Survey Takes Aim at Region's Transportation Needs
A new Maryland transportation group joined its Virginia counterpart to identify the region's priorities.
The Corridor Cities Transitway, the Purple Line and bus rapid transit are the top transportation priorities for the Washington metropolitan region, according to results of a survey of transportation experts released Thursday. But experts surveyed list only one of those priorities—bus rapid transit—in the top three on a list of “game-changing” transportation investments that would have the greatest impact on the region in the next 20 years. Experts said that Metro improvements—particularly system maintenance, “would make the greatest difference in the next 20 years,” according to a report on the survey conducted by “The 2030 Group,” a partnership of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance and the Suburban Maryland Transportation …
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Donna Baron (Scale-it-back.com)
11:13 am on Sunday, June 26, 2011
The proposed TECHWAY returns! In my earlier post I said, "I didn't see the additional bridges over the Potomac in this article. Is that a future topic?" Today's Post confirmed the number one recommendation by the alliances headed by Til Hazel, Rich Parsons and Doug Duncan is to build new Potomac River bridges. How predictable is that? And you can bet these bridges will not be roads that just … more ›