STREETCAR REALITY

Streetcars used to bring people out into the suburbs, often creating an amusement park or other grabbing outing to sojourn. Realtors would do their best to entice people to move out there as prices are cheaper for a house, even if you had to still build it yourself. The automobile destroyed the ease of people movement: passage of people going to Baltimore for their needs, and destroyed Baltimoreans' path to go to state parks and fun little places to visit.

"We are now in a world in which no place on earth is more than a few hours from any other place, where no one on Earth really need be ignorant of what is happening anywhere else on Earth. So that we have the physical, we have the physical capacity to be a truly single world. What is needed now is merely, merely, what is needed now is getting rid of our habits of thought that date back to the time when every little valley on Earth was far removed from every neighboring valley. When every separate city was a separate little world; and this is difficult to do. It may represent the fact the greatest problem facing humanity a century from now - when we have all the capacity to conduct our affairs as a reasonable unit. This does not mean that we are going to all be the same, we are all going to conform, nobody can have regional differences - not at all.

We face a number of common dangers. We can defeat those dangers only by common action, and we must learn to take that common action. We have the physical capacity to do, so we need the capacity of the heart to do so. How one can contain the human heart is beyond me. Except that I think that we have two alternatives: by essentially a century from now, the human heart will be tamed to the extent of facing the problems of the world sufficiently together so it's not to take each other while doing so, or else - we have destroyed ourselves sufficiently - so that this entire discussion here means nothing."

- Isaac Asimov - "The Futurists" (1967) [Start at: 20:48]

The ability to travel, with truly no emissions, via quick streetcars, which can carry one to nature for the day to bring all the equipment for vacation trips is the future. This film, "We Are One" shares what is precious, and what is at stake. And, support indigenous people. Maryland islands are disappearing where people lived, and so too are places _ Tonga, Maldives..... Alaska.... The least we can do is lessen the use of tires....

"I am just as convinced as can be, that man today has much more power then he realizes. I'm convinced that man has it within his power today to create a world in which people, the world over cam lead free and abundant, and even creative lives. And starting now, applying the power we have none too soon. We have already waited to the point where we are in very serious danger of painting ourselves into a corner. One of our problems is we tend to live for today. We tend to say, 'Well one way or another things will work themselves out.' We can no longer afford to behave that way. We must take a long-range view; a man and his problems, and we must attempt to the best of our ability to look into the future to ask, 'Where are we heading, and if we don't like where we are heading, then start now to do something about it.' It's surely a question of putting that power to work, putting it to work energetically enough. And here is where my, my fears really lie, I fear that we won't recognize soon enough that we do have this power. And once recognizing it, that we won't put it to work rapidly enough. But I am convinced that this can happen. I am convinced that we can create a world in which will pale the gold age of Perilous, and to, into nothingness."

- Harrison Brown - "The Futurists - 2001" (1967) [Start 22:33]

PASSAGE ROUTE COMPLETE!:
☸ TANEYTOWN ~ FREDERICK ~ ELLICOTT CITY ~ BALTIMORE ****FARMS ~ RIVERS ~ STATE PARKS & TRAILS ~ SHOPS ~ LIBRARIES ~ SCHOOLS ~ JOBS GALORE ~ WEST BALTIMORE & PENN TRAIN STATIONS**** ~~~~AMERICANA~~~~
☸ BALTIMORE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTORS NEXT!

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ELLICOTT CITY BRIDGE - TRACKS INTACT!

ELLICOTT CITY BRIDGE - TRACKS INTACT! [CLICK TO FOLLOW TRACKS VIA SATELITTE!!!!]

Trolley #9 Streetcar Tracks: Parts buried, some covered (like pictured), some razed. Easily restored. ]Would need to offer parallel path.] Satellite pictures reveal poles for the above electric lines are still there.

Fontaine Fox the III

Based on Fontaine Fox's "Toonerville Trolley" Cartoon Strip

THE STREETCAR TRACKS

THAMES STREET - FELLS POINT

Atlanta Rendering - BELTLINE NOW!

Zoom in to Baltimore, and then find Taneytown to follow the route stops. Automobiles cannot access much of the route. Mapquest shows where houses... are.

"Transport planners describe our travel demands in terms of 'desire lines,' straight lines from where people are to where they want to be, but some people seem to have 'desire loops' instead. When community leaders are asked, in a meeting, to talk about their transit needs, it's not uncommon for one of them to say, usually with circular hand gestures, that they need some kind of loop. [The same people may use the word linear to mean narrow-minded or conceptually trapped.] Straight lines can seem so aggressive, while loops offer a sense of closure or embrace. And as a model of the fundamental nature of being, there’s a lot to be said for the loop. See, for example, the medieval notion of the wheel of fortune, or the 'cycle of death and rebirth' that underlies Hinduism and Buddhism."

Some streetcars will come from different town directions and unite as one, allowing one driver to take all the passengers to, for instance, to Baltimore sports team stadiums: The Baltimore Orioles and The Baltimore Ravens. Or, how about Ocean City? Below is a fun Fletcher Brothers visual of how various routed train cars go different different routes and reconnect.

TRAINS GAVE MARYLANDERS PROSPERITY & EQUAL FOOTING

WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY AND CONNECTIONS

TANEYTOWN ~ FREDERICK ~ ELLICOTT CITY ~ BALTIMORE

Stop names may change.

Zoom in to Baltimore [BAL], and then find Taneytown (NW) to follow the route stops. Automobiles cannot access much of the route. Mapquest shows where houses... are.

UNLIMITED BICYCLES WELCOME!!!!

[Angell Road near Francis Scott Key Highway 194 at Westminster Hydraulics & Ferrell Gas]

[Grant Street & Sheridan Street (More houses being built east & north of street)]

TB3. MEADES CROSSING

[Grant Street & Meades Avenue]

TB4. PINEY CREEK

[Cranemasters - Railroad]

TB6. POSTCARD MILLS

[Robert Mills Road TANEYTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, & Taneytown Recreation Park]

TB7. BALTIMORE STREET CITY
CENTER

[East Baltimore Street Route 140 & TANEYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT]

TB8. ANTRIM 1844

[Hotel On railroad route]

TB9. LONG MOUNTAIN VIEW

[Allendale Avenue Close to Long Mountain View]

Frederick County

TB10. CROUSE MILL

[Crouse Mill Road]

KEYMAR, MARYLAND

TB11. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY ANNEX

TB12. FARMERS' DEPOT

[Unmarked and/or Private road]

TB13. SHARRETT - KEYMAR AIRPARK

[Sharrett Road & MD 42]

TB14. BIG PIPE CREEK

[Near the Creek. Assessable to local business.]

TB15. MIDDLEBURG

[Middleburg Road]

[Y Road ~ Maryland Midland Railway Line]

TB17. LITTLE PIPE CREEK

TB18. WOODEN KEY

Frederick County

LADIESBURG, MARYLAND

TB19. GOOD INTENT

[Good Intent Road]

TB20. LADIESBURG

[Warner Road & Woodsboro Pike 194]

[Smith Lane & Woodsboro Pike 194]

[Baker Road NEW MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]

NEW MIDWAY, MARYLAND

TB23. NEW MIDWAY

[Renner Road & Woodsboro Pike 194 U.S. POST OFFICE]

[S.W. Barrick & Sons 11609 Legore Bridge Rd, Woodsboro, MD 21798]

[Woodsboro Historical Society Old Creagorstown Road & James Street]

[Elizabeth Street & Gravel Hill Road at James Street]

TB29. HILDEBRAND

[Hildebrand Lane near Adams Street]

Frederick County

TB30. ROCKY GLADE

[Stop at Hildebrand Lane near Weinberg Court]

WALKERSVILLE, MARYLAND

TB30. [Glade Road at Glade Valley Golf Club]

Frederick County

[Unnamed and/or private road]

TB33. HERITAGE FARM PARK

[Devilbiss Bridge Road (near Solar Drive) To the back of GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL]

TB34. WINTERBROOK

[On Glade Road Between Winterbrook & Polaris Drives - open path]

Frederick County

TB35. MAIN STREET

TB36. WALKERSVILLE SOUTHERN RAILROAD

[Mill Street, West Pennsylvania Avenue, & Port Circle]

TB37. GLADE CREEK

[Hampton Place & Georgetown Road]

TB38. WALKERSVILLE FIELDS

[Walkersville Community Park & WALKERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL]

Frederick County

TB39. WALKERSVILLE NATURE

[Fountain Rock Nature Center, WALKERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL & Softball Field]

TB40. FOUNTAIN ROCK PARK

[Fountain Rock Road. Fountain Rock Spring. Parking Lot.]

TB41. MONCOCACY RIVER

[At Miscellaneous Metal - Steel. Near Retreat Road]

FREDERICK, MARYLAND

TB42. TUSCARORA CREEK

[Brook Valley Road clearing]

[Cierestory Park, SHA Monocacy Boulevard Park and Ride Near 2810 Monocacy Blvd, Frederick, MD 21701]

TB44. SPRING BANK FARM

[Frederick Health Village]

TB45. MARKET SQUARE

[Stop at offshoot of 7900a Wormans Mill Rd, Frederick, MD 21701]

TB46. CLEMSON CORNER

[Stops in front of Wegmans Food Market. Next to Worman's Mill Industrial Park]

TB47. JOHNSON BANNER

[Near North Market Street - Serving The Bottling Plant Apartments, GOVERNOR THOMAS JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, and The Banner School]

TB48. NORTHEAST JOHNSON

[North East Street & East 16th Street GOVERNOR THOMAS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL]

[East 15th Street & North East Street]

[East 14th Street & North East Street]

[East 13th Street & North East Street Monocacy Village Park & Frederick Pump Track]

[North East Street & Delaware Road]

[East 9th & North East Streets]

[East 8th & North East Streets]

[East 7th & North East Streets]

[East 6th & North East Streets]

[East 5th & North East Streets]

[East 4th & North East Streets]

[East 3rd & North East Streets]

Frederick County

[East 2nd & North East Streets]

Frederick County

[East Church & North East Streets]

[Patrick & North East Street U.S. POSTAL SERVICE]

TB63. CARROLL CREEK

TB64. FREDERICK TRAIN STATION

[MARC & Greyhound Bus]

TB65. B & O RAILS

[B & O Avenue & South Wisner Street]

TB66. SAGNER PARK

[East South Street near Hope Alley]

TB67. COOPERATIVE

[East South Street and Unmarked street/service road. Farmers' Cooperative Association]

TB68. MARTIN & MARIETTA QUARRY

[East South Street, Monocacy Boulevard, and Interstate 70 (Parking possible??)]

[8005 Reichs Ford Rd, Frederick, MD 21704]

TB70. MONOCACY TRAIN STATION

[MARC TRAIN STATION 7800 Genstar Dr., Frederick, MD 21704]

****FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MALL ADDITION**** --> EVENTUALLY CONNECTOR With SEPARATE STREETCAR LINE Depot to serve other parts of Frederick.

[Build circular rail loop at Francis Scott Key Mall ending at Monocacy MARC TRAIN STATION. Stops will be closest - in front of Anchor Store doors: Sears.... Streetcars will be able to accommodate large items for delivery!]

TB71. MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD VISITOR'S CENTER

TB72. MONOCACY JUNCTION

[MONOCACY RIVER & MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD Near Urban Pike 355]
[[A TRANSFER Stop]]

TB73. BUSH CREEK

[Reels Mill Road Izaak Walton Environmental Organization - Frederick Chapter]

IJAMSVILLE, MARYLAND

TB74. OLD MAIN LINE [Ijamsville Airpt]

[Bush Creek Reichs Ford Road Ijamsville Airport]

TB75. IJAMSVILLE

[Mussetter Road]

MONROVIA, MARYLAND

TB76. WHISKEY CREEK

[Whiskey Creek Golf Course]

TB77. GREEN VALLEY

[Green Valley Road Connects to NEW MARKET & Route 70]

TB78. OLD BARTHOLOMEWS

[Old Bartholomews Road near Lynn Burke Road]

TB79. OLD MAIN LINE

[Bartholomews Road near Route 144 and US40 - Interstate 70]

TB80. CALEB WOOD

[At Caleb Wood Drive - Houses...]

TB81. CLEAR SPRING

[At Clear Spring Lane]

[Bill Moxley Road]

TB83. OLD PARK RIDGE

[Park Ridge Drive Old National Pike 144]

TB84. RISING RIDGE

[Rising Ridge Road & South Main Street]

Frederick County

MOUNT AIRY, MARYLAND

[Mount Airy Health & Wellness & Peacock Shopping Center]

TB86. RIDGEVILLE

[East Ridgeville Boulevard]

[Twin Arch Road South Branch Patapsco River]

TB88. WATERSVILLE

[Watersville Road South Branch Patapsco River]

WOODBINE, MARYLAND

[Woodbine Road & (north of) Newport Road]

TB90. SOUTH BRANCH

[Old Washington Boulevard at Hoods Mill Road South Branch Patapsco River]

TB91. PINEY BRANCH ~ PATAPSCO VALLEY STATE PARK - NORBECK AREA

TB92. HUGG-THOMAS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

SYKESVILLE, MARYLAND

TB93. FRIENDSHIP CITY CENTER

[West Friendship Road and Main Street MD 851]

TB94. SOUTH BRANCH

[South Branch Patapsco River ~ A Road and Sykesville/Washington Road MD 32]

TB95. PATAPSCO VALLEY STATE PARK - FREEDOM AREA ~

MARRIOTTSVILLE, MARYLAND

[Henryton Hospital Road]

TB97. Marriottsville

[South Branch Patapsco River, Marriottsville Road, and McKeldin Parking Area. Near Piccirilli Quarry]