Transit Center in Four Corners?

Dear Mr. Hawkins:

Thank you for your e-mail regarding transit centers in the Go Montgomery! program.  I apologize for the delay in responding.

Go Montgomery! proposes funding for three transit centers, but the locations are not fixed, or identified.  A Four Corners Transit Center is one of several candidate transit center projects, and a Four Corners Transit Center has merit with or without a Busway along US 29.  My staff will be taking a wide range of issues into considerations as to which transit centers will be studied for inclusion in Go Montgomery!

The community organizations in the US 29 corridor did express their strong opposition to the US 29 concept on a median busway between Sligo Creek Parkway and Stewart Lane that the County Department of Public Works and Transportation developed in 1996.  This project was withdrawn by the County in light of community opposition.

Due to ever increasing congestion, Go Montgomery! seeks to forward a wide array of projects vital to the future mobility of the County.  A US 29 Busway from MD 198 to downtown Silver Spring is one of them.  This is not the same project as the 1996 County study, and it is too early to say what the project will be.  Busways can function in conformity with many alternative design and operational configurations.  The County has not begun to study the options for what this busway might be.  Obviously, community issues are a major part of County planning, as well as providing mobility for county citizens.

Thank you again for taking the time to write.  If you have any further questions, please contact Gary Erenrich, Assistant to Director-WMATA, at 240.777.7156 or Rob Klein, Manager, Facilities Development Operations, at 240.777.5835.

Sincerely,
Douglas M. Duncan
County Executive   ■