State, local leaders celebrate Baltimore Red Line

By Tashi McQueenAFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.com Gov. Wes Moore (D) and Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) gathered at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, an expected stop for the Red Line, to announce that the transit line will be a light rail instead of a rapid bus system on June 28.& Baltimore County Executive John “Johnny O” Olszewski, Jr. (D)(left) joins Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott for the announcement that the new Redline will be a light rail train. (Photos courtesy of J.J. Abrams)“Over two decades ago, leaders from around the city and around the state got together and first started working on the first iteration of the Red Line project,” said Moore to the crowd gathered in support of the project. “The work began with an understanding that you cannot have economic mobility if you do not have physical mobility.”Moore did his best to reassure those who are skeptical about completion of the Red Line, an east-west Baltimore transit line proposed, but then axed in 2015 by former Governor Larry Hogan’s administration.“I understand the frustration that a lot of you might feel. It’s difficult to have hope if you feel like hope is going to be dashed,”...