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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again- and most people I know who commute from the 270 area to downtown DO already take MARC/Metro if they work somewhere where there is a nearby station.  But when you get into two transfers and a bus to get to work, then it becomes an ineffective option.[/quote]
And most people in the county don’t work in DC. Over 60% of residents both live and work in MoCo. Furthermore, the percentage leaving MoCo for work has steadily declined over the years, coinciding with the emergence of NoVA as a job center. During this time, median incomes in MoCo have stagnated while they have exploded in NoVA. The reasonable inference is that as high paying jobs moved to NoVA, MoCo people also moved to NoVA because the county and state have refused to provide supporting infrastructure due to the prevalence of NIMBYism that is against any and all change here, including infrastructure whether roads or transit (we need both). As a result the county is getting poorer and this is not sustainable.[/quote]

A 20 dollar toll lane will change that?[/quote]

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