Peeved at Purple Line pontification? Why not take a poke at an MTA bureaucrat? That’s what one pugnacious Purple protestor did last night. Perish the thought, people!Last night, Silver Spring…
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Two-Seventy Two-Step
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Some people favor widening I-270 as one component of dealing with the corridor’s infamous state of gridlock. Other people oppose widening and would like to see an all-transit solution. Those…
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Transportation in Trouble
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Starting next year, the State of Maryland will be spending less money on transportation projects than it did nine years ago. That’s right folks, you read that correctly. And if…
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By Marc Korman. Earlier in the summer, the Action Committee for Transit (ACT), an organization I am a member of, released an all-transit alternative to the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor…
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Red Line Ridership Games, Part Two
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Four alternative explanations for MTA’s overnight 28% Red Line ridership hike are worth examining.1. Baltimore City’s population may be trending younger, and would therefore be more likely to take transit.Some…
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Red Line Ridership Games, Part One
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The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) saved Baltimore’s Red Line project from possible federal disapproval with a last-minute cost-effectiveness improvement of 24%. Part of that improvement was due to a sudden…
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The Battle of I-270, Part Five
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By the time the I-270 dispute is finally settled, dozens of politicians and thousands of residents will have their say. But we are particularly interested in the position of one…
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Following is the letter organized by Delegate Sheila Hixson (D-20). Interestingly, Delegates Kathleen Dumais (D-15), Craig Rice (D-15), James Gilchrist (D-17), Charles Barkley (D-39) and Kirill Reznik (D-39) also signed…
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The Battle of I-270, Part Four
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How do you justify a giant road project in an area where transit is popular? Try this: call the road project a transit project.County Council staffer Glenn Orlin, who is…
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Just the Facts, Please
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If you had a choice of fighting a horrible project using facts or fantasy, you would pick the former option, right? Not if you’re Action Committee for Transit (ACT) and…