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Fair points. First, I wouldn't pay for anything, the developers should as part of the agreement to develop the land. As for your other point, yes, more people taking Metro means less congestion even if they do not use Metro all the time. However, developing high density housing brings more people into a crowded area. Since most or all of them will be driving at some point on the roads around Shady Grove it will likely cancel out any benefit of building so close to the Metro. [/quote]

Either you build housing close to transit, or you build housing far from transit. Which contributes more to car traffic on the roads?

Also, which developers are going to pay $4 billion to widen I-270 to Frederick, and for which developments?[/quote]

Wasn't talking about something as grand as I-270 to Frederick. Just around the Shady Grove area that is already congested and is likely to be more so with this new development. Same for where to build. Does building in an area that is already congested help or hurt?[/quote]

Does building in an area that is not yet congested help? That's how we got into this mess in the first place. We built in uncongested area after uncongested area after uncongested area, all the way to Frederick and beyond, and now people are talking about $4 billion for widening I-270.

The point is to build in areas where people can get where they need to go without having to get into the car for every trip.[/quote]

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