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RELEASE: New report identifies key ways to make Montgomery County’s bus rapid transit succeed

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2015 CONTACT Pete Tomao, Coalition for Smarter Growth 202-675-0016 pete@smartergrowth.net MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD -- In 2013, the Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a plan for an 81-mile Rapid Transit network based on modern bus rapid transit. Today, appointed citizen task forces are working with county and state
Fact sheet: Benefits of Rapid Transit for Montgomery's Veirs Mill Rd corridor

Fact sheet: Benefits of Rapid Transit for Montgomery’s Veirs Mill Rd corridor

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RESIDENTS ALONG VEIRS MILL ROAD NEED THE RTS AS A TRANSIT OPTION • More than 6,000 (15.4%) of commuters along the Veirs Mill Road corridor have commutes longer than 60 minutes. • Since 1990, the number of residents in this corridor with these mega-commutes has nearly doubled. • 22.7% of corridor residents take transit to work: nearly twice as many as in 1990. Almost half of these transit riders take the bus to work. • The median income of Veirs Mill Corridor residents is nearly $20,000 less than the median income in Montgomery County overall. Almost 44% of Veirs Mill Road corridor residents are foreign-born.
Fact sheet: Benefits of Rapid Transit for Montgomery's US-29 corridor

Fact sheet: Benefits of Rapid Transit for Montgomery’s US-29 corridor

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RESIDENTS ALONG THE US 29 CORRIDOR NEED THE RTS AS A TRANSIT OPTION • Almost 9,500 (17.2%) of commuters in the US 29 corridor have commutes longer than 60 minutes. • Since 1990, the number of residents in this corridor with these mega-commutes has nearly doubled. • 17.5% of corridor residents take transit to work: nearly twice as many as in 1990. Almost half of these transit riders take the bus to work
Fact sheet: Benefits of Rapid Transit for Montgomery's 355 corridor

Fact sheet: Benefits of Rapid Transit for Montgomery’s 355 corridor

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Today, transit access is more important than ever. Residents along the 355 corridor need the RTS as a transit option. • Nearly 12,000 (14.5%) of commuters along the 355 corridor have commutes longer than 60 minutes. • Since 1990, the number of residents in this corridor with these mega-commutes has more than doubled. • 18.1% of corridor residents take transit to work: nearly twice as many as in 1990. • The median income of 355 corridor residents is over $8,000 less than the median income in Montgomery County overall. Nearly one t...

D.C.-area motorists lose their ‘gunslinger’

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For 21 years, Lon Anderson has considered himself a “gunslinger” against traffic jams, a “gladiator” against drunken driving and the “staunch defender” of nearly 4 million beleaguered motorists. As director of public and governmental relations for AAA Mid-Atlantic, Anderson has been the Washington region’s most visible and influential motorist advocate, verbally