Taylor Meeting at Wootton

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

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Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

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Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

Old Randolph Road is also two lanes and is all that separates the depot from people's backyards.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

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Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

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Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

How about the one in Bethesda, that's only two lanes?

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

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Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

How about the one in Bethesda, that's only two lanes?

Not residential.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

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Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

Old Randolph Road is also two lanes and is all that separates the depot from people's backyards.

That’s more than these Taylor picked sites have. Also not the exit for the lot.

Keep trying.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

Old Randolph Road is also two lanes and is all that separates the depot from people's backyards.

That’s more than these Taylor picked sites have. Also not the exit for the lot.

Keep trying.

Taylor probably doesn't pick or decide most things. It's his minions.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

How about the one in Bethesda, that's only two lanes?

Not residential.

Yes, it is. There are homes right up the street and a heavily used park/playground across the street.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

How about the one in Bethesda, that's only two lanes?

Not residential.

Yes, it is. There are homes right up the street and a heavily used park/playground across the street.

Not residential street. No one lives next to the Bethesda depot or shares a driveway with their exit.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

They are unquestionably going to use the old wootton site for the bus depot. Interior's a hazard, but that parking lot is just right.

Not usable at all. School parking lots can not be used to park buses. That fact was established years ago. This is a new site with $70M in funding from Taylor.

one, it won't be a school anymore at that point. two, I wouldn't count on "facts" that were established years ago. three, if it can save a buck, you better believe it will be considered.

It's not a school now - this is the not-yet-existent Wootton Elementary School site that they're talking about for the bus depot.

Big dog. What this poster was saying is that there is a chance the county scraps the plan for the new bus depot on the available ES site (since that costs money to develop) and instead uses the current Wootton HS lot since that school will likely be closed by then. All of this as a money saving idea. Follow?

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

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Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

They are unquestionably going to use the old wootton site for the bus depot. Interior's a hazard, but that parking lot is just right.

Not usable at all. School parking lots can not be used to park buses. That fact was established years ago. This is a new site with $70M in funding from Taylor.

one, it won't be a school anymore at that point. two, I wouldn't count on "facts" that were established years ago. three, if it can save a buck, you better believe it will be considered.

It's not a school now - this is the not-yet-existent Wootton Elementary School site that they're talking about for the bus depot.

Big dog. What this poster was saying is that there is a chance the county scraps the plan for the new bus depot on the available ES site (since that costs money to develop) and instead uses the current Wootton HS lot since that school will likely be closed by then. All of this as a money saving idea. Follow?

No money saved. Parking lot can not be used. Got it?

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

Old Randolph Road is also two lanes and is all that separates the depot from people's backyards.

Go away with your verifiable geographical information. The Randolph Depot is east of Georgia Avenue and clearly therefore not worth even discussion in the same breath as land in 20850 or 20854.

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If they have so much land not being used and a shrinking enrollment, go sell the land. Use that money to make sure our programs are elevated with good teachers. PLAN for improvements that can impact many schools over time. We can't keep harping on the old administration, but we also can't go the extreme and think that throwing kids into Crown is the only answer. There are just many schools that need help, but again - quality staff, SROs, and programs to help kids of ALL needs (ie - autism programs, etc) are all things I wish they would look at if they really believe our enrollment is down and if we have all this surplus building and land. Heck - when the Crown move happens, sell the Wootton property to help put money back into the budget. Then kill the idea of a holding school and just improve the schools needing it gradually.

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Anonymous wrote:The video had a lot more pro-H people in the audience than I expected based on the description. I haven’t watched the whole thing but I saw 3: a current student, parent, and counselor who talked about the impact of the condition of the school on their work.

Probably Dufief losers.

Classy… there was a student who spoke you know? I was nervous for him. And I was nervous for the staff too. The angry mob was very angry. Maybe they should have to go sit in that counselor’s office and work for a week. People seem to be losing perspective here.

Kid was a prop there doing the work of the parent trying to get her way I'm sure. Just move to Crown and enjoy the new facility. Stop the complaining while the rest of us hope our kids have as nice a building!

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

+1

Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

They are unquestionably going to use the old wootton site for the bus depot. Interior's a hazard, but that parking lot is just right.

Not usable at all. School parking lots can not be used to park buses. That fact was established years ago. This is a new site with $70M in funding from Taylor.

one, it won't be a school anymore at that point. two, I wouldn't count on "facts" that were established years ago. three, if it can save a buck, you better believe it will be considered.

It's not a school now - this is the not-yet-existent Wootton Elementary School site that they're talking about for the bus depot.

Big dog. What this poster was saying is that there is a chance the county scraps the plan for the new bus depot on the available ES site (since that costs money to develop) and instead uses the current Wootton HS lot since that school will likely be closed by then. All of this as a money saving idea. Follow?

No money saved. Parking lot can not be used. Got it?

I believe the rule you are citing is the one that says the county can't store its school busses in the parking lots of existing, operating schools. It is a different ballgame if it's a site where a school used to be. Then its just a site that's repurposed to a depot. We'll see how it plays out I guess. Best of luck.

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Anonymous wrote:At 1hr 2min on the video the sidewalks rant lady with kids who graduated 13 years ago is a trip.

There's two posts talking about this lady and I think her message got lost a bit or people just take things out of context and see what they want to see.

I think her points were:

-MCPS and Montgomery County had thought or tried to implement pedestrian safety but failed to do so with the inadequate sidewalks from the Willows to Frost. So what guarantee do families have now that they can trust the plan for pedestrian safety to Crown

-then I guess her point about Lakewood was that the renovations were done in a year and a half with the utilization of a holding school

I'm probably a bit biased too but watching the video I didn't think it was as bad as posts on here seem to indicate. Maybe things went a bit off the rails towards the end. But I've seen worse in other school systems that didn't even involve school closures/moving.

People on this post are biased. They want to silence Wootton.

100% accurate. Just too much complaining all around. Enjoy your new school!

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question-- why do people care about the bus depot? What's the issue with that?

Where do you live? You want 250 diesel school buses starting up at 4 AM next to your home? You want 250 school buses on the road by your home all day? Offer up your street for a MCPS bus depot and Taylor will be thrilled.

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Driving a bus is hard.

But I used to commute by a MCPS bus depot. And the bus drivers block off traffic with their buses to help other buses drive in and out of the depot. Also they don't follow traffic rules, ie sit in the left lane and go straight on a left turn only lane.

So can imagine that it would cause issues during the times the buses come and leave the depot and putting one in a residential neighborhood doesn't seem like it's the best idea.

Two

Taylor is putting two bus depots in residential neighborhoods. One in the Northwest Cluster and one in the Wootton Cluster.

If anyone thinks that a bus depot will be approved on Cavanaugh Drive I've got a castle to sell you. The homeowners in Potomac Glen will fight big time over this. It's one thing to move a school, it's another thing to dump 200 school buses in a residential neighborhood. Besides, the land on Cavanaugh was set aside for a school not a bus depot. I highly doubt either the bus depot or the school are built anytime in the near future.

Where exactly is the site? At the intersection of Cavanaugh and Shady Grove Road? Across from the pool?

Yes, never going to be a bus depot there. There is not a single bus depot in the county in the midst of a residential neighborhood. Frankly, it would be located between Potomac Glen and the Willows. Add in the high volume of dump trucks already going up and down Shady Grove Road-nope not happening.

The one on Randolph backs up to one residential neighborhood and is across the street from another.

Street = 8 lanes of traffic versus a two lane road.

How about the one in Bethesda, that's only two lanes?

Not residential.

Yes, it is. There are homes right up the street and a heavily used park/playground across the street.

Not residential street. No one lives next to the Bethesda depot or shares a driveway with their exit.

You look for any justification even if its not true. They have to drive through residential parts to get in/out and around.