Lost in all the coverage of Maryland’s projected $1.6 billion general fund deficit is another conclusion drawn by state budget analysts: the Maryland Department of…
Red Line
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Last week, we wrote about a proposal originating in the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee that would have recommended that the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)…
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Poison Pill for Transit (Updated)
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The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee has recommended that the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), which is responsible for planning the three major transit projects under…
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The Great Choir of Happy Talk
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Today, we are going to let you in on a little secret. Transportation projects are built with happy talk. Tax revenues are not necessary. What,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Blair Lee Takes on Baltimore Guy
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“Baltimore Guy” Mike Dresser has accomplished the impossible – producing substantial agreement between me and the notorious Blair Lee. I have only one thing to…
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Senator George Della (D-46) has written the following letter questioning the Governor’s choice of a Red Line alignment. Della, who represents Red Line skeptics in…
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Deep Purple, Dark Red
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Yesterday morning, Governor O’Malley appeared at New Carrollton to announce his support for light rail on the Purple Line. He then rode a MARC train…
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