BRT Session 5

On Tuesday the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will hold the fifth worksession (use the same analyst’s packet as 10/25) on the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan. The agenda for this worksession is:

• Corridor 9: US 29
• Corridor 5: New Hampshire Avenue
• Corridor 8: University Boulevard

BRT Sessions 3 and 4

On Friday the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will hold the third and fourth worksessions on the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan. The agenda for these worksessions is:

• Corridor 10: Veirs Mill Road
• Corridor 1: Georgia Avenue North
• Corridor 2: Georgia Avenue South
• Corridor 7: Randolph Road
• Corridor 9: US 29
• Corridor 5: New Hampshire Avenue
• Corridor 8: University Boulevard

BRT Session 3 Cancelled

The Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee worksession on the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan scheduled for this Friday is cancelled. Instead, the committee will meet both in the morning and in the afternoon on Friday, October 25.

Bus Rapid Transit Session 2

On Monday the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will hold the second worksession on the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan. This agenda for this worksession is:

• Bicycle-Pedestrian Priority Areas
• MARC Brunswick Line
• Corridor 9: US 29
• Corridor 5: New Hampshire Avenue
• Corridor 8: University Boulevard

BRT Session 2 Postponed

The Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment's worksession on the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Plan scheduled for this Friday has been postponed. I will let you know as soon as we have established the new date. This meeting was to have covered: review and make recommendations on the east-county routes including US 29 (Corridor 9), New Hampshire Avenue (Corridor 5) and University Boulevard (Corridor 8).

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

Public Hearings on Transit Corridors Plan

Let us know what you think about Bus Rapid Transit and other elements proposed in the Planning Board Draft of the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan. Public hearings are scheduled for September 24 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. Sign up to testify by calling 240-777-7803. If you can’t make the hearings, you can e-mail your testimony to have it included in the public record.

The Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will hold worksessions on the Plan on October 11, 14, 18 and 21. These meetings are open to the public. They are also broadcast live and on demand on County Cable Montgomery.