Posts tagged Larry Hogan
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The Washington Post wants to widen Maryland highways with toll lanes - but who do they represent?
Maryland Senate Bill 229 proposes to extend to the entire state a right which is currently granted only to the nine counties of the Eastern Shore—local veto power over the construction of new toll facilities. Unfortunately, the Washington Post Editorial Board attacked SB 229 as being against the will of the people in a piece that was short on facts and long on rhetoric. Keep reading…
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Your guide to the Maryland General Assembly
Starting this week, I’ll be covering the 2020 session of the Maryland General Assembly for Greater Greater Washington, bringing you all the ins and outs of the legislative process on key issues like transit, housing, the environment, and education. Keep reading…
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Is MARC’s newest plan to improve service a step backwards?
The MARC Cornerstone Plan lays out how the country’s ninth-largest commuter rail system aims to increase ridership and improve reliability and service. However, the latest iteration the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) released in November has no timeline for some important goals, and lacks information that existed in previous versions of the plan.v Keep reading…
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Maryland and Virginia will widen the American Legion Bridge. Will this make transportation better or worse?
The states of Maryland and Virginia announced an agreement Tuesday to build and widen the American Legion Bridge, which carries the Beltway between Fairfax and Montgomery counties. Should urbanists be pleased about fixing a major traffic problem without building an Outer Beltway, or frustrated that states which don’t have money for transit suddenly seem to have billions of dollars for this mega-project? Keep reading…
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Baltimore business leaders call for increased transit funding
Over the past few months, the Maryland Department of Transportation has garnered plenty of criticism for the lack of funding it’s given the Maryland Transit Administration in this year’s annual budget. State and local lawmakers and transportation advocacy groups have been particularly vocal about the matter, but much of Maryland’s business community isn’t happy with the state’s current level of transit spending, either. Keep reading…
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Transit projects take decades and need investment; Maryland has neither plans nor funding
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s proposed budget would cut funding for transit and eliminate projects like the Corridor Cities Transitway. However, its most damaging aspect might be not be the projects it eliminates, but those it never added to begin with. Keep reading…
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An I-270 monorail? As Maryland ponders it, here’s what we know about the idea
As part of plans to widen and add toll lanes to I-270, Maryland transportation officials have promised to consider building a parallel monorail line. Putting aside whether or not that’s a good idea, here’s what we know about the proposal itself. Keep reading…
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Trump may be more overtly racist, but Maryland politicians have s*** on Baltimore, too
Anyone with a moral center is rightly outraged by recent tweets from President Donald Trump, where he referred to the Baltimore-area district of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) as “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” Let’s not forget, though, that there are other poilticians who affirmatively make it harder for Baltimore to rise out of its current problems. Keep reading…
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How Hogan’s highway-widening plan would harm local parks and waterways
As GGWash has been covering, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is pushing to widen parts of the Beltway and I-270 with privately-run toll roads, ostensibly to address traffic congestion. As an environmentalist, my colleagues and I are especially concerned about how Hogan’s highway-widening plan would harm local air quality, rivers, parks, and more. Keep reading…
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MD okayed Hogan’s bad highway-widening plan but delayed the Beltway portion
In a last minute change to assuage critics, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot approved the use of private companies to widen the Beltway and I-270, but changed the order of how the project will be rolled out. The “compromise” delays work on the Beltway following a backlash from residents, and starts with I-270 instead. Keep reading…