A Vision of Better Transit and Better Communities
The Action Committee for Transit has a vision of a Montgomery County where it is easier to travel and more pleasant to live -- a county built for people and not for
automobiles.
Years of experience have shown, and studies prove, that building highways leads to more traffic and more congestion. Affordable, convenient transit gives us a way to get past the traffic jams and fosters a better quality of life in our neighborhoods.
It is time to change priorities:
- Connect our communities with a network of rail lines.
- Redesign our streets to make it easier and safer to walk and to ride a bike.
- Create the kind of neighborhoods we want to live in.
The Purple Line from Bethesda to New Carrollton is the key to creating a livable, transit-oriented future for our county, but it is only a first step. The I-270 corridor needs a comprehensive transit system including a Red Line extension to Germantown, the Corridor Cities Transitway from Shady Grove to Clarksburg, all-day MARC service, and streetcars on Route 355. Light rail on U.S. 29 is part of our vision as well.
Click on the image above to see a larger version of the same map.
Latest Updates
 |
Governor O'Malley announced that the Corridor Cities Transitway will be built as a busway rather than light rail. ACT says bus rapid transit task force report shows need for using existing travel lanes and implementing Metro's Priority Corridors Initiative now. ACT opposes new transportation test for development proposed to Planning Board. On March 13 the County Council voted to keep the new Bethesda metro entrance in the budget. To pay for it, the county will delay two upcounty road projects designed to support sprawl development. The only councilmembers speaking against this switch were Craig Rice and Marc Elrich. |
Meetings
ACT's monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, at the Silver Spring Center, 8818 Georgia Ave. Meetings begin at 7:30pm, in the Woodside Conference Room.
The Silver Spring Center is located on the northwest corner of Georgia Ave and Spring St, just south of Ballard St and east of 1st Ave. The Center is a ten minute walk north from the Silver Spring Metro Station. Ride On #5 stops two blocks west of the Center at Spring & 2nd St. Metrobus "Q" and "Y" routes stop in front of the Center. If coming by car, enter the parking lot from Ballard Street.
- June 12 - Speaker: Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown
- July 10 - Affordable housing and smart growth
Speaker: Gina Smith, Montgomery Housing Opportunities Commission