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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3. A NEC/DCC transportation POC was there, and said they would use the NEC/DCC transportation model rather than the HS-HS model so to make sure visiting neighborhoods. I've checked the 2016 METIS report and estimated the 2025 dollar-equivalent: it's about 1.6 million/year operating cost for DCC. As a contrast, the Oct. 16 BOE meeting slides had $740K/year operating cost estimation. So expecting the yearly operating cost to double at least.. [/quote]

Do you know the name of the person who said this and are you positive they know what they're talking about?  Because both Jeannie Franklin and the chief of operations (Mamoon) both said on Monday that this had not been decided yet and made it sound like it wasn't going to be decided for months or maybe not even until 2027...  I mean, maybe they have changed their position quickly based on feedback, which would be great and would be the right thing to do, but I also really wonder if this is just a mistake or misstatement from someone lower down who's not in the know (they being a bunch of lower-level people to these meetings too alongside the high-level ones.)

Also the DCC and NEC offer full transportation from neighborhood stops just like if you were going to your local HS (so multiple stops per neighborhood sometimes)... I'd honestly be shocked if they do that, versus an amended version of central stop transportation where they *do* guarantee a stop within a couple miles of your home (current central stop transportation does not), so that also makes me wonder about the accuracy of this info.  But I would love to be wrong and maybe this is a pleasant surprise from MCPS for once! [/quote]

Sorry I'm not good at remembering names. She said is the POC for consortia transportation. But CO folks can say anything and change later on. If county doesn't give them enough money, they can always scale it down and blame the county council. I want to make a note that this is something new and I'll keep an eye on the December county council meeting when MCPS presents the transportation budget to make sure at least the model and cost are consistent. [/quote]

Got it, thanks.  But there was no room for misinterpretation, she made it sound like they have definitely decided to offer neighborhood stops directly to all regional high schools?  Any indication that this was a recent change or could you not tell?(Point definitely taken that they can change it later on either way, though.)[/quote]

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