By Adam Pagnucco. In order to save money in the county’s capital budget, the administration of County Executive Marc Elrich has asked the state to…
transportation
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…
How Mike Miller Helped Save the Purple Line
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…
How is MoCo Doing on Pedestrian Safety?
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…
Marc Korman’s Transportation Mailer
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…
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…
Toward Cost-Effective Transportation
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…
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…
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…
When You’re In a Deep Hole
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…