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:…
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…
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…
Following is Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher’s (D-18) position on the Purple Line. Previously, we have carried the positions of County Executive Ike Leggett, Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18), Delegate Al Carr (D-18)…
Flawed Transportation Policies Hit Home
By Marc Korman. I have spent the past year and a half riding the DC Metro and MARC Train from Bethesda to Baltimore for school each day. I always knew…
State to MoCo: Build Your Own Trail!
A recent Examiner article revealed that the state expects Montgomery County to pay for finishing the Capital Crescent Trail near the Purple Line. Are they right that MoCo should pay…
Following is the text of a memo from County Executive Ike Leggett to County Council President Phil Andrews. While Leggett is a signatory to Purple Line Now’s light rail pledge,…
Latest on the State Budget
In a fiscal update given to the General Assembly, the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) lays out the scope of the state’s budget problem and the options for dealing with…