Bus Rapid Transit Session 1

On Monday the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will hold the first of five planned worksessions on the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan. This agenda for this first worksession is to:

• Receive a presentation of the Draft Plan by Planning staff
• Hear remarks from representatives of the Executive Branch and the Transit Task Force
• Discuss the types of decisions to be made in the plan and the types of decisions that should not be made in the plan
• Identify issues/options that Councilmembers with to have explored before acting on the plan, in addition to those to be raised by Council staff
• Review and make recommendations on Bicycle-Pedestrian Priority Areas
• Review and make recommendations on adding a third track for CSX’s Brunswick Line

The tentative agendas for the subsequent worksessions are: 

October 11: Review and make recommendations on the east-county routes including US 29 (Corridor 9), New Hampshire Avenue (Corridor 5) and University Boulevard (Corridor 8) 

October 14: Review and make recommendations on mid-county routes, including Georgia Avenue (Corridors 1 and 2), Veirs Mill Road (Corridor 10) and Randolph Road (Corridor 7)

October 18: Review and make recommendations on west- and north-county routes, including MD 355 (Corridors 3 and 4) and Norht Bethesda Transitway (Corridor 6) 

October 21: Review and make recommendations on any follow-up issues