Posts tagged Baltimore Red Line
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Breakfast links: Happy birthday Greater Greater Washington!
We’re 7!; More trains just for DC?; More on Metro; No tax Hogan; Protect Purple; No streetcar schedule; Gondola transit; Virginians retiring; More bikes in Baltimore; And…. Keep reading…
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Where Maryland’s big three transit projects stand in Hogan’s budget
Maryland governor Larry Hogan’s proposed budget includes funding for the state’s big three transit projects: the Purple Line, Baltimore Red Line, and Corridor Cities Transitway. But none of the projects appear to be out of the woods yet. Hogan’s 2016 budget includes $312.8 million for the Purple Line, “pending review and reevaluation.”… Keep reading…
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BREAKING: Hogan gives the Purple and Baltimore Red lines a momentary reprieve
New Maryland governor Larry Hogan will include some funding for the Purple Line and Baltimore’s Red Line in the state’s budget, though the fate of both projects remains unclear. Gov. Hogan’s proposed budget includes funding for the Red and Purple lines but says the future of both projects is not yet decided.— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) January 22, 2015… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: State of needed repairs
How to pay for transportation?; Inexplicable Metro woes; Metro cuts in the works?; Keep Red Line on track; No more packing peanuts; Just what we needed; Rail to LaGuardia?; And…. Keep reading…
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Maryland’s rural economy depends on its urban and suburban areas
Maryland’s incoming Republican governor, Larry Hogan, says he wants to boost the state’s economy by building roads instead of transit and focusing on the state’s rural areas over urban ones. But starving urban areas of their needs will only bring the entire state down. Ever since his election last month, Hogan has been noncommittal about the state’s… Keep reading…
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Can, and will, Governor Hogan kill the Purple Line?
Larry Hogan, Maryland’s next governor, said he doesn’t want to fund transit plans like the Purple Line and Baltimore Red Line. If he wants to govern divisively, he can block them for four years or more, but there may be hope he’ll listen to business allies and support projects to make Maryland more economically competitive. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unwanted developments
Wage bill threatens more developments; Mixed-use Safeway causes mixed feelings; Farm-to-table, literally; Enough money for Purple & Red?; ConNeb? Comet Corner?; Can merger save Detroit?; Same story, different places; And…. Keep reading…
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O’Malley announces first projects using new gas tax money
Today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed the transportation funding bill that passed the legislature this year. The governor also announced a list of projects that would get some of the money, including MARC expansion and studies for the Purple Line and Baltimore Red Line. The tax will start this summer, and will help fund transportation projects across the state. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The campaigns heat up
Bowser running on development; New Virginia poll; Bikeshare is “awesome”; Orange Line to Wiehle?; On the Maryland rails; Offices getting denser; Credit cards coming to taxis; Woman falls onto tracks; Virginia private tolls unconstitutional?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: After Boston
Cities go on high alert; Mara profited from past donors; Unbuilt VA highway already creating sprawl?; This garage is convertible; DC gov subsidizes parking more; Sidewalk wars come to Hyattsville; Big verdict for unsafe bus stop; Metro fights fatigue; And…. Keep reading…