Being as it’s been done before in other places (Cleveland and been talked about doing something similar in others, it’s worth the trying. Clearly it’s a good idea.

“It’s an easy assumption…”

That’s the point.

It doesn't matter if they are stolen or not. https://www.motorcyclelegalfoundation.com/what-does-a-dirt-bike-need-to-be-street-legal/

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shut up, nerd.

Open the pod bay door, HAL! And by the way, fuck you.

Honestly I'm having trouble finding the pay rate for a Paraeducator in BCPSS, one site says it's $12 an hour on average and another says it's over $20 an hour

Who did that?

Your own numbers average out to about 43%.

Not a “large majority.” Not even a majority. But hey, you “know how math works” so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Lol. I was being sarcastic and making a joke about the lightly veiled racist comment above, and exactly how unhelpful that is.

For getting so upset about division, you sure seem to be trying to drive a lot of it at someone who agrees with you.

Thanks to the absolutely wonderful Mr's Mosby and company the police are not to interfere with their activities. All they can do is watch and monitor them like they do every week at Pratt Street.

By now where they congregate is very well known.

If 1 in 5 cars in Baltimore were stolen, would you say the same thing?

If not use your phone hot spot

Practically anything can be done with enough resources thrown at it but that doesn’t mean that it should be done. Simply being possible does not automatically make it a good idea

If someone is going to say that "most" of a group of black people have stolen something without any proof, you're damn right I'm going to call that racist and that's not where the "division' is coming from.

Perhaps the "division" is the assumption black people only steal stuff in the first place.

This couldn’t be some small scale rinky dink bullshit. The purpose would need to be create a facility that would become a destination for the region.

Yeah for ppl that bring their bikes there on a trailer, not minors driving them on the street without license & without license plates. And not located in areas of high violent crime & lawlessness. Who is gonna work at these places and how are ppl going to pay to get in and how are the employees going to be kept safe in an area loaded with guns, hard drugs, and general lawlessness / lack of respect for human life. Ppl put bullets into each others’ heads multiple times per week in this part of the world over trivial stuff, are they gonna wear helmets and respect safety rules and not bring guns/drugs? Literally problematic at like every possible decision idk how anyone thinks this is an executable idea

They’re not doing it because they like riding dirt bikes, they’re doing it because they want people to see them. They want the attention. Watch them, they’re always looking around to see if they’re getting attention.

I am going to say it again hopefully those in the back can hear me. I honestly think that this issue is being made sensitive in a way that's unnecessary.

There young men are:

1. Riding illegal vehicles in the city of Baltimore.
2. Not wearing helmets while riding on electric vehicles.
3. Deliberately causing mayhem everywhere they go.

feel free add any more things you can come up with.

It's clear by any one that's experienced them that they DON"T merely have a love for dirt bikes, what they want is ATTENTION and they don't care about their own personal safety or that of other people.

I repeat, this isn't a situation where providing a place to safely pursue their sport is a wise choice at all. I truly wish that people who comment on them needing a safe place to ride their bikes would stop being so naive. I get that they have the best of intentions and all but it's just not based on reality. Even if you did build such a track, they would have to get their bikes there and back home. This is different from something like a skateboard or roller skates which you can just bring on the bus or in a car.

What I do believe is that the Department of Recreation and Parks, (like so many other departments in this city) needs to be thoroughly investigated by someone who is actually trustworthy. We need more rec centers, swimming pools, community gardens, etc. Places for young people to go and not be bored half to death.

Yeah if you live within a certain radius you don't get the bus ticket packs. There's quite a few high schools (if not all of them) where kids are coming from all over the city.

Where is the cited sources

You're really pushing this race narrative.

It's an easy assumption to make that bikes being used in illegal activities and recklessly driven around the city were illegally obtained and not legally purchased for several thousand dollars at a dealership.

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Mentioned some ideas around the incentives and planning piece by offering onsite storage. Completely agree with enforcing on illegal on street BS in conjunction with offering legit alternatives. These are basic behavior change principles.

Yeah I read this in 2017 when it came out. 20% isn’t a “large majority”