Action Committee for Transit (ACT) has written the County Council urging them to use money intended to subsidize Costco in Wheaton to support the Ride-On bus system instead.County Executive Ike…
Action Committee for Transit
There’s nothing unusual about Action Committee for Transit (ACT) protesting the policies set by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) as “anti-transit.” The organization has discussed each of its…
A letter organized by Senator Rob Garagiola (D-15) and signed by seven other state legislators representing areas along the CCT’s alignment urges the County Council to support rail for the…
SHA Answers Council’s Questions on I-270
The County Council sent a list of questions to the State Highway Administration (SHA) about the I-270 project and SHA has responded. Here are the questions and answers that caught…
Lacefield, Ross Spar Over BRAC Tunnel
Earlier today, Action Committee for Transit (ACT) alleged that the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) changed the scope of a pedestrian tunnel intended to facilitate Metro access to the…
Action Committee for Transit (ACT) is making a bombshell allegation: that the Montgomery County Department of Transportation is diverting millions of dollars intended for a transit access tunnel near the…
By Marc Korman. Earlier in the summer, the Action Committee for Transit (ACT), an organization I am a member of, released an all-transit alternative to the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor…
Just the Facts, Please
If you had a choice of fighting a horrible project using facts or fantasy, you would pick the former option, right? Not if you’re Action Committee for Transit (ACT) and…
Senator Frosh Proposes Anti-I-270 Letter
Senator Brian Frosh (D-16) is circulating a proposed Montgomery Senate Delegation letter calling for alternatives to the I-270 project. Senator Frosh is not a member of the Senate’s Budget and…
Smart Growth Groups Oppose I-270 Widening
Following is the press release from Action Committee for Transit, the Audubon Naturalist Society, the Coalition for Smarter Growth and 1000 Friends of Maryland.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 20, 2009 Ben Ross,…