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.
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Latest Updates
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ACT denounces proposed removal of Bethesda south Metro entrance from county capital budget. MARC backs off plans to cut service at some stops. The Purple Line will go from Bethesda to Silver Spring in eight and a half minutes. ACT and other transit advocates and environmentalists call for new priorities in transportation funding, starting with the Purple Line, the Baltimore Red Line, and MARC expansion. ACT calls for immediate action on bus rapid transit by implementing Metro's bus priority corridors and presents detailed testimony on bus rapid transit to the Planning Board. Learn to distinguish facts and myths in Maryland's transportation budget. |
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 & 1st. Metrobus "Q" and "Y" routes stop in front of the Center. If coming by car, enter the parking lot from Ballard Street.
- February 7 - Jarrett Walker, renowned transit blogger, will discuss his new book Human Transit.
Business meeting at 7:00 will be followed by talk at 7:30, co-sponsored with Montgomery County Planning Department.
This meeting is on first Tuesday of month and will be held at MNCPPC, 8787 Georgia Ave. (across the street from usual meeting place).
Lieut. Gov. Anthony Brown postponed until June 12 due to legislative conflict. - March 13 - Speaker to be announced.
- April 10 - Speaker to be announced.
- May 8 - Speaker to be announced.
- June 12 - Speaker: Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown