The battle over whether the Intercounty Connector (ICC) should be built has been decided. But a battle over how to rout traffic along Georgia Avenue has been raging for more…
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What We Are Watching in Annapolis
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While the mainstream media titillates itself with the University of Maryland porn scandal, here’s what we have our eyes on in the rest of the General Assembly session.Misclassification Bill Despite…
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Pass the Garagiola Task Force Bill
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Traditionally, sending an issue to a commission or task force is merely a convenient way to study it to death. As MPW contributor Marc Korman has written, many state commissions…
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When former Governor Bob Ehrlich (R) diverted transportation money to the state’s operating budget, Democrats pounced. But now some of them are poised to do much the same thing.Last week,…
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By Lisa Fadden, Vice President for Public Affairs, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. There aren’t many issues that all 32 Senators and Delegates in the Montgomery County Delegation can agree…
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Oregon Schools Maryland on Transportation
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Last year, I wrote a series called “Crisis in Transportation” contrasting Maryland’s inability to finance its transportation infrastructure with Oregon’s plan to boost spending by a half-billion dollars per year….
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The New E-Z Tax
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By Rocky Lopes. The Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) governing board voted on January 29, 2009, to impose cost-recovery fees for the Maryland E-ZPass system and increased tolls for certain classes…
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The recent stimulus transportation project list contains no projects exclusively located in Montgomery County. That is an interesting choice for the O’Malley administration.The distribution of the Governor’s project list is:…
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By Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18). One of the important issues facing the General Assembly this year is the declining solvency of our transportation trust fund. We will be discussing various…
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Following are responses to Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher’s (D-18) position on the Purple Line from Ben Ross, President of Action Committee for Transit and Wayne Phyillaier, former Chairman and current Treasurer…