Tag Archives: Transit Task Force
Comments Off on Ike Legget will not Submit Transit Authority Legislation This Year
As reported by Bethesda Beat, Ike Leggett will not submit transit authority legislation this year. In a letter to the Transit Task Force, Ike Leggett wrote, “the public interest at the two recent hearings made it clear to me that there remains significant community concern about the proposal for a Montgomery County transit authority.…
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Below you’ll find the testimony I’ll give tonight at the Transit Task Force Public Forum. Tomorrow, look in our e-newsletter for a story about what happens at tonight’s public forum. (What? You don’t receive our weekly eblast? Then sign up and stay up-to-date about everything in the White Flint area!)
My name is Amy Ginsburg, and I am the Executive Director of Friends of White Flint, a nonprofit organization with nearly 1,300 supporters, including residents, businesses, homeowners associations, and property owners. …
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Comments Off on Recommendations of the Transit Task Force
Below you’ll find the Recommendations of the County Executive’s Transit Task Force Draft Report that was released yesterday. You can read the full report here and learn more about the Transit Task Force here. (You can testify at the September 30th on the public forum on the Transit Task Force Draft Report by calling 240-777-7165.)
Bottom line, the 75-page report concludes that subject to a broad range of conditions and limitations that address labor, funding, and governance concerns, the Task Force recommends the creation of a new transit authority empowered to develop and operate a Rapid Transit System.…
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Comments Off on Transit Task Force Testimony
In case you’re interested, I thought I’d share my recent testimony to the Transit Task Force. (If you’re not interested, click back on Monday … and every weekday, actually … for another new post on a diverse range of topics relating to the White Flint/Pike District area.)
My name is Amy Ginsburg, and I am the Executive Director of Friends of White Flint, a nonprofit organization with nearly 1,300 supporters, including residents, businesses, homeowners associations, and property owners. …
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Comments Off on Transit Task Force Public Forum June 17
The Montgomery County Executive’s Transit Task Force will host a public forum on Wednesday, June 17 at 6 p.m. in the County Council’s Third Floor Hearing Room, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, so residents can express their views on subjects before the Transit Task Force.
“This public forum gives residents an opportunity to comment on the organizational and financial issues contained in the earlier legislative proposal,” said Mark Winston, chair of the Montgomery County Transit Task Force.…
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County Executive Ike Leggett has revived the group that first laid out how a countywide bus rapid transit system might work to examine his controversial proposal for an Independent Transit Authority.
In a letter to Transit Task Force Chair Mark Winston, the County Executive wrote:
As you know, last December I proposed enactment by the General Assembly of legislation (MC-24-15) that would have enabled Montgomery County to establish a transit authority, and accomplish other purposes. …
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