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Montgomery County And Transit (revised)
1. Montgomery County: Transit Beyond the Purple Line ACT: October 2006 Richard Layman Citizens Planning Coalition Washington, DC
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5. -- Average suburban household generates 15 trips/day. -- Most suburban single family households have two cars. -- Many suburban single family households have three or more cars.
20. It’s politically incorrect to say but -- In some respects transportation planning is about getting people who have choices to make better choices -- Sure we want to make a great transit system for everyone -- But transit-dependent people (like me) will ride transit out of necessity -- Mode shifting is directed towards people with choices
21. The original WMATA system was designed for suburban commuters “ Rail Rapid Transit for the (suburban) Motorist”
40. What does this say about how we value transit and the bus system? 4 th and H Streets NE. DC has contracted with Adshel to improve all extant bus shelters, to add additional shelters, and to launch a related bicycle use program comparable to carsharing. Outside Union Station--the region’s most significant intermodal transit station
41. Bus riding can be sexier Hop bus, Boulder, Colorado Forlorn bus stop, New Orleans US-1/Richmond Highway Bus— City of Alexandria, Fairfax County, and WMATA joint venture
42. Above: Attractive bus shelters in Berlin market transit and contain specific schedules as well as broader information about the bus system. Right: Adshel bike rental program, Oslo.
43. Bus shelters can be better integrated into neighborhoods and commercial districts, by incorporating public art, cultural-history signage and wayfinding programs.
45. Walking: Every transit trip starts and ends on foot That’s why you need great places to walk. People walk further when they have interesting, well-maintained, and safe places to walk. Montgomery County for the most part is safe, but not a nice place to walk. Above: Bethesda Row.
52. Simulation: MARC train in Crystal City, Virginia. Steve Dunham, Virginia Association of Railway Patrons -- MARC trains could go south from Union Station to L’Enfant Plaza, Crystal City, Alexandria; could stop in Takoma Park (Walter Reed); Brookland (CUA, Washington Hospital Center, Providence Hospital) Extend MARC within DC & Virginia-- or
53. Instead of commuter rail, create a regional railroad system - 1 Concept: Dan Malouff, www.beyonddc.com
62. Subway extension planning Proposed extended green line to BWI. -- Where is MoCo in all the crazy talk about extending subway lines? -- What about extending the red line north beyond Shady Grove, beyond Glenmont?
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64. Jaime Lerner, former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, says: "If you present the solution as a bus, it's a bus. If it's a system, the people will understand." Right: Curitiba. Below: Bogota.