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US 29 Bus Rapid Transit – Planning Board Briefing

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US 29 Bus Rapid Transit - Planning Board Briefing
60 cars V 60 Buses

RELEASE: Transit Supporters Petition for Bus Improvements

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2016 CONTACT Pete Tomao, Montgomery County Advocacy Manager (516) 318-0605 pete@smartergrowth.net Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director (703) 599-6437 stewart@smartergrowth.net With Metrorail Shutdowns Looming, Transit Supporters Petition for Bus Improvements Montgomery County, MD -- On Monday, transit advocates at the Coalition for Smarter Growth submitted a 1000-signature

STATEMENT: Reaction to WMATA General Manager Wiedefeld’s Metro Repair Plan

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2016 CONTACT Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director (703) 599-6437 stewart@smartergrowth.net Tackling this Challenge -- Together WASHINGTON, DC – In response to WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s Metro repair plan statement this morning at Metro Headquarters, Coalition for Smarter Growth Executive Director Stewart Schwartz issued the following

RELEASE: Newly-released booster group poll is subjective, simplistic, and of little value to transportation planning in the Washington DC region

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COALITION FOR SMARTER GROWTH § MONTGOMERY COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE §  ACTION COMMITTEE FOR TRANSIT § ALEXANDRIA BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE § PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2016 CONTACT Stewart Schwartz, Coalition for Smarter Growth, (703) 599-6437 Caroline Taylor, Montgomery Countryside Alliance, (301) 461-9831 Ronit Dancis,

STATEMENT: Coalition for Smarter Growth applauds WMATA General Manager’s initiatives and urges a regional ‘team effort’

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For Immediate Release March 7, 2016 Contact: Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director Cell: 703-599-6437 WASHINGTON, DC -- Today at the National Press Club, and in an Op Ed in the Washington Post on Sunday, the new General Manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Paul Wiedefeld, laid out his