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…
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The Battle of I-270, Part Three
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Yesterday, we looked at the significant challenges faced by I-270 widening supporters in realizing their goal. Today, we look at the equally significant problems faced by opponents.Widening opponents consist of…
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The Battle of I-270, Part Two
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The I-270 widening project has both supporters and opponents. Today, we’ll look at the supporters.So far, the most prominent non-governmental supporter of I-270 widening has been the local business community….
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The Battle of I-270, Part One
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The transportation problems in the I-270 corridor have been under study by the Maryland Department of Transportation since 1998. But it was not until this summer that a proposal to…
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Transportation Leads the List
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By Sharon Dooley. Many residents of the county will state that transportation woes lead their lists of daily concerns, and as travel distances increase and commuting times become longer, frustrations…
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The O’Malley administration just announced $454 million in new cuts, of which $210 million consisted of cuts in local aid. The aid cuts stripped $20.1 million from local health programs,…
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A Single Track to Disaster
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In order to make the Red Line viable for federal funding, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) chose to single-track a one-mile tunnel under Cooks Lane in western Baltimore. MTA itself…
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Senator Frosh Proposes Anti-I-270 Letter
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Senator Brian Frosh (D-16) is circulating a proposed Montgomery Senate Delegation letter calling for alternatives to the I-270 project. Senator Frosh is not a member of the Senate’s Budget and…
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Blair Lee Takes on Baltimore Guy
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“Baltimore Guy” Mike Dresser has accomplished the impossible – producing substantial agreement between me and the notorious Blair Lee. I have only one thing to add to Lee’s description of…