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completethesestreets t1_j16vxxg wrote

Reply to comment by enforce1 in Baltimore police investigate 39 rideshare carjacking, robbery cases since November by ThatguyfromBaltimore

https://ndaa.org/wp-content/uploads/Juvenile-Carjackings-Article-FINAL.pdf

You're wrong, it is a national problem.

> In Minneapolis, for example, there were 405 carjackings last year — more than triple the number in 2019. The suspects arrested were often juveniles between the ages of 11 and 17. Other cities saw significant increases too, including New Orleans, LA, Kansas City, MO, Louisville, KY and Washington, D.C. In Chicago, there were 1,400 carjackings in 2020, with juveniles involved in nearly half of them. Chicago police say there have been 370 carjackings in the city of Chicago in the first two and a half months of 2021.

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completethesestreets t1_iwc3srq wrote

Reply to comment by saltysomadmin in Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict

Maybe this is facile but if the city starts addressing simpler quality-of-life stuff and the population starts to grow, even if the number of homicides stays the same, the "homicide rate" will decrease because there's more people here.

I don't think it would be that difficult for the city to start prioritizing things like more dense infill development, more charm city circulator lines, fixing potholes and street lights, hiring some people to clean up more often, etc., and I think that would trigger some growth. Obviously we also want the number of homicides to decrease, but I think that fixing these other issues could go part of the way to addressing violence.

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completethesestreets t1_isov0p5 wrote

Reply to One Baltimore resident’s love for Druid Hill Park, flaws and all | Baltimore Banner by BmoreCityDOT

I love Druid Hill and I'm very excited for the construction to be wrapped up and any of the upgrades coming. The new aquatic center is great and the winding paths around the zoo are beautiful.

My main problem with the park is that getting there on foot sucks from almost every direction. From the Hampden/Remington side there's no sidewalk or pedestrian crossing signals and then you have to walk over 83 (which I know is unavoidable, but it's still unpleasant). The lack of a sidewalk is really a pain when I'm trying to push my baby in a stroller.

100 years ago there was something like 24 pedestrian access points to the park and now there is only something like 8.

I see that DOT is actually the OP so maybe they'll actually see this. I know we passed the Complete Streets ordinance which is great, but without any urgency in its implementation it's not really doing much.

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completethesestreets t1_irwxwsa wrote

Reply to Traffic Calming in Remington by BMFO20832

I really appreciate these quick build installs around the city, especially the bump-outs on the corners. Turning this mess of asphalt into a a couple of simple T intersections makes navigating as a pedestrian much easier.

But my big question with all these installs is when do they become permanent? When are the bump-outs going to be sidewalk height? When are the flex posts going to be steel bollards? The paint is going to fade and the flower pots will be crashed into and the flex posts will be flattened. What happens then?

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completethesestreets t1_ir56h7z wrote

Reply to Ranking city council by LongjumpingShot

I get why some people might find Dorsey annoying, personally I think he spends a little too much time on twitter, but I get the sense that he genuinely cares. I also think he’s one of the few city leaders who is actually working on building the Baltimore of 10 or 20 years from now instead of just putting out fires. If every councilor was like him it wouldn’t work, but I think Baltimore needs someone like Dorsey around to make a little noise.

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