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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest issue is the American Legion Bridge. There needs to be a large new bridge connecting Moco to the jobs in Nova, and Moco will continue to lose if it's too difficult to get to where all the jobs are.[/quote]
x100000 either a new bridge or train over the bridge.  Right now, if you want to take metro from Gaithersburg, for example, you have to take the red line to DC, then switch trains there to get into VA.  That adds serious time to the commute.
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Here is what would happen with a new or expanded bridge:

1. Everybody would say "Yippee!" and start making plans based on commuting in a single-occupancy vehicle across the bridge.
2. The bridge would fill up with traffic again.
3. The state would have spent a whole lot of money on something that didn't solve the mobility problem, rather on things that do.
4. Air quality would be worse, and more greenhouse gases would be produced.
5. People would start agitating for a new or expanded bridge.[/quote]
OK, and?  Here's what would happen if you don't do something:

1. people will move out of MoCo to where most of the jobs are because they are tired of the commute, and MoCo is not creating lots of new jobs
2. #1 would cause county revenue to go down, and  property values will also go down. Now, that may be good for buyers, but not good for sellers. 
3. #2 would cause school budgets to go down
4. #3 would cause schools to cut back on services, increase class sizes, etc... which would make the schools go down

See the picture?

As for your #2 - what do you think is the solution to the "mobility" problem?  If the solution is to create more jobs in MoCo, then I'm sure everyone in MoCo, myself included, would love that. But, that's not happening. Instead, the county keeps building new housing.
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Nobody is against doing something. But presumably we want to spend that kind of money on something that is actually effective. Building a new bridge is not effective. It's throwing money down a hole. It's time to focus on transportation projects that don't encourage people to get places by driving there by themselves.

Also, the county is not building new housing. The county is allowing the building of new housing - as it should. There is not enough housing in the county, and there certainly isn't enough housing in the county that's near jobs and transit. That's why it's so expensive. [/quote]
You're being pedantic. The developers can't build new housing without the county's approval, so yes, the county is *allowing* lots of new housing, and the new development is not all near metro. Have you seen the new builds in Clarksburg and Gaithersburg. They are not near metro stops.

We need either a new bridge or a new train going over 270 down to Nova.  There's no point in just adding bus services since those buses would end up sitting in traffic along with the rest of the drivers.[/quote]

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