Transit Task Force Outlines Vision For Bus Transit Network
The task force's 150-page report was unveiled Tuesday.
A county-commissioned task force Tuesday called for a “comprehensive” bus rapid transit network across Montgomery County that would span 160 miles, providing an alternative to congested roads. A bus rapid transit network was first envisioned four years ago by County Councilman Marc Elrich (D-At Large) of Takoma Park, The Gazette reports. The task force unveiled a detailed report Tuesday outlining their vision for the transit system. The group refined the vision over a period of 15 months, meeting more than 30 times to create the 150-page report, The Washington Post reports. Officials have touted the system as the “future of transportation” in Montgomery County, according to The Gazette. In a statement Tuesday, Elrich called the group’s …
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Bob B
10:05 am on Monday, June 18, 2012
Corbin, you make the point. You have to go around the bus, into the other lane. Tons of busses, tons of people doing that, messing up the other lane. Add in someone turning left where is no left hand turn lane and you have a three lane road narrowed down to one lane. With the stopping, restarting, and doing that again as people come into your lane to avoid the bus, congestion is created that need… more ›