Posts tagged Pete Rahn
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MDOT head Pete Rahn was hostile to transit. Will his replacement be better?
Maryland State Secretary of Transportation Pete Rahn suddenly resigned on Monday, leaving behind a legacy on transit includes cancelling Baltimore’s Red Line and axing Montgomery County’s Corridor Cities Transitway. Rahn is heading back to his native New Mexico, where he’s been commuting from since Governor Larry Hogan tapped him to lead MDOT in 2015. 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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MARC’s commuter train connecting West Virginia to DC may drop to only one round trip per day
This past August, the Maryland Transit Administration announced a plan to cut back all but two of the six trains which stop at the MARC Brunswick Line’s three West Virginia stations each day. The new schedule was slated to take effect on November 4 unless West Virginia pays the $3.4 million Maryland wants to continue the line’s current level of service. Now that deadline has been pushed back to the end of the month. Keep reading…
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Don’t cut the Corridor Cities Transitway, Montgomery legislators tell Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn
Early Wednesday morning, all of Montgomery County’s 32 State Legislators—including all Delegates and all Senators—sent an open letter to Maryland Secretary of Transportation Pete Rahn urging him to restore the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) to the state’s transit budget. Keep reading…
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A deputy mayor on the WMATA board could improve DC and Metro coordination
Lucinda Babers, DC’s Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure, will join the WMATA Board of Directors, Fenit Nirappil reported in the Washington Post over the weekend. In addition to Babers’ strong qualifications, having a deputy mayor sit directly on the board could help better coordinate transportation policies, avoiding the kind of situation that turned a well-meaning effort to make Circulator free into a controversy over equity. 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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After 31 years, the Purple Line finally breaks ground
It's official: after three decades of debate and several brushes with death, the Purple Line broke ground this morning in New Carrollton. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s Metro, just without the Metro
Metro considering huge closures; Bring back BRT; Criminal justice changing in DC; September house hunting; Seed money; Closing the 7000 gap; Clueless about race and cities; Is the Mall broke?; Transit truths; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Housing market hot streak
Housing is hot; Neighbors say no; Phishing season; No choice for Metro?; Changes to flight paths; Bridge dreams burnt; The dangers of digging; Rent my bike; And…. Keep reading…
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A regional summit on fixing Metro shows agreement on WMATA’s leadership, divisions on its funding
“If we don’t do something, ten years from now the system won’t be running,” said WMATA Board chairman Jack Evans. “The financial situation is dire.” Keep reading…