014 |url=http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MARYLAND14.pdf |access-date=May 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126202551/http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MARYLAND14.pdf |archive-date=January 26, 2015 }}</ref> The building sits on a raised "island" of sorts between two open trenches, one for the Jones Falls Expressway and the other for the tracks of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NEC approaches from the south through the two-track, {{Convert|7660|ft}} [[Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel]], which opened in 1873 and whose {{convert|30|mph|abbr=on|-1}} limit, sharp curves, and steep grades make it one of the NEC's worst bottlenecks. The NEC's northern approach is the 1873 [[Union Tunnel (Baltimore)|Union Tunnel]], which has one [[single track (rail)|single-track]] bore and one [[double track|double-track]] bore.

Just outside the city, [[BWI Rail Station|Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport Rail Station]] is another stop. Amtrak's ''[[Acela Express]]'', ''[[Palmetto (train)|Palmetto]]'', ''[[Carolinian (train)|Carolinian]]'', ''[[Silver Star (Amtrak train)|Silver Star]]'', ''[[Silver Meteor]]'', ''[[Vermonter (train)|Vermonter]]'', ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'', and ''[[Northeast Regional]]'' trains are the scheduled passenger train services that stop in the city. [[MARC Train|MARC]] commuter rail service connects the city's two main intercity rail stations, Camden Station and Penn Station, with Washington, D.C.'s [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]] as well as stops in between. The MARC consists of 3 lines; the Brunswick, Camden and Penn. On December 7, 2013, the Penn Line began weekend service.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-04/local/41740904_1_weekend-service-penn-line-rafi-guroian | newspaper=The Washington Post | first1=John | last1=Wagner | first2=Dana | last2=Hedgpeth | title=Weekend MARC trains between D.C. and Baltimore will start Dec. 7, O'Malley announces | date=September 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118204549/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-04/local/41740904_1_weekend-service-penn-line-rafi-guroian | archive-date=November 18, 2013 }}</ref>