I went to my neighborhood association meeting this week and heard what I think it the most intelligent (and only) solution to our traffic woes in Montgomery County. Sponsored by Councilmember Marc Elrich, the proposal is a bus rapid transit system along all major roads in the county. It is not your daddy's bus line but a new sophisticated high speed bus system along contained routes. The good news is the buses are running in their own designated lanes and not interfering with the flow of traffic-a serious issue today. The even better news is the system takes advantage of existing routes and right of ways and is dirt cheap to install compared to other suggested solutions such as subways and light rail. This type of system is already in place in a few major cities in the US and Europe and has a proven track record for efficiency and reducing traffic.
Another major factor is that this system, with the correct political support can be up and running in five years vs decades for other more complicated systems. Click on Marc's name above for more details or click "here" for a look at the proposed routes.
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