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…
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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)…
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Flawed Transportation Policies Hit Home
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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…
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State to MoCo: Build Your Own Trail!
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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…
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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,…