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Decongestant M

Drug Facts
Active Ingredients
* MetroBus.....................................Clog relief/Stress reducer
* MetroLink........................................Highway decongestant

Directions
Adults: Take Metro once in the morning and once at night for maximum traffic congestion relief. Metro can also be taken when traveling to ball games, concerts or other area events.

Recommend Decongestant M to friends suffering from similar traffic congestions symptoms.

Children: Take Metro only under adult supervision.

Warnings
Use of Decongestant M may result in the following:

* Less stressful arrivals to work
* Swelling of wallet
* Lower levels of road rage
* A reduced need to locate parking
* An abundance of free time
* Happy thoughts about how environmentally responsible you are
* Difficulty understanding why anyone takes the highway when there is obviously a better way

DO NOT USE if you enjoy sitting in traffic for extended periods of time

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Seattle streetcar debuts

Seattle's $52 million South Lake Union Streetcar began passenger operations Wednesday following opening ceremonies and speeches. The 1.3-mile line, backed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen and financed largely by private businesses along its route, is touted as a tool for economic development and to combat global warming.

The line, with 11 stations, is expected to handle 330,000 riders per year.

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Marc Train schedule being expanded

This isn't quite bike related, but any time there is an expansion of mass transit we should celebrate. The washington post is reporting that Maryland is adding more trains to the Baltimore/DC MARC schedule including more evening trains.

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202416.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/12/AR2007121202416.html</a>;

All I can wish for now is weekend service.
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Connecticut

WHEN the Connecticut portion of Interstate 95 opened to traffic on Jan. 2, 1958, state planners were so enthusiastic they dubbed their 111-mile section a

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Joint Statement Regarding the Revised Transportation Outlook 2035

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board has released for public review a revised Transportation Outlook 2035 long-range plan. Transit funding under this revised plan is only $238 million greater than in the plan released in July of this year, a mere 3% of the 22-year budget. This amount will barely begin to bring the region the vastly improved transit system appealed for so strongly to the Board in August by the citizens and organizations of the region.

Incredibly, transit expansion funding remains below that in the plan adopted by the Board only four years ago, and is a mere 26% of total expansion expenses

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Transportation Outlook 2035 Draft Plan

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) has released a revised draft of the Executive Summary of Transportation Outlook 2035, the long-range transportation plan for the Baltimore region.

Based on significant public input on the need for additional transit and expanded transportation choices, the BRTB reduced the number of highway projects in the plan. These highway projects were deferred within the plan and those project funds were shifted into transit.

Specifically, the members of the BRTB agreed to defer six highway projects to provide additional funding for MARC. Among the proposed improvements to MARC is an East Baltimore station, which will serve the Bayview campus and provide connectivity with a proposed Red Line extension to Bayview.

[If you are interested in seeing what trails are planed look at pg 15 of the executive summary. And kudos to the Mass Transits folks for helping turn the tide on a car centric transportation plan.]

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Bombardier to refurbish MARC push-pull cars

July 20, 2007

Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has won a $14 million contract with the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) for the refurbishment and overhaul of 34 MARC IIB push-pull commuter cars. Work will cover the car body, trucks, HVAC, brakes, door controls, and other systems and components. The project will also include addition of new bike racks. Work will be carried out at Bombardier's overhaul facilities in Kanona, N.Y. The cars will be returned to service by 2010.

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BMC Board Calls for Strategic Plan for MARC

Focus on Improved Service, Potential for New Stations
Baltimore, MD June 20, 2007 In anticipation of growth related to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), the elected executives of the Baltimore region sent a letter to Governor O'Malley asking the state to collaborate with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) in developing a strategic plan for MARC commuter rail service in the Baltimore- Washington corridor. While economic expansion, new jobs and new residents will bring greater prosperity to the region, they threaten to strain public infrastructure, especially transportation facilities.

&quot;MARC is the only existing mass transit facility that serves both Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Meade, as well as major activity centers in the greater Baltimore-Washington corridor,&quot; said Harford County Executive David R. Craig, the BMC Chair. &quot;BRAC will contribute to the general growth projected to occur over the next thirty years, as the Baltimore region becomes more connected with both the Washington region and regions to the north. We need a frank assessment of where we stand today and where we need to be in the future with regional commuter rail.&quot;

In the last decade, annual ridership on MARC has increased by more than 54 percent on the Penn Line and more than 60 percent on the Camden Line. Yet MARC continues to be plagued with capacity, reliability and service issues related to MARC's reliance on Amtrak and CSX.

The BMC Board is proposing a three-part approach:

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A STREETCAR SYSTEM FOR THE 21st CENTURY:

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Mayor Dixon's transition report identified the proposed reconfiguration of Pratt Street as a way to try to accommodate the regional Red Line on that very visible and high traffic artery. But the winning entry selected by City judges in the Pratt Street design competition very definitely does NOT accommodate regional transit.

The winning Pratt Street design concept (above) is dominated by a very wide boulevard (approximately 100 feet curb to curb) that would have similar traffic characteristics to Downtown Baltimore's other wide boulevards - President, Light, Conway and MLK Boulevard - which are most definitely NOT transit-friendly places.

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The Red Line and other regional transportation issues

Wed 4/11,12 noon.
This week our free noontime Forum at the Hopkins Downtown Center (10 Charles St.) examines the Red Line and other regional transportation issues. Our speaker is Henry Kay, the newly appointed Deputy Administrator at the MTA in charge of Planning and Engineering. Mr. Kay returned to the MTA from a hiatus at the Greater Baltimore Committee where he was director of the Baltimore Transit Alliance, a GBC initiative.

The Forum is a weekly presentation of the Baltimore Architecture Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, and Century Engineering. Guests are invited to bring a lunch for the one-hour discussion. Questions are encouraged.
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