Reimagined Penn Station would relocate drop-off area. Should cars or buses get curbside priority?

On a busy weekday afternoon, cars and taxis clog the pickup loop in front of the main entrance of Baltimore’s Penn Station as luggage-carrying passengers squint in the hot sun looking for their rides. If Amtrak gets its way, however, that pickup loop will disappear in a few years. The passenger rail company wants to turn the south side of the station into a pedestrian plaza as part of its ambitious reimagining of the 113-year-old landmark and its surrounding area.