The Purple Line’s top planner was featured in a very unusual article in Southern Maryland Online castigating former Governor Bob Ehrlich for his record on the project. We understand that…
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MDOT Goes Schizo on Gaithersburg West
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So would the Planning Board’s proposed Gaithersburg West Master Plan be a bad idea because it would gridlock local roads and require vast sums of money to redo intersections? Or…
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MDOT Raises Concerns on Gaithersburg West
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and two of its subordinate organizations, the State Highway Administration (SHA) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), sent a letter of concern to the…
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Red Line Ridership Games, Part Two
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Four alternative explanations for MTA’s overnight 28% Red Line ridership hike are worth examining.1. Baltimore City’s population may be trending younger, and would therefore be more likely to take transit.Some…
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Red Line Ridership Games, Part One
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The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) saved Baltimore’s Red Line project from possible federal disapproval with a last-minute cost-effectiveness improvement of 24%. Part of that improvement was due to a sudden…
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The heads of the Maryland Transit Administration and the State Highway Administration wrote the following letter to the Baltimore Sun “clarifying” coverage of I-270. What will Baltimore Guy have to…
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A Single Track to Disaster
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In order to make the Red Line viable for federal funding, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) chose to single-track a one-mile tunnel under Cooks Lane in western Baltimore. MTA itself…
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MTA Backs Off Spying (Updated)
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The Maryland Transit Administration has told the Baltimore Sun that it has pulled back its audio surveillance proposal. Sun reporter Michael Dresser credits MPW guest blogger Paul Gordon for helping…
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By Paul Gordon. Imagine you’re sitting on the MARC train, having a conversation with someone you’re close to – your husband, maybe, or a close friend. You’re hardly talking about…
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