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Will they just cancel MARC entirely?: Maryland’s transportation revenue is down another $2.5 billion beyond the $1 billion cuts already made, reports the Post. That’s very bad news for the Purple Line and Corridor Cities Transitway. But of course, the $2.4 billion ICC is immune thanks to its privileged financing agreement. MARC riders spoke out against the previous round of cuts.

It’s even worse in NYC: New York’s MTA may have to eliminate the W train entirely, along with other drastic service cuts, if the New York State legislature doesn’t provide more money for the city’s transit system. Via Opinionnation.

The good news: The New York Times thinks blogs are news media, though we’re still waiting on WMATA (tip: Joel); MetroCard records exonerated a murder suspect (tip: Froggie); lawmakers and transit agencies may have a solution to prevent banks from calling in their tax shelters and costing transit agencies millions.

How about congestion pricing? Matt Yglesias rides in New York traffic and wonders why people framed the proposal as “anti-driving” when it would actually speed up drivers.

How about a growth boundary? The Prince George’s Council tabled a bill to set up a “Transfer of Development Rights” program where developers in the denser part of the county would buy development rights from the farmland in the rural segment. Environmentalists and farmers argued the county needs the program to preserve farmland; developers said the mandatory nature of the program would add costs to their developments.

Big surprise: shock commentators take people out of context: WTOP commentator Chris Core, predictably, responded to criticism of his anti-bike screed by cherry-picking the harshest of his critics and ignoring the real point entirely.