By Adam Pagnucco. Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP), the consortium partnering with the state to build the Purple Line, has announced a timeline for selecting a new design-build contractor to…
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How Mike Miller Helped Save the Purple Line
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Purple Line is the subject of much drama today, but the truth is that the project has always been wrapped in drama and almost died several…
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How is MoCo Doing on Pedestrian Safety?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Pedestrian safety is arguably THE hottest issue in MoCo government right now. With several recent high profile pedestrian deaths and residents swarming a county council meeting on…
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Marc Korman’s Transportation Mailer
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By Adam Pagnucco. Transportation is an eternal issue in MoCo politics and most candidates mail on it. But this has been Delegate Marc Korman’s top priority since his first campaign…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Delegate Kirill Reznik (D-39) has written to the Board of Public Works asking them to reject an engineering and management contract awarded by the Maryland Department of…
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Toward Cost-Effective Transportation
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By Neil Harris. Transit is much more expensive to build than highways. It’s politically correct to focus on transit. But is it the best use of our tax dollars? Let’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Marc Elrich, who recently equated potential gentrification near the Purple Line with “ethnic cleansing,” is taking flak for his remarks and is not backing down. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. In response to a question about just cause eviction and rent control at the Progressive Neighbors County Executive forum, Council Member Marc Elrich stated that the Purple…
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When You’re In a Deep Hole
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By Gaithersburg City Council Member Neil Harris. In a recent meeting with the capital improvements team at MCPS, I suggested that it would take $1 billion in extra capital funding…
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The Zombie Bridge Returns
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By Adam Pagnucco. The long-discussed second bridge across the Potomac may never truly be dead. Dubbed “the Zombie Bridge” by Council President Roger Berliner, the creature will continually claw from…