Transit Future for Montgomery County: The question is, will you ride it? (Baltimore: apartments, neighborhoods)

[psychofan]

Nope. In this area, it'll still be cheaper and faster to drive. I foresee that most passengers will be teens and those in the lower socioeconomic class. I can just see the roving gangs of trouble causing teens migrating from the Metro system to these.

[BBC99]

Yes, If it's clean, safe, efficient, and affordable.

I think everyone had the same debate back when they were building the metro. Now living near a metro dramatically boost the sales price of property.

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

I rode excellent BRT in Quito, Ecuador. It tunnelled under intersections. Very cool, very long buses. 25 cent fare was nice too.

[btsilver]

So any of this going up in east Gaithersburg? Otherwise, it wouldn't do me any good.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by MDAllstar

It also will solve the infrastructure problem for the massive great seneca science city everyone seems to be opposed too. Every single east-west major road in the Greater Gaithersburg area will have BRT. That includes the following according to the plans:

1. Quince Orchard/Montgomery Village Ave.
2. Muddy Branch to Old Town G-Burg to Woodfield Rd Route 124
3. Great Seneca/Muddy Branch Intersection to I-370 to Shady Grove Metro Station
4. Shady Grove Rd
5. Key West Ave. to Gude Dr.
6. Route 355 feeding all the east-west BRT lines.
7. A host of circulator feeder buses which is what the Ride On bus network in Montgomery County will become when this is built.
8. Don't forget the CCT Light rail project also which will anchor everything


How can anybody object to them building the Science City with this type of mass transit network?

I like the idea of BRT, but is this too much? Do they really need it on Muddy Branch Rd, for example? Muddy Branch doesn't have much traffic congestion today. I do suppose that they need to connect downtown to the CCT. but Ride-On buses can do the same thing..

[marska]

yes, i'd ride if it took me where i want / need to go and back again-easily and cheaply!

my major complaint about the mass transit in the area is that it is rather "un-user friendly" (for me)- hard to get to and doesnt take me where i need to go (i know i'll get flamed, but that's the truth)

i'd love nothing better than to let my car sit unused 90% of the time, and i use it much less here than i have other places i've lived because i can walk to the bank, the grocery store, the post office, the park, and the bar - but- unless i'm looking at rush hour traffic, it is faster and easier to drive to DC, SS, CC, Bethesda, Vienna, Baltimore, Frederick, Arlington, Towson, Olney, Glen Burnie, etc. than to cobble together transit options.

[Tiger Beer]

I was just examining Gaithersburg on google maps. It seems VERY spread out, very car-oriented, very difficult to make dense.

Maybe it's just the areas that google maps shows though - which isn't much, just the main traffic arteries.

[DarkWolf]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

I was just examining Gaithersburg on google maps. It seems VERY spread out, very car-oriented, very difficult to make dense.

Maybe it's just the areas that google maps shows though - which isn't much, just the main traffic arteries.

I don't understand why there not doing this in a stable area like Baltimore or Towson....why Gaithersburg? There all in the same region....

[MDAllstar]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

I was just examining Gaithersburg on google maps. It seems VERY spread out, very car-oriented, very difficult to make dense.

Maybe it's just the areas that google maps shows though - which isn't much, just the main traffic arteries.

Its because of the development going on. Also, the core of Gaithersburg is very dense and walkable. That core will be even more walkable when lake forest and fairgrounds is done. They are adding about 5,000 new residential units to a 1 mile sq. area. It will be very dense. Also, this is to connect 10 town centers that all have or will have 1,000-2,500 units in them. This is the bio technology corridor for all of Maryland, DC, and Virginia. This is where a ton of jobs are located. I think you would have to visit and see traffic to understand the need. People are thinking about now instead of the future. I guess that is why our country is so behind on and messed up now.

[ay jayy]

Originally Posted by MDAllstar

Its because of the development going on. Also, the core of Gaithersburg is very dense and walkable. That core will be even more walkable when lake forest and fairgrounds is done. They are adding about 5,000 new residential units to a 1 mile sq. area. It will be very dense. Also, this is to connect 10 town centers that all have or will have 1,000-2,500 units in them. This is the bio technology corridor for all of Maryland, DC, and Virginia. This is where a ton of jobs are located. I think you would have to visit and see traffic to understand the need. People are thinking about now instead of the future. I guess that is why our country is so behind on and messed up now.

where is gaithersburg dense and walkable right now? old town for 1 or 2 blocks? Maybe in 10 years there will be some walkable areas, but right now, its almost completely car-dependant.