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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's what they want to jack your property taxes to build.

What a joke.

http://cctmaryland.com/images/stories/documents/maps/lpa/Description_of_Project_rev.pdf[/quote]

The routing seems reasonable -- funnel people to Shady Grove Metro. But why can't the just put Ride-On buses on that route. In fact, aren't there already Ride-On buses serving that route?[/quote]

For a little context.  It would take at least 45 minutes to ride end to end. Everything between LSC Belward and DANAC, including that silly little loop in the dotted line is set up to justify the construction of the "Science City."   If you keep that project low density, you could run the BRT from Kentlands direct to DANAC, which would serve the existing development including the massively bloated Crown project which is already well underway. Then you could build a much more rider friendly system - or just skip building the thing altogether.

Oh yeah, a lot of the stops don't have a parking lot planned.  How's that for user friendly?

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The CCT is stupid for many reasons, not including its lack of parking lots.

But it is important to keep in mind that while the CCT will be bus rapid transit, instead of light rail, the CCT is not BRT. It was on the books long before the county's BRT plan, and it was originally planned as light rail. Also, if the CCT gets built, it will be because of Belward Farm. JHU can't build anything at Belward Farm until the first phase of the CCT is funded. That gives JHU a big incentive to promote the funding of the CCT.

Also, the difference between just running more Ride-On buses and the CCT is that the CCT will run in bus-only lanes, whereas the Ride-On buses sit in the same traffic back-ups as everybody else.[/quote]

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