Research Proposal

I would like to research the changes in Baltimore's mass transit systems, post WWII.

I have always been intrigued by the trolley lines and their disappearance, and would like to research exactly why they were phased out. I'm also interested in the proposed answers that lie in our future to rebuild our mass transportation.

I would like to focus on the changes between systems (trolley to bus, the addition of light rail and subway, and the proposed additions for an east-west red line) and how they affect the residents of the city and county that is served by each system. Hopefully as I research I won't find such a wide time span and multiple transit systems to be too much to include.