Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

Transportation is both a quality-of-life and an economic issue. Montgomery County residents waste too much time and money stuck in traffic and businesses want dependable movement of goods, services, customers and employees.

Fund the Purple Line: The Purple Line will be an essential component of our transit network and deserves capital funding. By connecting the Silver Spring Metro to Bethesda, the University of Maryland and New Carrollton, it not only presents opportunities for increased transit ridership and traffic relief, but also for smart growth development around transit to keep more cars off the roads and save the environment.

Build the Rapid Transit System: The proposed 80-mile rapid-transit-vehicle system would connect many disparate parts of our county. While the vision for the system is impressive, care must be taken in the implementation to protect our overall traffic infrastructure from increased congestion and to minimize the environmental impact.

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